I am buying this phone as a gift for my mom who already has a metro pcs account. Can she use this phone with her existing account?
1650588
Yes you can. If go to the store they will charge you, you can either put the sim from the other phone in it, or use the new one and use the and call metro pcs and they will activate it for free. When you do this , the automated service will ask to choose a plan, if you already have a smartphone plan you pick that one, unless you want to change it to another smartphone plan. It's was easy and I save $35 buck that the store wanted to charge me.
1650589
Yeah, she should be able to. It comes with a service metropcs chip to activate it.
1650590
Yes you can. I did just that. When you get the phone take it to metro store and they will help you set it up. It takes 5 mins real simple.
1650591
She can use it with her existing account. I had to go to the store to have ot activated, but I kept the same plan and number.
717957
It depends on the area of service and if the service offers 4G service. If so, then, it should work. Contact metro pcs first.
29992
You need a company that uses sim cards. I believe Verizon and Metro PCS don't use them.
1461604
I had already had a phone on metro pcs they help me activate the phone and keep the number i already had, there was no charge any of that and i like this phone a lot... and i do not have to pay more a month i pay 40.00 bucks all the bells and whistles because i live in a place that wi-fi is everywhere so i never hit a data problem either. So they will treat it like a replacement or upgrade. I hope this helps!
1571189
no...this phone is Gsm...metro pcs uses cdma. it will never work on metro pcs, verizon , sprint or virgin . you can use tmobile or att
125356
No, you can't. Both my sister and I have MetroPCS, but she bought this phone and I bought mine on EBay. Her phone only gets up to 3G HSDPA+. You have to get that Samsung Galaxy S4-M919. That's the one I got and I do have 4G LTE.
2182663
I have metro pcs and I just online and make my payment at metro pcs you can even pay a month in advance. I have the 40.00 plan and it covers unlimited talk text data and no extra charges, taxes ,service fees all with in the plan. like it says 40.00 for everything that's it. each month your bill would be the same, no mater what plan you chose mine is 40.00 each month and I don't worry about usage or the bill because its always 40.00
1632320
Sorry, I was referring to the phone's functional capacity, not the service.You have to call MetroPCS directly for that one.
406019
Not to sure ask metropcs if they take unlocked phones u shud b able if u have a sim card and it's not locked with the puk code
1632318
I am using my phone with my Metro PCS service using my existing phone number. I tried to switch my service over through my online metro account but eventually called up metro customer service to guide me through the process. It is worth the effort. I love this phone. I pay my monthly phone charges $55 at the beginning of the month.
1976205
Yes, the phone will work if metro has a sim card because it works with a sim card.
1632319
you can use it with your monthly metro service. you need to buy a sim card for it thru metro (20 dollars).
61497
Yes, it takes a micro sim card, so any prepaid service like net 10, straight talk will work, I dont know about metro
1634690
Hi June,no you can't use the Metro PCS Galaxy S3 on AT&T; or T-Mobile. They use a technology to make calls that is very different from MetroPCS and the Galaxy cannot be reprogrammed.
1571188
no...this phone is Gsm...metro pcs uses cdma. it will never work on metro pcs, verizon , sprint or virgin .you can use tmobile or att
1251669
The phone in question is locked on metro Pcs so if Metro PCS available it should be available
1992266
I use my phone with my Verizon plan. I replaced my earlier cell phone when it wore out. You would need to check with Verizon to see if they will allow you to switch phones on your existing account without upgrading to a higher-priced plan. Depending on your plan It may require you to go to a supervisory level at Verizon for the approval. I ended up telling them I would cancel my plan and just buy a SIM card if I couldn't use the replacement phone on the cheap plan I have. They realized I wasn't bluffing and activated this phone in the account. I like the phone OK. The only down-side is the ringer is not really loud, so I keep it turned all of the way up and miss a few calls when I am in a noisy environment.