If I Buy Sim Card Do i have to Pay Monthly Fee From AT@T for unlocked sim card? It is unlocked I Phone and my friend say i have to is it true ?
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If I Buy Sim Card Do i have to Pay Monthly Fee From AT@T?
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Your friend is woefully uninformed. 
If you buy a plan, you get a SIM. You can buy a SIM without a plan, though, but there is really no point, as you can't do anything with it.
If you buy a plan, you get a SIM. You can buy a SIM without a plan, though, but there is really no point, as you can't do anything with it.
If you have an unlocked iPhone; whatever SIM card you put into it will determine if you establish a plan with AT&T or T-Mobile, Orange or O2, etc....
Assuming your phone is jailbroken and unlocked ---->
Only if you sign up for an AT&T plan and use their sim.
T-Mobile plan ---> T-Mobile sim & T-Mobile monthly bill
So on & so forth...
Here in New Zealand you can use the iPhone with a Vodafone Prepay Sim card, so technically there is no plan and no "monthly" bill as such. Of course, once you start using the data features it can get expensive, although they do also have a NZ$1 per day data "plan" and you only pay on days you use data.
I'm not sure if you can officially use the iPhone on Telecom NZ's Prepay Sim or not. Telecom NZ have just upgraded their network to proper 3G, so are currently offering people a NZ$600 credit to move or sign-up their iPhones.
Unfortunately both Vodafone and Telecom NZ's plan charges are ridiculously expensive and data capped.
There is a third network starting in August, but there's been no word on what plans, data caps, etc. they will be offering.
Of course, once you start using the data features it can get expensive, although they do also have a NZ$1 per day data "plan" and you only pay on days you use data.I'm not sure if you can officially use the iPhone on Telecom NZ's Prepay Sim or not. Telecom NZ have just upgraded their network to proper 3G, so are currently offering people a NZ$600 credit to move or sign-up their iPhones.
Unfortunately both Vodafone and Telecom NZ's plan charges are ridiculously expensive and data capped.
There is a third network starting in August, but there's been no word on what plans, data caps, etc. they will be offering.
Your friend is woefully uninformed.
If you buy a plan, you get a SIM. You can buy a SIM without a plan, though, but there is really no point, as you can't do anything with it.
Hmm, seems to be some awfully mis-informed people around here.
Sure you can, it is called Pay as You Go (PAYG), you can buy the SIM from the provider and prepay for calls/texts, both AT&T and TMobile do this, AT&T also call this GoPhone.