iPhone without contract

[DJ24966]

My friend has an old iPhone that he's looking to get rid of, and I'm thinking of taking it off his hands.

If I buy the phone and take it to ATT can they still force me into a 2 yr contract since I already own my phone?

Thanks

 

[iFiend]

Absolutely not.

Tell them you got the phone as a hand-me-down gift and you'd like to start service. Drive home that you do not want to sign a contract. They'll happily set you up. Just make sure before you sign anything check and make sure it is not a contract!!

 

[DJ24966]

That's what I was hoping to hear

Now just for the heck of it, lets say I wanted to do pre-paid gophone style.

I'd need to do what exactly?

Just buy a gophone, get the sim card unlocked and transfer them?

 

[Supraking]

They will if you sign up for the contract. But you can use the prepaid Pay As You Go plans they have.

 

[iFiend]

That's what I was hoping to hear

Now just for the heck of it, lets say I wanted to do pre-paid gophone style.

I'd need to do what exactly?

Just buy a gophone, get the sim card unlocked and transfer them?

You cannot use gophone SIMs/contracts with the iPhone. It may work for a while but AT&T will figure it out and add data service to your account.

What kind of phone is it?

 

[DJ24966]

It's just the regular 3g I believe.

So, basically I can get on a monthly $75/month plan like everybody else, just without the 2 year agreement, correct?

Also, I talked to 1 other person who said ATT generally does not care if you use a gophone sim card just as long as you are not doing data, any truth to that?

 

[wordoflife]

So, basically I can get on a monthly $75/month plan like everybody else, just without the 2 year agreement, correct?

That is correct.

Also, I talked to 1 other person who said ATT generally does not care if you use a gophone sim card just as long as you are not doing data, any truth to that?

I don't know how Gophone plans work, but I assume that if you use data, it will just charge you by the MB. iPhones use a lot of data so it can get expensive if you don't have a proper data plan. I don't think gophone plans were designed to be used with smartphones, hence why they charge quite a bit for data since those gophones don't use much data at all.

 

[nostresshere]

As to GOPHONE - why go this route on an iphone, even if you get it with no data functions? Buy at Gophone at walmart for $30. No contract.

 

[Internal Fury]

try best buy for go plans

 

[Applejuiced]

You cannot use gophone SIMs/contracts with the iPhone. It may work for a while but AT&T will figure it out and add data service to your account.

What kind of phone is it?

That is false.
You can use Gophone prepaid AT&T sims with any iphone.
They will not add data, its prepaid.
All you do is go to the AT&T store and have them give you just the sim and tell them you have a cellphone at home that you're going to use. They wont even care if you use an iphone anyway.

 

[nipponfan]

I had a soft-unlocked 3GS from Austria and couldn't use a go-phone sim in it. At the att store they told me it wouldn't work bc it's an iPhone

 

[The Californian]

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I had a soft-unlocked 3GS from Austria and couldn't use a go-phone sim in it. At the att store they told me it wouldn't work bc it's an iPhone

Did you actually check, or did you take their work for it?