Pay-As-You-Go iPhone Rumors

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• RF9

  Yep.
  Pay-G data plans are no different than the post paid data plans.
  iPhones work with ANY AT&T data plan (data connect, pda, media net, blackberry.)
  They all have the standard APN wap.cingular

  However, visual voice mail will only work with iPhone data plans (post paid.)

  Did you know you can also use PayG data in a laptop card?

  Now, just because it works, doesn’t mean AT&T will sell it as a pre-paid phone any time soon. You’ll still have to buy it on a post-paid contract and have it activated. Once activated it’ll work on the PayG.
  Or get someone with an AT&T iPhone contract to buy you one at “Full price” ($400/$500.) and you can use it on pay as you go.

• Sonia

  I also read somewhere you can use the iPhone on Verizon after doing some tinkering – is that true?

• Snidely

  The reason the other AT&T SIM cards work is the “lock” is looking for a network identifier from the SIM. The network identifier (PLMN code) is the same for all AT&T (or any other carrier’s) SIMs. As long as you are using a SIM from the same network you purchased the iPhone from, you should be able to use any SIM.

• Snidely

  @Sonia – Verizon uses CDMA and AT&T uses GSM, so you can’t make the iPhone work on Verizon. Unless you mean by “a little tinkering” removing the GSM radio and replacing it with a CDMA radio. But that is definitely major tinkering.

• SevenAce

  Having the iphone on prepaid.

  I love it, its like saying “hey look at me I’m cool I can afford the iphone and all the cool features (well kind of…)

• RF9

  Having an iPhone or any phone for that matter has nothing to do with “looking cool” or showing off “look what I can afford” for many people.
  Hey, if I could find gasoline at $1.00 a gallon instead of $4.00 for my $45,000 car. I would do it. I have no shame paying less for the same thing.

• Kameron

  So if I went into an AT&T store and bought an iPhone I could just tell them I have a SIM and I can put my Pay-As-You-Go SIM in the iPhone and it will work??? if i tell them that do i have to do anything else such as activate it or something???

• Nemo

  No activation required… although AT&T does like you to call 611 and give them the EIME # of your new phone when you change phones with your PayGo sim but it is no required. But as far as walking into an AT&T store and buying an Iphone, it would be cheaper to get one on eBay and you have the opportunity of finding one that is already unlocked (which enables alot of extra features such as adding 3rd party apps like yahoo messenger, etc.)

• Gareth

  Hi, I live in England and own an iphone however i want to buy a pay as you go sim for when im in the states on holiday. Where can i get a Pay as you go sim from for the iphone and do i simply put it the sim and off i go?

• chuck

  I have been using a 3g iphone on a GoPhone plan for a year with no problem. I even have visual voice mail and 3g speed. Don’t let At&T know about it, though. 3G phones are not permitted on the GoPhone network. 2g iPhones are permitted. So what I did was to use my regular 2g iPhone on that service and had AT&T hook up my visual voice mail. Then I changed sim cards to the 3G. People say that AT&T can tell if you are using a 3G phone, but so far no problems for me.