Prepaid SIM Card For IPhone In New York
May 8, 2011, 9:21 am
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Will any ATT shop give sims away? This would solve my problem, I think. I need to be able to travel to the US once every year or so. I want to activate and top-up a sim before leaving, so I have a working phone in the US as soon as I land. The chips seem to expire in 60 days, which is enough time to complete the trip. Then the process can be repeated for each trip, correct?
Can the top-ups be as little as $5-10?
Can the top-ups be as little as $5-10?
I still have yet to confirm if it's possible to activate these things online and topup with a small amount of money. Will report back when I do.
Jun 5, 2011, 4:06 pm
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sorry if this question has been answered before here or on another thread....i have a factory unlocked iphone 4 from hong kong....i have used this all over the world in many different countries....
will be back in the US for a couple of weeks in june....over the last 8 years i've had an at&t contract but as my visits to the US reduced i finally canceled that last year....now i need a prepaid sim to use for the duration of my stay....i won't be making too many calls but will be using a lot of data....
i understand both at&t & t-mobile offer prepaid sims....i guess my question are:
1. would these sims work on an unlocked phone or only on at&t/t-mobile phones????
2. if they will work on unlocked phones then which sim should i go for????which one would be more value for the buck????
3. would the sims be available at ewr or will i only be able to get one once i get into the city????
thanks in advance for the replies....
will be back in the US for a couple of weeks in june....over the last 8 years i've had an at&t contract but as my visits to the US reduced i finally canceled that last year....now i need a prepaid sim to use for the duration of my stay....i won't be making too many calls but will be using a lot of data....
i understand both at&t & t-mobile offer prepaid sims....i guess my question are:
1. would these sims work on an unlocked phone or only on at&t/t-mobile phones????
2. if they will work on unlocked phones then which sim should i go for????which one would be more value for the buck????
3. would the sims be available at ewr or will i only be able to get one once i get into the city????
thanks in advance for the replies....
in order to get the data to work all you need to do it go into settings - general - network - cellular data network & type in epc.tmobile.com in the apn field....
Jun 10, 2011, 11:21 pm
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Jul 24, 2011, 10:39 am
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just an update....i can confirm the t-mobile sim works on a factory unlocked iphone....i ordered the sim online & they delivered to my hotel so i got it right away when i checked in....
in order to get the data to work all you need to do it go into settings - general - network - cellular data network & type in epc.tmobile.com in the apn field....
in order to get the data to work all you need to do it go into settings - general - network - cellular data network & type in epc.tmobile.com in the apn field....
Jul 25, 2011, 3:01 am
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