Best Sim-Only Deal for I-Phone 3G?

bioboybill

My sister-in-law who lives in Singapore has just got a new I-Phone 4 and sent her old I-Phone 3G to us thinking my son would like it. It is obviously locked to a Singapore network but she thought I could simply get it unlocked and stick my son's Virginmedia PAYG Sim in it.

Having had a quick search on the internet it appears that only a few networks can use I-Phones and VM isn't one of them.:(

So I assume I will have to get it unlocked at a shop and sign up to a sim-only deal? If so can people recommend the best deals around?

Any advice much appreciated.

bioboybill

Anybody?

Please.

SingaporeSaver

bioboybill wrote: »

Anybody?

Please.

Are you sure the phone is locked ? as normally phones from singapore have to be sold unlocked

so worth a check first maybe with somone else's sim card who uses a I phone

bioboybill

Thanks, I will check it out tonight when I get home from work.

bioboybill

Got on to my in-laws through Facebook and they said the phone was unlocked through a factory re-set. I have read in some places that you can't use I-phone with VM, but on a cable forum I saw people saying they have I-phones on VM. So does this mean he could stick his VM Sim in and it would work?

Exhortation

You can't buy iPhone through Virgin but there's no reason why you can't use a Virgin sim in one. Not one that I know of, anyway.

Chorlie

You could look at:-

GiffGaff
Tesco £10 per month on a 30 day contract
T-Mobile £10 per month on a 12 month contract (if you can still get it)

Look which is the best coverage in your area.

GiffGaff & Tesco both use O2 Network

Virgin use T-Mobiles.

Remember to have some Data included & the cost of going over the amount, Tesco can be expensive if over the 500MB limit.