I bought a Cricket iPhone 12. I know i need to be with Cricket Wireless for 6 months for the iPhone 12 to be unlocked. If I use the sim card on another device for six months, does the iPhone 12 qualify for unlock?
If I were to buy any of the new iPhone 12 series, can I use it with cricket’s 5G network?
I'm planning on buying a 2nd hand unlocked iPhone 12 5g but was wondering if I need to take it to cricket wireless to get a new sim card since its 5g or do I just remove my current sim and pop it into the iphone 12? I'm a current cricket customer if that helps.
Current sim worked for us. Theoretically you only get 5g from Cricket if you buy the phone from them but we are getting it (I think) both on an unlocked Galaxy and iPhone12. Though it could just be LTE+ lighting up the 5G light. About 75mbps down speeds. I tried Google Fi (T-Mobile) 5G and it was slightly slower down but much faster up. We don't have mm wave (real) 5G in the neighborhood where we live, only for a few blocks downtown so Verizon does not make sense for us. Verizon does not have any 5g in our neighborhood. Best to have a chat with Cricket before buying this phone.
What color is your SIM? The newer ones are all white. It should work fine by swapping SIM. The older ones are white / green. You can get the replacement SIM from their website or local Best Buy / Walmart / Target (same price). Just need to contact Cricket online chat support (for free) to assign the new replacement SIM to your existing line.
However, remember you need to be on their most expensive Cricket Unlimited More to be able to connect to 5G network.
Good luck.