Nexus 4 for at&t?

gregrose said:

Hey everyone,

So a month ago I bought the Nexus 7, first time with android and its awesome! I still am using an iphone 4 and I am ready to get a new phone. I tried the SG3 for a few days and wasnt a fan of it, I am not sure why I just dont think I gave android a big enough chance as a phone, so I bought the tablet which i really grew to like.

Anyways, will the nexus 4 be available for at&t? I am confused about it being an off contract phone or however they worded it, thanks!

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The way I understand it you can get it from Google Play as an unlocked phone and you should be able to use any companies prepaid sim in it, or you can buy it from t-Mobile as a prepaid phone plan with their sim.

gregrose said:

Hey everyone,

So a month ago I bought the Nexus 7, first time with android and its awesome! I still am using an iphone 4 and I am ready to get a new phone. I tried the SG3 for a few days and wasnt a fan of it, I am not sure why I just dont think I gave android a big enough chance as a phone, so I bought the tablet which i really grew to like.

Anyways, will the nexus 4 be available for at&t? I am confused about it being an off contract phone or however they worded it, thanks!

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You can buy it from the Play store full price and use it on AT&T. Whether AT&T will sell it susbsidised or not I'm not sure.

gregrose said:

It can only be used as prepaid? Or can I switch my plan over to it?

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Hmmm that is a really good question; wondering why wouldn't your sim work in it, if it is the same sim size...

gregrose said:

It can only be used as prepaid? Or can I switch my plan over to it?

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If you're already an AT&T customer, all you have to do it take the sim card out of your iPhone 4 and put it in the Nexus 4--that's it. No need to contact AT&T for anything. Went back and forth between my iPhone 4s and a Galaxy Nexus often.

gregrose said:

Wow that's it? Hmm I might have to try that. Any easy way to import my contacts over to the nexus?

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The way I did it was:

I had my contacts in my Macs Address Book so I exported my contacts and added them to my Gmail account and then synced it to my GS3. Simple as that.

gregrose said:

Wow that's it? Hmm I might have to try that. Any easy way to import my contacts over to the nexus?

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For my Nexus 7 I purchased an app called Smooth Sync (I think thats it) for Contacts and Cal. What it does is sync your contacts and cal events from iCloud with your Android device. So easy and they stay in sync across my Android, OSX and iOS devices.

Is it a Nano SIM like iPhone 5?

marc11 said:

For my Nexus 7 I purchased an app called Smooth Sync (I think thats it) for Contacts and Cal. What it does is sync your contacts and cal events from iCloud with your Android device. So easy and they stay in sync across my Android, OSX and iOS devices.

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Looks like a good app. I'll add it to my wishlist in case I'm ever using both Android and iOS simultaneously. Right now I'm using a GS3 and Nexus 7 so don't really have any use for it.

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Technarchy said:

Is it a Nano SIM like iPhone 5?

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From what I've read the Nexus 4 will use a micro SIM like the iPhone 4/4S

gregrose said:

It can only be used as prepaid? Or can I switch my plan over to it?

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I have T-Mobile but everytime i have bought a phone from Ebay whether it was made for T-Mobile or unlocked, i just stuck in my Sim and it works. No need to do anything so in my experience id say you dont have to transfer anything.
And that includes a couple ive bought that were supposed to be a prepaid phone using prepaid cards....or however that works. Just put in the Sim and it worked just fine using my existing plan and thats why i love having a Sim card phone.

When i get my Nexus 4 im not going to call them. Im just going to put my Sim in it and thats what i did when i got my Wife her Windows phone from eBay. Eventually the carrier will read what phone you are using as it always pops up online when i log in. It shows all the phones we are using next to our names even when i switch phones.

tbayrgs said:

If you're already an AT&T customer, all you have to do it take the sim card out of your iPhone 4 and put it in the Nexus 4--that's it. No need to contact AT&T for anything. Went back and forth between my iPhone 4s and a Galaxy Nexus often.

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Actually if you want to utilize AT&T's HSPA+ you will need to swap your SIM out. It is free going to the Nexus, but for some reason they charge you switching back to iP4 (I'm sure you could talk them down on this). But for iP4 there is no HSPA+, so your SIM is not formatted for it.

When you use an Android...like you will with the N4, save your contacts with your Google account, not your phone or Sim card. That way it will always sync them automatically when or if you get another Android phone down the road.

Technarchy said:

Is it a Nano SIM like iPhone 5?

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The Nexus 4 uses a micro sim.

marc11 said:

For my Nexus 7 I purchased an app called Smooth Sync (I think thats it) for Contacts and Cal. What it does is sync your contacts and cal events from iCloud with your Android device. So easy and they stay in sync across my Android, OSX and iOS devices.

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Used the SmoothSync apps as well on my Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7 and they work great.