Can I use my sim card? I am currently on a t-mobile plan but like this phone. It is 50USD cheaper on Amazon and Walmart than buying it via t-mobile. However, I do not know if I can use my sim card since this is a "pre-paid" phone. Any help is appreciated! Can I use my sim card? I am currently on a t-mobile plan but like this phone. It is 50USD cheaper on Amazon and Walmart than buying it via t-mobile. However, I do not know if I can use my sim... » Read More Can I use my sim card? I am currently on a t-mobile plan but like this phone. It is 50USD cheaper on Amazon and Walmart than buying it via t-mobile. However, I do not know if I can use my sim card since this is a "pre-paid" phone. Any help is appreciated! « Show Less
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On this planet, all pre-paid phones work as same as post-paid contract phones if they r from same carrier( ATT, Tmobile, etc.) Yes, u can use put a post-paid Tmobile simcard into a pre-paid Tmobile phone. Or you can put a post paid sim from a Tmobile phone into a UNLOCKED pre-paid ATT phone and it would still work. (3G will not work).
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You can get the cheaper unlimited value plans on t-mobile when you purchase a device straight out. The cost savings are many times the extra cost of the phone.
1809753
As others have said, you get a SIM card from whatever provider you want to use. The key is that it must be a GSM provider, like AT&T; or Tmobile. There are also other GSM regional carriers out there but those are the national ones. I found the AT&T; plans better than Tmobile.
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I just receive this phone, after I put the T-Mobile SIM card in, and I turn on the phone , it show I need to active the phone and press the call key. it connect to Verizon. and Verizon told me since I am not Verizon account, so cannot active the phone for me. so I cannot use this phone for T-Mobile SIM card. anybody know how to active this phone with T-Mobile SIM card?
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I have T-Mobile i did use my sim card . Everything worked great . Phone was good buy for me . Blue 5.0 was unlocked phone .
1545565
I bought it cause I use only prepaid. I believe T-Mobile has many plans and you can use any of there phones.I would call up T-Mobile. My daughter uses this phone and the only complaint she has is that it freezes up sometimes. But don't all phone do that at one time or another?
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Amazon only sell the phone. As for the plan, you have to buy from T-Mobile since it's locked to T-Mobile, otherwise you have to pay to unlock the phone and may use wireless carrier of your choice.
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I just went to the Walmart site and they don't mention that little fact until the very end of the description, way down on the page! I would imagine they are getting tons of complaints about this because people will most certainly unknowingly buy it without realizing, and it says there are no returns. How are they getting away with this? http://www.walmart.com/ip/Tmobile-30-Wireless-Airtime-Card/15443357#rr I also looked on the T-mobile site (they are my carrier) and they do have that same plan listed and says it is available exclusively at Walmart and T-mobile, but it DOES NOT say it can only be used on phones purchased there or at Walmart.
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I like the phone and use Puretalk as the provider. I don't know if you can use T-Mobile with this phone. Puretalk however is very good and very inexpensive. BTW, there is now the Two version of the phone which I just ordered.
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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 used it on T-Mobile pre-paid. I just put the SIM from my Samsung into the Treo, and it was good to go for phone and text without any data plan. It does not, however, provide connection to call over wifi (but the browser works fine with wifi). I switched to an Android phone to get the calling over wifi feature, because the T-Mobile signal is poor inside my house.
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Hi, T. HA--I was previously a TMobile prepaid customer on the 1500 talk and text plan and had been using another phone. I purchased this one off Amazon and called TMobile to activate the sim card that came with new phone. The guy that I first spoke to said that I couldn't activate it to the new Walmart plan because the phone hadn't been purchased at Walmart. I probably spent around 20 minutes speaking to him. I then asked to speak with a customer service supervisor and once I got through to her, the activation of the new sim card to the Walmart plan and the porting of my old Prepaid number over to the newly activated sim card took about 5 minutes. I was very pleased, but you just need to be persistent. Hi, T. HA--I was previously a TMobile prepaid customer on the 1500 talk and text plan and had been using another phone. I purchased this one off Amazon and called TMobile to activate the sim card that came with new phone. The guy that I first spoke to said that I couldn't activate it to the new Walmart plan because the phone hadn't been purchased at Walmart. I probably spent around 20 minutes speaking to him. I then asked to speak with a customer service supervisor and once I got through to her, the activation of the new sim card to the Walmart plan and the porting of my old Prepaid number... » Read More Hi, T. HA--I was previously a TMobile prepaid customer on the 1500 talk and text plan and had been using another phone. I purchased this one off Amazon and called TMobile to activate the sim card that came with new phone. The guy that I first spoke to said that I couldn't activate it to the new Walmart plan because the phone hadn't been purchased at Walmart. I probably spent around 20 minutes speaking to him. I then asked to speak with a customer service supervisor and once I got through to her, the activation of the new sim card to the Walmart plan and the porting of my old Prepaid number over to the newly activated sim card took about 5 minutes. I was very pleased, but you just need to be persistent. « Show Less
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I bought the phone from amazon. I already had a sim card in my previous phone I got from T-mobile and just put the card in this phone. You have to go into a store that handles T-Mobile if you are not already signed up. They will sell you 1000 minutes for $100 or smaller amounts of minutes for less. Look at T-mobile website for "no contract" info. No minutes come with phone from amazon. Tmobile will assign you a phone # when you purchase minutes.
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is it prepaid? AT&T; T-Mobile...is the sim compatible. I have two and both accepted the prepaid sims with no problem. walmart straight talk wont work on an unlocked phone. and then you could have defective phone
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I havent been able to purchase a sim card that works for it nor will it keep a charge for more than an hour. Also they wont give me my money back or a replacement phone that will accept an U.S. sim card or phone service plan. So in saying that do some research before buying any phone from amazon that was made and or used in japan. Sorry. Very disatisfied.
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you can always call verizon and ask if they can use it as a pre-paid im pretty sure they use the same numbers to activate. but i wouldn't know for sure i activated mine with my contract plan.
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I use this phone with T-Mobile, I have the pay as you go plan with unlimited data, So I couldn't tell you what they will bill you for.But if you already have a phone from T-mobile that you are using, just remove the sim card from the phone and put it in the 5800and it should work. T-mobile will not bill you for having a Internet ready phone
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No because Verizon does not have a sim card program where you can purchase the sim card so that you can use their network, or they didn't back in Jan when I purchased my phone. I like Verizon better I think it is a stronger network but I ended up going with T-mobile specifically because of this reason. They want you to purchase the phone from them to use their network.