How does an unlocked phone get activated onto a different network?

Like you see on Ebay and places I Phone Unlocked can be used on any network. Is this a scam or can these phones really be activated on Verizon Wireless.

When you talk to a Verizon agent they tell you that there is no way it can happen. Is this true.

Anybody claiming that the iPhone could work on Verizon Wireless is lying. Straight up.

Simple fact of the matter is:

iPhone is a GSM phone

Verizon is a CDMA network

They would never work together under their current configurations.

It is a scam, but the scam is on the phone companies (sprint/verizon) end, they could do it, but they do not want to, they want you to buy their cell phone. If you buy a GSM phone then it will work on att / tmobile / any gsm network.. All you have to do is place your sim card into the gsm phone and it will start working.. *****but if you buy a gsm phone make sure it is a quad band****** that way it is guaranteed to work on any gsm network in the world.

If you asking about the iphone, like a think you are. Then the short answer is no, it can not be activated on Verizon.

There are two different mobile phone technologies.

GSM - uses a SIM card (AT&T, Tmobile)

CDMA - no SIM card (Verizon, Alltel, Sprint)

These technologies are incompatable