Looking at buying an iphone unlocked and putting my pay as you go virgin account onto it via its sim. Can it be done?
Looking at buying an iphone unlocked and putting my pay as you go virgin account onto it via its sim. Can it be done?
NOTE: MY VIRGIN MOBILE IS A SIM, I.E. I HAVE A VIRIGN MOBILE SIM.
Sure, you can swap the SIM, and make calls and send texts, and you'll get some kind of data connection. But you might be missing a lot of iPhone features, including 3G data speeds, since that stuff is locked to the carrier.
(BTW, the other responder is probably in the US...Virgin uses CDMA phones over here, unlike the rest of the world, which nearly all use GSM).
Have you considered the Nexus One?
http://www.google.com/phone
There are two GSM models that work on the two major carriers (T-Mobile and AT&T) over here. One of them will certainly have the proper frequencies to work there. The only drawback is the additional taxes/VATs you'd have to pay to have it shipped. The phones are all unlocked by default. I own one and it's incredible.
Perhaps if you have a friend in the US, you could work something out. 
I used to have Virgin mobile and they did not use sim cards, rather a cdma chip built into the phone. But yes a unlocked iPhone will work on any card that supports sim cards.
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Sure, you can swap the SIM, and make calls and send texts, and you’ll get some kind of data connection. But you might be missing a lot of iPhone features, including 3G data speeds, since that stuff is locked to the carrier.
(BTW, the other responder is probably in the US…Virgin uses CDMA phones over here, unlike the rest of the world, which nearly all use GSM).
Have you considered the Nexus One?
http://www.google.com/phone
There are two GSM models that work on the two major carriers (T-Mobile and AT&T) over here. One of them will certainly have the proper frequencies to work there. The only drawback is the additional taxes/VATs you’d have to pay to have it shipped. The phones are all unlocked by default. I own one and it’s incredible.
Perhaps if you have a friend in the US, you could work something out.
References :