USA AND CANADA PREPAID SIMs - INFO

[discord]

Hello,

I got an iphone and would like a good deal on prepaid service. Unfortunatly net10 does not work. Can anybody give me advice on a good prepaid service that will work with my iphone in the Seattle area?

[Telekom]

Hello,

I got an iphone and would like a good deal on prepaid service. Unfortunatly net10 does not work. Can anybody give me advice on a good prepaid service that will work with my iphone in the Seattle area?

AT&T "Pick Your Plan" GoPhone. It's not cheap. It will work with the iPhone.

[discord]

Would their service work with the unlocked iphone? I know T-mobile does...

[Telekom]

Would their service work with the unlocked iphone? I know T-mobile does...

I don't see why it shouldn't. It's an MVNO using the cingulat&t network.

[lmcjipo]

Would their service work with the unlocked iphone? I know T-mobile does...

I don't see why the iPhone wouldn't work with Red Pocket Mobile. When I was in the US, I swapped my Red Pocket Mobile SIM between my N95-4 and my Treo 680 and didn't have any problems. The only thing that might not work is the data since I don't believe that Red Pocket Mobile allows data (when I was in the US, I didn't use data).

As "Telekom" mentioned, they are an MVNO (using the AT&T/Cingular network) so there is no reason why any unlocked GSM phone that is capable of the AT&T GSM band wouldn't work.

[lmcjipo]

To continue on AdmiralAK's excellent work, here is a cost analysis when dialing from the United States to within the States or to Canada using the GSM network and receiving calls: ...

Company: Red Pocket Mobile

Plan: Regular (25¢ on days the phone is used)
Incoming calls: 13.8¢/minute($50/100 refill) to 15¢/minute($10/20 refill)
Outgoing to US: 13.8¢/minute($50/100 refill) to 15¢/minute($10/20 refill)
Outgoing to Canada: 13.8¢/minute($50/100 refill) to 15¢/minute($10/20 refill)
Outgoing text: 10¢/msg
Incoming text: 10¢/msg
Expiration (days): $10 = 30 days; $20 = 90 days; $50 = 180 days; $100 = 365 days
Yearly minimum: $80 (360 days using 4 x $20)

When I was in the US and used Red Pocket Mobile, I don't remember getting charged $0.25 on the days that my phone was used. However, I had over $150 in airtime and wasn't checking my usage on a day to day basis. Their website also doesn't make any mention of a $0.25 charge on days that the phone is used.

[Bob Moore]

I have a Qualcomm QCP 860 phone, that I can't open up.
Does this phone have a SIM card exchangeable from a broken
T Mobile phone?
Bob Moore

[Telekom]

I have a Qualcomm QCP 860 phone, that I can't open up.
Does this phone have a SIM card exchangeable from a broken
T Mobile phone?
Bob Moore

Qualcomm QCP 860 is a CDMA phone (which you actually could have found out by doing a google search.) GSM phones (in North America at least) do not have SIM cards. The phone you have was used with a CDMA service (like Sprint or Verizon.) I could be wrong, but I do not believe Qualcomm ever made a GSM phone.

[lmcjipo]

GSM phones (in North America at least) do not have SIM cards.

All the GSM phones that I'm aware of in North America as well as outside North America do have/use SIM cards unless I'm mistaken.

[n2jtx]

All the GSM phones that I'm aware of in North America as well as outside North America do have/use SIM cards unless I'm mistaken.

No you're not. The GSM standard uses SIM cards. All of my GSM phones have SIM card slots.

[Telekom]

All the GSM phones that I'm aware of in North America as well as outside North America do have/use SIM cards unless I'm mistaken.

I don't know where I came from with that since I know that all GSM phones use SIM cards since it's part of the original GSM spec. All CDMA phones in North America do not use "SIM" cards or "R-UIM" which is the CDMA equivalent that is used elsewhere (China perhaps?)

[Dutchess0909]

OK, PLease advise me... I live in europe and my children are spread here over three states, east- to west coast. I just need a little bit of mobile phone service while here a month or more per year (this year 3 months: babies and illness). I am on limited budget. I need voice and text. Can anyone advise me please? I am spending hours and it is all so much more complicated than in Holland (buy a simcard, 9 euro's month 150 min + 75 text = all I need there :-) )
thanks, margaret

[Dutchess0909]

I forgot to mention: I have a phone and can just switch my dutch SIMcard. whatever is cheapest

[n2jtx]

You might get a T-Mobile prepaid SIM. They are about the cheapest. You can even pick them up on eBay for low cost and a bundle of minutes.

[Dutchess0909]

but thats horrendously expensive: 1 dollar a day for just using it on that day, which means immediately already 30 dollars / month without the minutes... There MUST be a better option that that?