What experience have you had with AT&amp;T unlocking the phone, and charge for activation? I assume it will be the standard activation fee??
1067892
i bought an at&t compatible so i din't have to unlock. my son took the phone to at&t store and had no problem getting everything changed over
1861403
I just activated mine with the AT&T; sim card on Straight Talk and so far its wonderful. Coming from horrible Boost Mobile and a janky phone to this would be heaven regardless. But compared to contract services I've had in the past, this is an excellent phone and service
1201344
This is exactly what I have been wondering, do you not receive data charges because it's an unlocked phone? My sister was given an iPhone as a gift and didn't use any data, she only ever went online when she was connected to wifi, and a data charge was added to the bill because it was a smartphone. Because this is an unlocked phone, will AT&T; just... not know? I don't know much about unlocked phones :(
2182466
best plan is the $50 unlimited txt data voice, this is my daughters us phone and serves the job it was intended for, i normally talk to my daughter for an hour plus a day. activation was easy and adding a us credit/debit also, had to actually call at&t; a customer services to add a uk debit/credit (damn zip codes lol) but once added have no problem topping up.
1375321
Is this phone unlocked and ready too use because im with at&t; I will purchase it. but I don't want any problems later on down saying this phone is stolen & I want be able too use the iphone.
274054
Unfortunately all of these companies that have a prepaid plan make you purchase phones through them specifically AT&T; as of June is letting people bring any phone to them that is unlocked and can become a go phone this specific phone has AT&T; logo on it however I didn't know that when I purchased it I'm happy with the service through AT&T; however with their go phone service I pay a flat rate each month no contract
1662860
Hi,You have to unlock it first from AT&T.; I went on line to follow their unlocking process, but it didn't work and they kept saying that I was locked in a contract. I finally called them to request unlocking the phone, but they gave me a very hard time. It's unlocked now, and I was under no contract with AT&T; at the time of the unlocking. Any phone would have to be unlocked by the carrier company first before another carrier SIM card can be used, either in the US or any where in the world for that matter. I hope that helps.
868512
No problem for me and no activation fee.just make sure it says for Verizon.
2152108
I was an ATT subscriber already so I just changed the sim card and the bill was the same on a family plasn..If Im not mistaken, you can create an account and pre-pay with a credit card for a period of time if youre not an ATT customer already.
1890342
The Sim card is something you will get from you carrier (AT&T;) There should be no charge for that as one of the earlier posts mentioned having to pay for it.
954365
Mine came unlocked too -- it's only a matter of finding the right technician to help you in case you can't make it work on your own; which was my case. It still says 'Activation Required', but it works perfectly!
1760150
No...this is a pre-paid phone!!! Why are people saying yes?? Tried to activate and couldn't with Verizon....
311200
Hello, to my knowledge it should work with an existing contract. I completed my contract and have purchased a new phone that is under contract so there aren't any holds or anything on this phone; however, I'm not sure what type of activation fee AT&T; will charge. The iPhone 4s uses a Micro-sim card.
970233
I activated mine. I had to take it to verizon and get a SIM card though. The fee for the card is $5.00. If you have the same phone already just slide the sim carc out of the previous one and replace in new phone and turn on. Everythg should just transfer over.
2008748
The one I ordered was unlocked. I simply put my ATT&T; Sim card over into it and started using the phone. No problems as of yet.
1249004
I would add one additional tip: make sure you call ATT to activate the SIM by putting minutes on it. The SIM alone costs about $25 and to add minutes it is another $25.
863362
Yes it is, that's what I have. Just drop in you sim, charge the phone up and connect to AT&T and you are ready to go. I must say though that I saw a lot of charges start to appear as if out of nowhere. No nig charges but small charges usually in the 1 to 2 dollar range. I would pick up my phone to make a call, swipe it on and there would be a message "The last transaction cost $x.xx." The thing was that I hadn't used the phone since my last call and I had already seen the msg about how much that call had cost me. I ended up putting my sim back in my Samsung dumb phone. However that isn't a problem with the phone. The phone worked great, good quality sound, beautiful display, easy to use and set up. All of those small unknown charges came from AT&T. I'm thinking about when my minutes run out of finding a better pay as you go service. I hope it's something compatible with my sim and the 917