Moving to NYC: temporary iPhone 4 SIM?

Semi_Quaver

Hey Everybody,


When I get to NY, I'd like to have a working phone ASAP, that is a day 1 thing for me (and surely most people )

I have an iPhone 4 (on o2) and I *think* it should accept any sim, so when I get to NY, I am looking to buy a sim card to put in it.

Here's the catch:

I don't want to be bound by a 12, 18, 24 month contract as I'll want to buy a new iPhone 5 which will probably come out around June 2012.

Do any of the main carriers (AT&T, Verizon, Sprint) do monthly/rolling sim cards that will work with my iPhone and have some free minutes/text/data included in the monthly fee?


Thank you!

andrew2110

I too have moved over to New York from England and even the sim only contracts appear to be 12 months to 24 months. The only solution I found was to get a cheap phone with virginmobileusa.com and have a UK phone and a US phone. $35 a month for unlimited internet / texts / calls on a month to month contract is as cheap as it gets over there I think!

RosieBee_2

Hello,

Have a look at this website: http://www.simcardguru.co.uk/product/sim-cards-for-the-united-states/t-mobile-usa-pay-as-you-go-mobile-phone-sim-card

Tells you a bit about which sim card would be best for you in the US.

Hope this helps

gjchester

Semi_Quaver wrote: »

I have an iPhone 4 (on o2) and I *think* it should accept any sim, so when I get to NY, I am looking to buy a sim card to put in it.

Network issues phones tend to be locked. You need to contact 02 to get it unlocked, and they may charge a fee, or insist you pay the rest of the contract up front.

The offical Apple way is to get 02 to tell Apple they want it unlocking, then you swap sims and connect via itunes at which point the phone is told it's unlocked and accepts the SIM.

However as you may have thought by now you probably need to at least check by putting another networks SIM in to your phone and if it comes up as no-service you need to request the unlocking and do the update before you go.

Mine is on Vodafone and has just taken 4 days or so for it to be done.

Rusty!

Get an AT&T (or AT&T based I guess) one, else you will only get 2G/EDGE signals.

Buzby

Go to any AT&T Wireless Store, they offer SIMs much cheaper than simguru, and provide PAYG equivalents that are billed to a credit or charge card. I use their iPad mini SIM in Florida at pay $14.99 for 250Mb data (or $25 for 2Gb) service lasts for 30 days from activation or when the data runs out. I got my mini SIM for free, but they can charge up to $9.99 for one.