Nice!
Does this mean you end up with an "unlocked" phone that you can use on Tmobile or overseas?
Does this mean you end up with an "unlocked" phone that you can use on Tmobile or overseas?
Data is not a problem. MMS is. An iPhone Configuration Utility profile, even those provided by unlockit.co.nz, will not provide the proper settings for MMS. MMS can only be achieved on Straight Talk on the iPhone through a) the T-Mobile SIM swap trick or b) jailbreaking.
Why? Because the phone automatically uses AT&T's carrier bundle, which automatically uses the AT&T MMS settings and disables any changes to said settings. The only way to "properly" fix the issue is for Apple to issue a Straight Talk carrier bundle.
Nice! I literally just got my ST Sim and am going to set it up on my iPhone 4. If I won't have to fool around to get MMS to work it will be sweet.
I don't see how this really saves anything. I pay $150/month for two iPhones on AT&T with unlimited text and data, and more minutes than we can ever use. (I think I have 8000 rollover minutes right now.) The old iPhones can be sold for almost as much as a new phone costs every two years, so they are basically free at this point. So... $140 with crippled voicemail or $150 for the real thing. Wow, $10. How does that add up to $950?
This may be the last straw. The iPhone 5? At Wall*Mart? On their prepay plan?
This may be the last straw. The iPhone 5? At Wall*Mart? On their prepay plan?
The Apple brand is becoming like Volkswagen was in 1965.
The iPhone isn't classy anymore
Not entirely true. I just set my mother in law up with an iPhone 4 on straight talk and got MMS to work using the unlocker.nz etc. but I imagine since Walmart is selling this, the workaround won't be needed. I think.
LoL @ all the people butt hurt about an iphone being sold at walmart on a mvno and at the people ashamed of being on ST. First world problems.
Data is not a problem. MMS is. An iPhone Configuration Utility profile, even those provided by unlockit.co.nz, will not provide the proper settings for MMS. MMS can only be achieved on Straight Talk on the iPhone through a) the T-Mobile SIM swap trick or b) jailbreaking.
Why? Because the phone automatically uses AT&T's carrier bundle, which automatically uses the AT&T MMS settings and disables any changes to said settings. The only way to "properly" fix the issue is for Apple to issue a Straight Talk carrier bundle.
The logic behind this comment is baffling. The transfer of 2 GB of "information" to your phone is the same information at HSPA and LTE, you just get it faster at LTE speeds, so when you're trying to look up a phone number it takes 1 second instead of 10 seconds to access the same info.
It's like saying if you had to chose between home internet capped at 1GB per month that it's better to have dial up instead of cable\dsl because it's the same amount of data. WTF... use some common sense people. Same data consumption, but stuff gets to you 10x as fast with LTE.
Show me your data that supports this mate!
No, not so fast. Sure dial up and a 1Mbps are easy to see the difference between but when it come to say 3-5Mbps and 30Mbps you really think that the page will load that much faster. In theory yes but unless the ping times, network latency, is that much better with LTE I don't think you'll see the difference. When you get to a certain min speed I doubt if you will see the difference. Sure if you're downloading a massive file then LTW will win but a regular webpage, doubt it. Lot depends upon how big of a pipe the web server uses.
Funny, because I just switched from AT&T to Straight for the $45 plan.
I set it up using my Locked AT&T iPhone 5. Works fine.
Shouldn't an iPhone sold by a supported carrier come with the appropriate carrier files?
Do we know if the ST phones will come unlocked? (Or if an unlocked iPhone5 from the Apple store is a viable alternative?)
The logic behind this comment is baffling. The transfer of 2 GB of "information" to your phone is the same information at HSPA and LTE, you just get it faster at LTE speeds, so when you're trying to look up a phone number it takes 1 second instead of 10 seconds to access the same info.
It's like saying if you had to chose between home internet capped at 1GB per month that it's better to have dial up instead of cable\dsl because it's the same amount of data. WTF... use some common sense people. Same data consumption, but stuff gets to you 10x as fast with LTE.
Shouldn't an iPhone sold by a supported carrier come with the appropriate carrier files?
Do we know if the ST phones will come unlocked? (Or if an unlocked iPhone5 from the Apple store is a viable alternative?)
This may be the last straw. The iPhone 5? At Wall*Mart? On their prepay plan?
The Apple brand is becoming like Volkswagen was in 1965.
So they sell the plan as "no contract" yet if you cancel you're still paying monthly for your phone for 2 years. And the average person who finances a cell phone for 2 years doesn't have the credit rating to get approved for said financing, lol. This is a a new low, even for Walmart... bringing in the most ghetto of clientele.
Well, lets look at 1 iPhone.
ATT
phone = $200
24 months of service at $110 (4 gig of data) = 2,640
Total ATT costs (before taxes) = 2,840
ST
Phone = $650
24 months of service at $45 = $1,080
Total ST (before taxes) = $1,730
Savings = $1,110 over the 2 year contract.
The phones are worth the same at the end of the 24 month period. ATT subsidizes the phone for a profit. Did you think they were simply giving it to you?
The ability to say change plans without being tied by a nasty contract to an uncaring company = priceless!