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laruta_21
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prepaid iphone
#14039925 - 02/28/11 12:14 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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I've been using At&t's gophone for the past year and recently found out that the sim card will work in an iphone 3g or 3gs.I'm going to buy a iphone off ebay and take my sim card out of my current phone and pop it into that. Yeah I wont get the internet persay, it'l still work on wifi which is fine because wifi is everywhere where im at. Im needing an mp3 player and camera anyways so this seems like a win win.I used to have a blackberry but hated the 100 dollar a month bill so this is perfect for me. Any of yall out there done this?
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biologys
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: laruta_21]
#14040112 - 02/28/11 02:04 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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iphone has to be unlocked in order to use with prepaid...
i actually hated the iphone sold it 2 weeks after buying it brand new, sold for 50 bucks and went and bought the straighttalk plan, 45 a month for unlimited use.
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: biologys]
#14040113 - 02/28/11 02:06 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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biologys said: iphone has to be unlocked in order to use with prepaid...
i actually hated the iphone sold it 2 weeks after buying it brand new, sold for 50 bucks and went and bought the straighttalk plan, 45 a month for unlimited use.
I think AT&T has a prepaid iPhone don't they?
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laruta_21
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The iphone 3g and 3gs do not need to be unlocked for this to work. All im gonna have to do is take the go phone sim card out of my current phone and put it in the iphone and my number and contacts will transfer to the iphone.
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frith
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citricacidx said: I think AT&T has a prepaid iPhone don't they?
not in the US.
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citricacidx said: I think AT&T has a prepaid iPhone don't they?
do they? im thinking of switching phone companies again. and im think i want the iPhone
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laruta_21
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AT&T go phones take sim cards so just take it out and put it in a iphone 3g or 3gs and boom it works
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: frith]
#14045285 - 02/28/11 09:05 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Im pretty sure this will not work. Sure the sim card fits, but the first thing it asks you to do is connect to itunes and update your account info ie: set up a data plan with at&t
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: Lynnch]
#14045294 - 02/28/11 09:06 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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no if you put your sim card and dont have an internet/data plan already you will be automatically put on one. trust me i've tried before
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laruta_21
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: justaguy]
#14045334 - 02/28/11 09:12 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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theres numerous people online who have done this and do not have an internet plan for it they just use phone, text and wifi
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laruta_21
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: laruta_21]
#14045359 - 02/28/11 09:17 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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It even works on the iphone 4 but you have to modify the go phone sim card to fit it.
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: laruta_21]
#14045389 - 02/28/11 09:20 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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just get an ipod touch... same functionality as the iphone, except for the phone part.... and keep whatever phone it is that you have now
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laruta_21
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: redrum187]
#14045416 - 02/28/11 09:23 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Its just as cheap as the ipod touch plus Id rather have one device for phone and music/games on me when im out and about
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: laruta_21]
#14045573 - 02/28/11 09:45 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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laruta_21 said: theres numerous people online who have done this and do not have an internet plan for it they just use phone, text and wifi
k waste your time & money
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: justaguy]
#14045589 - 02/28/11 09:47 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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If you want to use nice phones without identity go to metro PCS and have them make account with false information since they don't check ID. You can then transfer this number/ID to any major provider and since they don't check ID because it's assumed identity then you can have Iphone4 drop phone etc.
I would not know from personal experience.
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laruta_21
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laruta_21 said: theres numerous people online who have done this and do not have an internet plan for it they just use phone, text and wifi
k waste your time & money
google search it.... Its even on youtube.. so I doubt that all these people are making it up. You must have your facts wrong and/or did something wrong. Was the Iphone used already? or brand new. I havent seen anthything about trying it to a brand new ipho Was the go phones sim card past 6 months old? Cause if not then thats the reason it didnt work.
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: laruta_21]
#14046242 - 02/28/11 11:52 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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laruta_21 said: Its just as cheap as the ipod touch plus Id rather have one device for phone and music/games on me when im out and about
retail price of the 64 gig ipod touch is $399 retail price of the 32 gig iphone is $699 without a contract
double the storage, same functionality, and $300 cheaper
just saying
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: redrum187]
#14046293 - 03/01/11 12:05 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Im looking into getting one from ebay used...
3g's range from 150 for the 8gb to 200ish for the 16gb model
3gs's are like 250 to 300ish
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: laruta_21]
#14046299 - 03/01/11 12:07 AM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Verizon is offering 3Gs for $49.99
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laruta_21
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yeah buts thats with a 1 or 2 year contract probably. Thats why im using gophone. Big cell phone bills are a waste. I spend maybe 30 bucks a month for my phone. Thats why I gonna get one from ebay and put my sim card in it.
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laruta_21 said: yeah buts thats with a 1 or 2 year contract probably. Thats why im using gophone. Big cell phone bills are a waste. I spend maybe 30 bucks a month for my phone. Thats why I gonna get one from ebay and put my sim card in it.
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withoutawire said: If you want to use nice phones without identity go to metro PCS and have them make account with false information since they don't check ID. You can then transfer this number/ID to any major provider and since they don't check ID because it's assumed identity then you can have Iphone4 drop phone etc.
I would not know from personal experience.
My iphone4 drop phone with unlimited talk/text/message/dat is $52.33 a month.
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Ah didn't notice where you said 3g.... i'm a bit of a gadgetphile so the idea of buying outdated technology doesn't normally register with me lol
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: redrum187]
#14048244 - 03/01/11 12:27 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Dude whatever you do do NOT get a 3G. They are old and slow as fuck, with not enough memory. The 3GS is still a great phone though. I have one, and I've A/Bed it with an iPhone 4 - the iPhone 4 is hardly faster. The better screen is nice, and so is the extra memory, but the 3GS is more than capable still.
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Yeah you cant go wrong with a 3gs. Do not get anything older than that.
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Re: prepaid iphone [Re: xpl0de]
#14049982 - 03/01/11 05:43 PM (12 years, 10 months ago) |
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Yeah im gonna get a 3gs. I want to get call of duty nazi zombies on it. I lovvve that game. I hope this( http://www.icontrolpad.com/ ) turns out to work with alot of games cuase ill definately pick one up aswell. I've been video gameless for far too long.
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