Which service would be best I have the phone and need a sim card(service). I have sprint now and believe I must get verison or cingular. Any thoughts? Thanks
1081964
If you're in the US you need to go with Cingular or T-mobile. I'd personally suggest cingular (rollever, better network) but check coverages in your area just to be sure
1081965
This phone is not compatible with Verizon's service. Your choices in the US are Cingular (the new AT&T;) and T-Mobile.
48648
if they will sell you a sim card i don't see why not. verizon is kind of funny though. i had mine working through straight talk. but it only takes a company to sell you a sim card and service. then you need to be sure you have the right APNs. i had mine working here. then i got something fancier and sent mine to the philippines, where they are also working fine. i suggest you go on verizon's website and see what you can see. any particular reason why you want them in particular? just wondering.
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Sprint's 4G LTE still uses the CDMA network so neither. It doesn't have a slot for it. The sellers will try to tell you if its unlocked it takes one, but I got a supposed unlocked one and there was no slot for a SIM card.
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My Verizon store gave me a Sim card. But yes, you have to pay for a monthly fee. I would ask your Verizon office. It's interesting you emailed me, because today I found the brand-new Mifi that I lost that required me to buy this when it through Amazon. I could sell you that one. Of course if you don't have one already, you're better just to go to your cell phone carrier and get one because they will sell it to you for a penny the first time. I had to buy this one because I lost the free one
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I can't tell you what kind of SIM card to get, but I can recommend that you get a different provider. Consumer Cellular is, in my experience and the experience of several friends and relatives, the worst for reception, battery life, and customer service.
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Choose one of Cingular's data plans that fits closest to your usage (all of the plans are fairly pricey). If you only want data service, I know for a fact you can to do so at a Cingular store. It may be possible through Amazon, but I haven't attempted to do so. Beware that Cingular stores currently offer this device for $399.99 w/2 yr agreement, versus Amazon's excellent $199 price.
1240645
You would have to get it unlocked because the sprint carrier is a CDMA and most phones that actually unlock are gsm. Sprint phones are actually hard to get unlocked so check to see if someone can unlock it for you before you make your purchase.
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I appreciate this information...I'd like to keep using my sprint service. Is there any reason I can't do that?Do you know of any "unlocked phone tutorials" online? I'm a total newbie to this...Thank you!
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Do NOT get the Verizon model. It does work, but you will only get 2G.Much better choice is an unlocked ATT model. With that you will get 4G LTE.Metro has the program "Bring your own GSM phone " and activate it with your metro service. You will get a GSM SIM card but everything else in your account will stay the same.
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This is not a Verizon phone. It all depends on the amount of minutes and data you need each month. You can research on the Verizon wireless website the price of basic phone plans and the pay as you go plans to determine if the Great Call service is less expensive or if a Verizon plan would be better. For my elderly father the Jitterbug with the Great Call monthly plan charged to his credit card each month is the best. It all depends on your service needs.
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Works off Sprint towers just perfectly. Checkout this carrier plan $47 month unlimited/ dominicct.acndirect.com. Buy phone and then log on to get service or call customer service for help activating. Can also port a current number.
904645
Also make sure you get the sim card as you will need a sim card to activate on freedompop byod. Sprint store gave me one for free with a bit of a run around. Should be included with the phone, however, if you have to order Ting will sell you a Ting sim for 9 bucks that will allow you to activate on freedompop
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This phone is sold without a contract so you can use it to replace your current phone, but if you don't already have a contract you will need to purchase some kind of 4G LTE service to use it. 4G LTE Phones are not locked, so you don't have to use Verizon if you don't want to. Sprint and AT&T also have 4G LTE.
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I looked upthe answer. If your phone was under contract with at&t, Cingular or T-Mobile these are GSM phones. Verizon and Sprint will not work, these are not GSM phones.
1502420
Thank you VERY MUCH...So let me see if I completely understand this:1) I buy an unlocked phone2) I take the card out of my sprint phone, and put it into the unlocked phone.3) the new unlocked phone WORKS.Is that correct?Are there services that will NOT work when I do things this way? For instance, this phone can browse the internet, and act as a modem. Do I lose those services (or others) if I buy the phone unlocked and use it on Sprint?Thank you again, I really appreciate your time.Dmitri
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Not sure about sprint. I have cricket and now have great 4g LTE inside. Before using booster I had no service
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I believe this device is prepaid only. I'm not sure, but I think to get a contract with sprint, you need to purchase a new device. You can activate this with one of many Sprint MVNOs. The one I used was RingPlus. Do a search on google, you should find something close to what you're looking for.