Straight Talk + unlocked iPhone vs. Official Straight Talk iPhone - not equal! - Page 2

madsci954 · Jan 15, 2013, 02:57 PM

This explains why ST BYOD plan doesn't sell nano sims, just regular and micro. Sad

I'm on a 4S, factory unlocked, right now and I want to get the 5S whenever it comes out and stay with ST. Now, I may consider going back with ATT. We'll see what happens when the time comes.

apollo1444 · Jan 15, 2013, 03:28 PM

i'd be smart to get a gsm version because of the resale value

dukebound85 · Jan 15, 2013, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by madsci954

This explains why ST BYOD plan doesn't sell nano sims, just regular and micro. Sad

I'm on a 4S, factory unlocked, right now and I want to get the 5S whenever it comes out and stay with ST. Now, I may consider going back with ATT. We'll see what happens when the time comes.

cut the microsim to nano size....it will work in the 5

madsci954 · Jan 15, 2013, 04:40 PM

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Originally Posted by dukebound85

cut the microsim to nano size....it will work in the 5

I might go this route, but I'll need to order a sim cutter, I don't trust myself enough to cut my sim without one.

designs216 · Jan 15, 2013, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by corvus32

No.

iPhone Configuration Utility doesn't do anything for MMS.

OK, so what do I need to do?

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Originally Posted by madsci954

I might go this route, but I'll need to order a sim cutter, I don't trust myself enough to cut my sim without one.

I went by one of those third party cell phone accessory stores in the mall and they punched my SIM for $5.

Love2praiseHim · Jan 17, 2013, 03:28 AM

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Originally Posted by packgrad2000

I was wanting to buy a GSM unlocked iPhone 5 and use it one Straight Talk. So, should I just buy it from Apple, and then can I still just buy the SIM from Straight Talk and cut it down? Does anyone know if you can just go to Walmart and get a SIM or does Straight Talk have to ship it to you? I just want to know the best way to get an unlocked iPhone 5 (GSM) on Straight Talk. Thanks.

I purchased an iPhone 5 from Wal-Mart for Straight talk and they told me the same thing that it was only for Verizon. So I tried my straight talk sim on it anyway and it works. It isn't locked to Verizon. Although I haven't been able to get my MMS to work but I can make calls, text, and thanks to unlockit.nz.co I can use the internet as well.

Dreamspiinner · Feb 22, 2013, 05:59 AM

Can I buy a Verizon iPhone 5 and activate it on the CDMA side if straight talk? Or do I have to get the official wal mart straight talk version?

Hungry&Foolish · Feb 22, 2013, 06:08 AM

Verizon iphone 5 will work just fine on straight talk.It's unlocked.

bohbot16 · Feb 22, 2013, 08:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Dreamspiinner

Can I buy a Verizon iPhone 5 and activate it on the CDMA side if straight talk? Or do I have to get the official wal mart straight talk version?

You need to buy the official "Walmart" Straight Talk iPhone for it to work on the CDMA side.

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Originally Posted by Hungry&Foolish

Verizon iphone 5 will work just fine on straight talk.It's unlocked.

This only applies to GSM plans from Straight Talk, not CDMA.

ZellersHT · Apr 16, 2013, 03:57 PM

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this has been answered already.....I get confused with this stuff.

My family is planning on switching to Straight Talk. We are currently on Verizon and our contracts will be up next month. My main concern is that my daughter has a iPhone 5 I think(I believe.....it is the last one that came out). I have been trying to find out if she will be able to use her iPhone on Straight Talk. The cell towers that are close to us are Verizon towers. Her phone is not locked. I really don't understand the sim card thing.

I spoke to Straight Talk and the person said that it will work if I get a sim card compatible with her iPhone. I am not sure how to know if it is compatible.

I keep noticing people saying about getting a sim card and cutting it.......which is really confusing me now. lol Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly,
Mrs Zellers

dewthedru · Apr 16, 2013, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by ZellersHT

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this has been answered already.....I get confused with this stuff.

My family is planning on switching to Straight Talk. We are currently on Verizon and our contracts will be up next month. My main concern is that my daughter has a iPhone 5 I think(I believe.....it is the last one that came out). I have been trying to find out if she will be able to use her iPhone on Straight Talk. The cell towers that are close to us are Verizon towers. Her phone is not locked. I really don't understand the sim card thing.

I spoke to Straight Talk and the person said that it will work if I get a sim card compatible with her iPhone. I am not sure how to know if it is compatible.

I keep noticing people saying about getting a sim card and cutting it.......which is really confusing me now. lol Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly,
Mrs Zellers

it's just a size thing. the iphone 5 uses a nano sim card which is smaller than the other iphone sim cards. you just need to get a nano card (unlikely), have one cut down for you, or do it yourself.

btw, are you guys going to be using much data? i was throttled on straight talk after only using 850 meg of data in a month. apparently the "unlimited" data is only for browsing, not streaming movies or music. or watching youtube. or doing anything normal people user their smartphones for. be very very careful moving to ST.

bohbot16 · 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ZellersHT

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this has been answered already.....I get confused with this stuff.

My family is planning on switching to Straight Talk. We are currently on Verizon and our contracts will be up next month. My main concern is that my daughter has a iPhone 5 I think(I believe.....it is the last one that came out). I have been trying to find out if she will be able to use her iPhone on Straight Talk. The cell towers that are close to us are Verizon towers. Her phone is not locked. I really don't understand the sim card thing.

I spoke to Straight Talk and the person said that it will work if I get a sim card compatible with her iPhone. I am not sure how to know if it is compatible.

I keep noticing people saying about getting a sim card and cutting it.......which is really confusing me now. lol Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you kindly,
Mrs Zellers

Straight Talk has 3 plans that are the same price ($45 per month) and come with unlimited talk, text, and web.

The best known plan uses AT&T towers. SIMs for this plan are no longer being sold.

The second SIM plan uses T-Mobile towers. SIMs for this plan are available from http://straighttalksim.com.

The third (and newest) plan uses Verizon towers. You need to buy a new iPhone from Straight Talk for this plan from http://iphone.straighttalk.com.

chiefpavvy · Apr 16, 2013, 04:41 PM

There's so much misinformation and confusion let me clear it right up. The ONLY iPhone 5 you can get running on Straight Talk's $45 plan on VERIZON is the OFFICIAL one you purchase from Straight Talk or Wal Mart. You can't take one you purchased elsewhere and put it on there. Period. So yes the official ST iPhone 5 RUNS ON THE VERIZON NETWORK. It is 3G data ONLY, no LTE.

The ST iPhone 5 is FULLY SIM UNLOCKED. This means you could throw a Straight Talk BYOD SIM card in (cut to Nano size) and run this phone on AT&T or T-Mobile etc. You may have issues with MMS as would be typical with the BYOD thing and I'm not delving in to that here. Generally talk, text, and internet access are easy to get up and running, MMS is typically the hitch.

MMS and 3G data work just fine on the OFFICIAL ST iPhone 5 on the OFFICAL carrier (VERIZON).

It's also possible to provision the OFFICIAL ST iPhone 5 on a Verizon MVNO like Page Plus or NextG Mobile. This is not for the faint of heart but can be done.

DLinkOZ · May 16, 2013, 08:35 PM

And why would you say you can't take your own unlocked iPhone 5 (such as an unlocked GSM handset) and put an existing ATT ST sim in it? I'm replacing my iPhone 4, which currently uses a ST sim on ATT, with an iPhone 5. I'll purchase an unlocked GSM phone, over the CDMA set directly from ST.

dewthedru · May 16, 2013, 09:23 PM

Have you done research on the terrible issues folks are having with ST? I would highly suggest you don't go with ST until you do.

I have rarely been as angry with a company as I was with them. Throttled after 3 weeks and about 850m of data because I dared to stream music for a little while. Chastised and berated in terrible English when I finally got through to CS.

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Jan 15, 2013, 02:57 PM	#26
madsci954 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Ohio	This explains why ST BYOD plan doesn't sell nano sims, just regular and micro. Sad I'm on a 4S, factory unlocked, right now and I want to get the 5S whenever it comes out and stay with ST. Now, I may consider going back with ATT. We'll see what happens when the time comes.
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Jan 15, 2013, 03:28 PM	#27
apollo1444 macrumors 6502a Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: mexico	i'd be smart to get a gsm version because of the resale value
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Feb 22, 2013, 05:59 AM	#32
Dreamspiinner macrumors newbie Join Date: Feb 2013	Can I buy a Verizon iPhone 5 and activate it on the CDMA side if straight talk? Or do I have to get the official wal mart straight talk version?
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Feb 22, 2013, 06:08 AM	#33
Hungry&Foolish macrumors 6502 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: John Wayne's Country	Verizon iphone 5 will work just fine on straight talk.It's unlocked.
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Apr 16, 2013, 03:57 PM	#35
ZellersHT macrumors newbie Join Date: Apr 2013	Hi everyone, Sorry if this has been answered already.....I get confused with this stuff. My family is planning on switching to Straight Talk. We are currently on Verizon and our contracts will be up next month. My main concern is that my daughter has a iPhone 5 I think(I believe.....it is the last one that came out). I have been trying to find out if she will be able to use her iPhone on Straight Talk. The cell towers that are close to us are Verizon towers. Her phone is not locked. I really don't understand the sim card thing. I spoke to Straight Talk and the person said that it will work if I get a sim card compatible with her iPhone. I am not sure how to know if it is compatible. I keep noticing people saying about getting a sim card and cutting it.......which is really confusing me now. lol Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you kindly, Mrs Zellers
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Apr 16, 2013, 04:41 PM	#38
chiefpavvy macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2008	There's so much misinformation and confusion let me clear it right up. The ONLY iPhone 5 you can get running on Straight Talk's $45 plan on VERIZON is the OFFICIAL one you purchase from Straight Talk or Wal Mart. You can't take one you purchased elsewhere and put it on there. Period. So yes the official ST iPhone 5 RUNS ON THE VERIZON NETWORK. It is 3G data ONLY, no LTE. The ST iPhone 5 is FULLY SIM UNLOCKED. This means you could throw a Straight Talk BYOD SIM card in (cut to Nano size) and run this phone on AT&T or T-Mobile etc. You may have issues with MMS as would be typical with the BYOD thing and I'm not delving in to that here. Generally talk, text, and internet access are easy to get up and running, MMS is typically the hitch. MMS and 3G data work just fine on the OFFICIAL ST iPhone 5 on the OFFICAL carrier (VERIZON). It's also possible to provision the OFFICIAL ST iPhone 5 on a Verizon MVNO like Page Plus or NextG Mobile. This is not for the faint of heart but can be done.
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May 16, 2013, 08:35 PM	#39
DLinkOZ macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2013	And why would you say you can't take your own unlocked iPhone 5 (such as an unlocked GSM handset) and put an existing ATT ST sim in it? I'm replacing my iPhone 4, which currently uses a ST sim on ATT, with an iPhone 5. I'll purchase an unlocked GSM phone, over the CDMA set directly from ST.
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May 16, 2013, 09:23 PM	#40
dewthedru macrumors member Join Date: Nov 2010	Have you done research on the terrible issues folks are having with ST? I would highly suggest you don't go with ST until you do. I have rarely been as angry with a company as I was with them. Throttled after 3 weeks and about 850m of data because I dared to stream music for a little while. Chastised and berated in terrible English when I finally got through to CS.
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