Does this support prepaid plans like I have with T Mobile? Can you swap in a sim card from a prepaid Nokia phone I have already?
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It should work with any SIM card you have. It's a full-sized SIM slot so if you have a smaller SIM (like micro or nano), you would need an adapter which you can find on Amazon. I've used this with SIMs from AT&T; postpaid and two different French Bouygue prepaid plans.
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I believe you can. I used to have a basic cell phone from AT&T; with a go-phone plan. I took out my SIM card and installed it in the Galaxy phone with no problems. I first tested this by taking out my SIM card and placing it in a coworkers Galaxy phone from AT&T; and it worked. Just make sure this is an unlocked phone.
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Hi.Yes you can. I used to go in Business travels, one sim from Mexico and the other for the country i'm visiting. It worked in all Latin America and USA with prepaid an plan SIMS.
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I use this phone with my T Mobile plan that I already had from another phone and from which I transferred my SIM card from too.
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You can only use it with providers that take the old style sim card. I wouldn't waste my money on this phone if i was you. there are much better options out there. The phone has more cons than pros. If you wanna waste your money thats fine. when i had this phone it was cool for a little bit but it was just to outdated and the battery really sucks. good luck you really gonna need it if you go with this phone. If you want a good old style phone go with the nokia brick.
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Not necessarily. I just bought one up through BB and had THEM set it up. SOoooo glad, too.The SIM from my pre-existing GoPhone (Nokia) gave a "Card cannot be used" message. The included, new, card had to be used and the switch done via a phone call. It wasn't EASY.
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Hi Sharon,SimpleMobile uses T-mobile's network. The first phone I used with them was an unlocked T-Mobile Samsung Behold II and it worked perfectly. I don't know exactly what you mean by prepaid though. I hope this help ;o)
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If it a unlocked smartphone and take t mobile or at&t service sim card answer is yes check eBay type Nokia 521 unlocked smartphone check phone info should tell you you can use t mobile sim card because t mobile use all different smart phones with their sim card.
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I do not know if it can be used as a pre-paid phone, but I have the $45 a month unlimited plan, and I did use the SIM card from an older phone, and it works. It can NOT be used with T-Mobile, or Consumer Cellular SIM cards due to the number that they use to activate the phone has a different type of activation set up number.
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I heard from a t-mobile customer service rep that this only works if the phone has been "off the shelf" by March 2013, because T-mobile put a restriction on all prepaid phones still on the shelves at that time, to have to use prepaid SIM cards for 6 months before switching over to a post-paid plan. She said that you need to contact the seller specifically to ask if their phone will work with post-paid plans.
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The prepaid cards are for your account, as in paying your bill. If your unlocked galaxy is compatible with t-mobiles network then there should be no problem.
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Hmmm this is an interesting thread. I am in the exact situation as the OP. I am getting conflicting information, so help me out with this:Can I just transfer my sim card to the N8 and use all of it's features without signing up for a data plan? Will T-Mobile be able to detect if my phone is a smart phone if all I do is access the internet through wifi? I don't want anything to change with my plan, money is already tight. Would it really be necessary for me to call Tmobile and request that they not allow any data access? Wouldn't that tip them off to the fact that I bought an unlocked phone? Hmmm this is an interesting thread. I am in the exact situation as the OP. I am getting conflicting information, so help me out with this:Can I just transfer my sim card to the N8 and use all of it's features without signing up for a data plan? Will T-Mobile be able to detect if my phone is a smart phone if all I do is access the internet through wifi? I don't want anything to change with my plan, money is already tight. Would it really be necessary for me to call Tmobile and request that they not allow any data access? Wouldn't that tip them off to the fact that I bought an... » Read More Hmmm this is an interesting thread. I am in the exact situation as the OP. I am getting conflicting information, so help me out with this:Can I just transfer my sim card to the N8 and use all of it's features without signing up for a data plan? Will T-Mobile be able to detect if my phone is a smart phone if all I do is access the internet through wifi? I don't want anything to change with my plan, money is already tight. Would it really be necessary for me to call Tmobile and request that they not allow any data access? Wouldn't that tip them off to the fact that I bought an unlocked phone? « Show Less
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I bought mine for T-Mobile. I already had a line, so all I had to do was switch the SIM card from my old phone to this one. It was pretty simple. All features work and so far I have not had any issues with it. :)
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I'm currently using T-Mobile prepaid, which works for me, since I don't use a lot of talk time. I was looking at the 5800, which I understand will work with the prepaid, with the option of getting the feature phone data plan ($10? $15?/mo). From what I've read, this phone is basically the 5800 with a few cosmetic and technology improvements. Does anyone know if it will work with the T-Mobile prepaid plan?
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I think you'll need a smaller sim card(micro sim). Perhaps the sim card can be cut down, I'm not sure about this. I've had an E71 and some other various Nokia phones. The 720 sim is smaller than my E71 sim.
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I was using it with a Verizon contract plan. I am not sure if it would work for a prepaid plan. I recommend you contact a Verizon store and or customer service on the phone to find out. Hopefully they would know.
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I bought an unlocked nokia. I've used an att sim card and also a sim card for use overseas. It holds a standard size sim card. It's a great little phone. It's not fancy, but works well.
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The unlocked phone works fine with T-Mobile prepaid. Any simm card should work in an unlocked GSM phone.
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I'm not 100 percent but if it's att you might be able to. We have a prepaid plan through Walmart family mobile which supports mostly Tmobile unless unlocked and it works fine. I would recommend calling your gophone customer service and ask them if you can use an unlocked phone because if you got to use top up cards it might not let you. Let me know what you find out! :-) and good luck.this is honestly a great phone to have.
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I say yes because I am using mine with AT&T.; If you have a really old AT&T; SIM Card, you can get a newer SIM Card from an AT&T; store, probably for free. I got significantly better coverage than with my previous Nokia phone on AT&T.; I suspect it is because it is quad-band and the other one wasn't.