international visitor needs prepaid microSim for (unlocked) iPhone4

[adingfelder]

I am coming to the US for a couple weeks and need a prepaid microSim for my (unlocked) iPhone4 I would prefer a card that will give me data and voice for a 2 weeks to a month. What can I buy (from a local AT&T store when I arrive) ?

[youngjm ACE - Professor]

The iphone is not supported on a prepaid plan. You can sign up for a post paid plan with NO contract since you have an unlocked iPhone. Unfortunately you may need to put down a deposit?

I hear the T-Mobile will allow you to get a prepaid sim and they have the micro-SIM. Keep in mind that they do not support the same frequencies for 3G speeds so the best you will get is Edge.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Professor]

Prepaid MicroSIMs do not even exist, nor will they ever, most likely. The only GoPhone iPhone 4 users had to trim down their original SIM to fit the scale of the iPhone 4's smaller slot.

[adingfelder]

so there are also not prepaid microsims for ipad either I presume?

Am I correct in saying that there are 2 options:

1.  cut down a goPhone sim (but that gives only voice and text right)

2.  go with t-mobile for slower service

then for option 1, I have read there may be a way of adding data service later after it is working?

[wingrider01 ACE - Geek]

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adingfelder wrote:

so there are also not prepaid microsims for ipad either I presume?

Am I correct in saying that there are 2 options:

1.  cut down a goPhone sim (but that gives only voice and text right)

2.  go with t-mobile for slower service

then for option 1, I have read there may be a way of adding data service later after it is working?

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the iphone is not eligible for a gophone activation, you can get it to work by cutting don the sim, but there will be no data availabe for it, nor will att give you any support if you have problems

[youngjm ACE - Professor]

There are recent posts by some who had data working on an iPhone go-phone (unsupported) but it is not longer working for them? It may be that ATT and Verizon are cracking down on un-authorized forms of use.

[Wild Banchi ACE - Professor]

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adingfelder wrote:

so there are also not prepaid microsims for ipad either I presume?

Am I correct in saying that there are 2 options:

1.  cut down a goPhone sim (but that gives only voice and text right)

2.  go with t-mobile for slower service

then for option 1, I have read there may be a way of adding data service later after it is working?

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Nope, not that I know of. If there are none available for the iPhone, I'm sure the iPad is excluded as well.

Your options are correct. You will only have voice and messaging services right after your iPhone is activated. There is a way to get data to work on it I believe, but it's a long and difficult process. I would just use Wi-Fi instead when a network is available.