T-Mobile Forum (Phone Scoop)

international iPhone- prepaid SIM?

Mar 30, 2010, 6:33 PM

A friend in Australia has an international iPhone and will be travelling to the US for about a month. Is there is a way to get a pre-paid SIM with 3G for use in the US?

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Fleance2k5

Mar 31, 2010, 1:43 AM

No. The perpaid sim cards do support t-mobile's 3g but the phone your friend has probably doesn't have the same 3g frequency that the U.S supports.

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smylax

Mar 31, 2010, 11:28 AM

To further clarify, yes your friend would get service, but only 2G service. (prepaid doesn't do data anyways). The 3G bands are different than the international version, so he/she will be able to make phone calls and text no problem.