Unlocked Tour - prepaid SIM options?
- Just unlocked my Sprint Tour.
I'd like a prepaid SIM from another carrier as a backup. I'm sure it's a lot of personal preference, but any recommendations of a prepaid SIM (ATT or TMobile)?
UPDATE: Purchased ATT prepaid SIM and works great.
Thanks.Last edited by maddsquabbz; 08-07-09 at 08:10 PM.
08-07-09 11:49 AMLike 0 - I have a prepaid T-mo SIM in my jailbroken iPhone. You should research the subject of which of the two (ATT vs T-Mo) have the better service/network coverage in the areas you are most likely to use the phone, price/value etc and make your decision based on this.08-07-09 02:05 PMLike 0
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i dont remember what tmo charged me, but i know my att ppd sim(in the storm currently) card was free and all i had to pay for was minutes
can only make phone calls and send texts on ppd tho.08-07-09 02:13 PMLike 0 - thanks for the replies. I got a free ATT SIM and purchased $25 of airtime. I'll see if I can get it working. If not, only $25 down drain and i'll try TMO.08-07-09 04:55 PMLike 0
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Purchased 64k ATT prepaid SIM.08-07-09 05:13 PMLike 0 -
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- must be tour specific? that was the first ive heard of it, i read a few other posts about it and dont completely get it. where would i find that k number on the card itself?08-08-09 02:10 AMLike 0
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I spoke with ATT and they said all their phones are 64k.08-08-09 10:04 AMLike 0 -
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under $25 is 30 days
$25 - $75 is 90 days
$100 is one year
The SIM is free as long as you purchase $25. I decided to go that route versus buying the $39.99 phone and adding minutes. I had no need for the phone.08-08-09 10:17 AMLike 0 - The expiration period is based upon your balance. Some are purchasing $100 to keep them valid for 1 year. I just did the $25 first to make sure it worked, then will probably do $100. Here's the expiration period for ATT prepaid SIMS:
under $25 is 30 days
$25 - $75 is 90 days
$100 is one year
The SIM is free as long as you purchase $25. I decided to go that route versus buying the $39.99 phone and adding minutes. I had no need for the phone.08-08-09 11:20 AMLike 0 - I am the reasonably happy owner of an 8830 WE, looking to upgrade to Tour in a couple of months.... Meanwhile, with my 8830:
(1) Sprint unlocked SIM (or it was already) without controversy; but
(2) GSM frequency support is only for rest of world, not US/Canada.
Sounds as if with the Tour:
(1) Sprint readily unlocks SIMs; and
(2) quad-band (is it?) GSM frequency support means US/Canada GSM carriers are optionally available for use(?)!
Please confirm, as this could be a key selling point for me to hasten my upgrade.
Particularly, I spend 10 days / month in Canada, and currently have to roam with Sprint's Canada package -- even with which, I'm spending tens of dollars per month extra on voice and data up there.
Regarding this, does anyone know which carrier(s) in Canada have some SIM available and reasonable data / voice rates? AND, do I need to exercise caution about getting a SIM from a company with explicit BlackBerry Network support, or do any work (for push e-mail, BBM and the like)?
Thanks!08-08-09 11:22 AMLike 0 - I am the reasonably happy owner of an 8830 WE, looking to upgrade to Tour in a couple of months.... Meanwhile, with my 8830:
(1) Sprint unlocked SIM (or it was already) without controversy; but
(2) GSM frequency support is only for rest of world, not US/Canada.
Sounds as if with the Tour:
(1) Sprint readily unlocks SIMs; and - YES
(2) quad-band (is it?) GSM frequency support means US/Canada GSM carriers are optionally available for use(?)! YES and YES
Please confirm, as this could be a key selling point for me to hasten my upgrade.
Particularly, I spend 10 days / month in Canada, and currently have to roam with Sprint's Canada package -- even with which, I'm spending tens of dollars per month extra on voice and data up there.
Regarding this, does anyone know which carrier(s) in Canada have some SIM available and reasonable data / voice rates? AND, do I need to exercise caution about getting a SIM from a company with explicit BlackBerry Network support, or do any work (for push e-mail, BBM and the like)?
Thanks!08-08-09 12:08 PMLike 0
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