Can you buy this phone from Amazon and just buy minutes from T-Mobile? Why is the phone twice the price on the T-Mobile site? T-Mobile adds for Sim starter kit and refill card -- do I need to buy that too to use it for prepaid? thanks for your help....
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We bought the phone from Amazon and it came with Sim starter kit (although no refill card). We just added minutes on the T-mobile web site and were on our way! I would definitely buy it here over from T-mobile.
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Hello Ms.Rachael. No!! This is not a prepaid phone. And yes i used this for my t-moble contract. Hope that answer your question. Have a nice day.
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The phone I ordered was described as new on Amazon and it was in fact brand new in the original box. It was sold thru Amazon by Bonanza Deals. I ordered it because my Verizon contract had expired and I didn't want to extend it for 2 years, especially since I extended a contract on another line by buying a new phone from Verizon and it died within a month and they replaced it with a refurbished phone. I activated it easily over the phone and it didn't extend my contract. I'll never buy another phone directly from Verizon!
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Yes, if you do not use the device for a period of time, T-mobile will deactivate the SIM card and you will be forced to buy a new one. I just experienced this very thing yesterday. Went to lend this device to a friend who's going out of town and I couldn't log in to my account. After calling T-mobile, the CS rep "Sergio", told me the SIM card had been deactivated for lack of use and to go to the store and they would replace it for no charge. When I got to a T-mobile store, I was charged $10 for a new SIM card + the additional amount to add data. After my friend gets back, I plan to dump this thing and get a *real* "no contract" wifi hotspot. Forcing users to buy new SIM cards just because T-mobile decides to arbitrarily deactivate your perfectly-good working one is a total scumbag move on their part.
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Hi there! I really appreciate your post. So I am wondering though, you did not have no problem buying this phone on Amazon and dealing with At&t;? It seems that everything went smooth for you! Is there anything else that I need to know. Thanks L.Beltran!
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Its exactly the same as when you buy a tracfone from a store. You can activate it online or by calling tracfone. You don't need to buy extra airtime when you buy the phone, because when I activated mine, I received over 300 free minutes which wasn't even mentioned in the description, but I guess I was just lucky. But my s390g was activated online in less than 15 minutes. Good luck
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Call T Mobile. I use this phone on my existing plan, not as a prepaid plan. The important thing is that the phone is a T Mobile phone. It is very flexible. You should be able to get the plan you want if T Mobile has that plan.
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This phone takes Tracfone cards. You can buy them in nearly any gas station or chain supermarket. It is a prepaid phone so you have to buy the minutes before you use them. You can get $20, $30, $40, $60, and $80 cards. This phone comes with double minutes so every card you buy will give you twice the advertised minutes. There are monthly plans available through Tracfone, but I don't know much about them.
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This version of the phone indicates that it is locked for use with T-Mobile. You can buy an unlocked version, but it will probably cost $50 to $60 more. I doubt T-Mobile will unlock the phone for you unless you have subscribed to their service. There may be other ways to unlock, but probably it is less of a hassle to buy an unlocked phone in the first place. And at $260, there are probably other phones (like a Galaxy S III Mini) that are preferable.
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I have tmobile. With my prepaid minutes, I use a sim card. It works great with this phone: it's very simple to install.My cell phone costs me less than 50 bucks per year. I buy 1000 minutes for 100 bucks and they last a year, but then I put more minutes on the phone and the minutes there "roll over". I am very happy with the service....and the price.Annie
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I did not buy the phone from t-mobile and it works fine. You will need a t-mobile simm card however which you can purchase from t-mobile if you do not already have one.
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Yes! When I purchase this phone I had ceased buying contracts from T-Mobile. I SIMPLY WENT TO THE t sTORE and purchased the SIM card kit. That was it except to a checkout of functionality. I pay an accont with T-Mobile but keep it very low with 3 numbers for the family!
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Yes, you can if you are holding a tmobile prepaid number :) Please leave your tmobile # when you check out! I will refill for you instantly! Cyrus
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There's no difference between a T-mobile prepaid phone and postpaid phone. You put in whatever SIM goes with your account/plan/phone number. There should be no other charges if you already have service. You might want to look at prepaid phones simply because there's no time commitment. I got this for $50, and got a $30 prepaid card with it. For me that worked out well because I was able to add the $30 to my existing balance. If you get that sort of deal, you can always sell the prepaid card on a popular auction site. People will buy a $30 card for $25 or so. Check back often since prices fluctuate. Also check the T-mobile website itself. Sometimes they have better deals.
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Hi Antony,I went to T-Mobile bought a SIM card and had it activated it in the store. Also beware of the speaker on this watch phone is not the greatest but what could one expect. Also the charger cord has a USB end and a unknown end which means its hard to find a replacement charging cable.
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I have the T-Mobile prepaid plan with a super-cheapie phone (Moto v195s) and I'm looking at upgrading to this phone. Were you able to get the data plan separately to work with this phone and the prepaid plan? I don't use voice heavily, but I do text message and I might like having data. What was the cost (if you don't mind the question) and are you seeing any drawbacks to this arrangement? Thanks!
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Yes. I used my T-Mobile SIM card without any issues. In the future, I will buy my handset from an independent seller instead of T-Mobile. An easy ROI.