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Galaxy s3 international vs at&t s3

How come they have more development then we do....are our devices limited....they only thing I kno is the processor ?
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a lot more people in the world have the International version of the s3 (gt-i9300)

That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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When u have a phone like ours (only canada and us) compared to one available in all of europe and some parts of asia as well as Australia and so on i believe theres gunna be more devs and what not....
im on my phone. expect terrible typos.

Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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Zeke757 said:
Noob question. Can an international version work on the at&t network here in the USA? Sorry about the Noob question.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.

Thanks man.
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yes but you wouldn't get LTE. and you would be paying an unsubsidized price so you wouldn't really get your moneys worth from a pricy at&t plan.
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I beg to differ on this statement. I have both Euro S3 and ATT S3, the only advantage of the ATT is the LTE. Aside from that the Euro is hands down better in every aspect.
Unsubsidized pricing is NOT that bad, the huge benefit to this is you are not tied to busted ass ATT for 2 years and are able to leave them at any moment.
And with my Euro I have gotten more than my monies worth. The only reason I have the ATT one is because I got a steal on it and I couldn't pass it up. But it honestly just sits on my couch most of the time.

And if you are not in a contract buying an unsubsidised unlocked phone actually saves you money rather than signing a contract with a carrier. My folks pay $100+ for what I get for $45 month. If you do the math, you pay full price 10 times over buying a subsidized phone.
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Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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Pricing of the cell phone plan has nothing to do with if the phone is subsidized or not...
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That correct, on At&T the plans are not connected to the device, you only get a break on the price on the device if you agreed to keep your account for 24 months, what phone you have or what plan you have during that period doesn't change or affect the contact.

Correct but if you get a subsidized phone you signed a contract.. carriers plans are more than the prepaid or postpaid plans that offer the same benefits.. its a known fact that carriers get you in the door by offering phones subsidized while offering higher rates than prepaid but if you do the math buying the phone outright you save more money (a LOT MORE) going with Straight Talk over AT&T and essentially get the same service.
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You don't have to but the phone at a subsidized price you can buy it out right and not sign a 2 yr contract its your choice.
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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Postpaid service is better on every Carrier than prepaid in my opinion.
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I agree. That's why I use straight talk. Its post paid.
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Well if your going with one of the most costly carriers buying the us version from at&t over the unlocked version saves you 20% the cost of the phone + a 2 year plan. Obviously you would save money from using the unlocked version on a crappy carrier / plan without LTE..

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That is always the case when the international version uses a different cpu than domestic. That is why i am hoping Note 2 comes with Exynos in the US also.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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The Note 2 is coming with the Exynos quad core and it will support LTE. Check out Briefmobile.com, they have an article about it. Definitely getting it.
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Why? The next gen Exynos is around the corner. And it's dual core, now what does that say about quad core
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What do you guys pay for AT&T? $90 a month per line or so? $60?.. $50?.. Straight Talk is exactly the same at $45, they are also on the verge of allowing lte.. the minutes for dollars scam the carriers have been using is very outdated and coming to an end.
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we pay $10 per line line plus $30 for unlimited data and $20 total text unlimited text on 4 lines. granted it is grandfathered, so it is 100% with it for us to stay on our plan.
straight talk limits your data to 2gb and they don't offer LTE. i also have yet to see anything indicating they will or could. to each his own, though.
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Good News Coming Soon for ATT Prepaid Users!

Hello All,
For those who are planning to switch to ATT prepaid accounts, beware that starting next week ATT will be releasing their new prepaid "4g" packages which are kind of improved.
I've only the confirmation of one package which is for 65$ unlimited voice and text and 1GB data (so you save 10$ since you would be paying 50+25 before).
I am not sure if there will be any improvements to the existing data package limits though.
Also for new smartphone users, it's NOW double hard for them to get unlimited data on 50$ plan. ATT is ABLE to detect your IMEI number whenever you plug your sim into a new phone. Although for international users, it will not show up as their exact make and model but they WILL know if it's a smartphone or not (they now treat it as a smartphone if the make and model does not show up).
Just wanted to share an insider knowledge with those who need it.

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Hello All,
For those who are planning to switch to ATT prepaid account, beware that starting next week ATT will be releasing their prepaid "4g" packages which are kind of improved.
I've only confirmation of one package which is for 65$ unlimited voice and text plus 1GB data (so you save 10$ since you would be paying 50+25 before).
I am not sure if there will be any improvements to the data package limits though.
Also for new smartphone users, it's NOW double hard for them to get unlimited data on 50$ plan. ATT is ABLE to detect your IMEI number whenever you plug your sim into a new phone. Although for international users, it will not show up as their exact make and model but they WILL know if it's a smartphone or not.
Just wanted to share an insider knowledge with those who need it.
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What proof do you have that it's "double hard" I
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What proof do you have that it's "double hard" I
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Try to set up a new account with a smart phone and manage to get data on 50$. You will see what I mean.

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Try to set up a new account with a smart phone and manage to get data on 50$. You will see what I mean.
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I'm asking if you have any sources.
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why are you posting this in international forum?

Thread moved to AT&T forum

Sorry about opening in the wrong place. As an unlocked phone user i felt like this might be more interesting to unlocked phone users since usually att s3 phones have post paid contract phones.

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Sorry about opening in the wrong place. As an unlocked phone user i felt like this might be more interesting to unlocked phone users since usually att s3 phones have post paid contract phones.
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No worries,
we just felt the information would be more relevant to a larger user base who is using AT&T as opposed to the international community where the AT&T users are a minority

I don't suppose this will finally allow for LTE access on prepaid?
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I just bought my prepaid go phone, activated my sim card with 50 unlimited plan. All working fine on the basic phone. Then cut my sim and switched sim to my gs3 and sim can not be read. After 20 restarts on my gs3 . SIM not valid. I called att and talked to a representative and gave him my IMEI and. Boom he told me: ok i just linked your sim to your galaxy s3 . Only call and text. Data not working "(
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Forgot to mention. My gs3 its original from att but already Unlocked. Im using it on tmobile with a 30 $ unlimited plan. But stuck on edge.
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I just bought my prepaid go phone, activated my sim card with 50 unlimited plan. All working fine on the basic phone. Then cut my sim and switched sim to my gs3 and sim can not be read. After 20 restarts on my gs3 . SIM not valid. I called att and talked to a representative and gave him my IMEI and. Boom he told me: ok i just linked your sim to your galaxy s3 . Only call and text. Data not working "(
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Forgot to mention. My gs3 its original from att but already Unlocked. Im using it on tmobile with a 30 $ unlimited plan. But stuck on edge.
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If you're not set on ATT if I were you I'd just hop over to Straight Talk

Why would you spend all that money on a phone that has 4G and not be able to use it. Just seems ridiculous to me. You won't be able to get data working on a $50 gophone data plan. You have to get the 65 dollar option.
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If you're not set on ATT if I were you I'd just hop over to Straight Talk
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I agree, data will be slow for HSPA+ standards (i dont think it is hspa+). prepaid data isnt supposed to work on smartphones unless u purchase their separate data which is edge speeds.
prepaid is great for everything except data. if you find yourself on wifi the majority of the time then its not a problem.

My s3 running prepaid 50 unlim everything. Including 4g data no throttle.
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Lg nitro hd with straight talk sim signal wont pick up

I have a lg nitro HD and just bought a att straight talk sim phone boots up doesn't ask for unlock code but it won't register no bars of service any help or tips?
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I have a lg nitro HD and just bought a att straight talk sim phone boots up doesn't ask for unlock code but it won't register no bars of service any help or tips?
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did you go under mobile networks and search for available networks? and you have att coverage in your area of course...

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did you go under mobile networks and search for available networks? and you have att coverage in your area of course...
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Yea even checked the straight talk apn.
I didn't activate it yet tho but I didn't think u would have to just for it to show a signal
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sometimes, its a provision issue on ST side, you can call ST and ask them to check on their side.

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sometimes, its a provision issue on ST side, you can call ST and ask them to check on their side.
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I'm bout to try that
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I got it to work had to activate it first thanx for all da help
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I got it to work had to activate it first thanx for all da help
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yes you do. I have an att sim card that I put in to check signal strength around me (I'm on t-mobile) and couldn't get it to show a signal at all. glad you figured it out.

Yea soon as I activated it popped right in
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What kind of data speeds are you getting on straight talk? I'm debating switching
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Between 3-5mb down and like 1 up but I live in the boondocks so ur speeds maybe a little better
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I'm on straight talk as well. Anywhere from 3 to 6 down, up to about 2 up.
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So I bought a straight talk phone, activated it, added the monthly 45 dollar plan. SIM works fine with the straight talk phone. I put it in my nitro and get no service at all. Stumped.
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Hutch89 said:
So I bought a straight talk phone, activated it, added the monthly 45 dollar plan. SIM works fine with the straight talk phone. I put it in my nitro and get no service at all. Stumped.
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Do you use the same APN settings or are straight talk's different? That would have an effect if they're supposed to be different.

I didn't compare the two, but I'm pretty sure they're different: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856574

So apparently the SIM that came with the straight talk cheap phone cannot be used on any other phone they're tied together and now im basically f***** because the sims are worthless too me the cheapy phone even more so and I can't get a refund on the two 45 dollar airtime cards I bought to start service. Not to mention this information took five hours of calling and being disconnected, redirected, and hung up on with straight talk reps. I'm so pissed right now I hope that company goes up in flames. F*****s
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Hutch89 said:
So apparently the SIM that came with the straight talk cheap phone cannot be used on any other phone they're tied together and now im basically f***** because the sims are worthless too me the cheapy phone even more so and I can't get a refund on the two 45 dollar airtime cards I bought to start service. Not to mention this information took five hours of calling and being disconnected, redirected, and hung up on with straight talk reps. I'm so pissed right now I hope that company goes up in flames. F*****s
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Just buy the "use your own phone" sim and do a sim change that should work its only $15. Walmart carries it so you should be able to get it fixed tonight.
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Hutch89 said:
So apparently the SIM that came with the straight talk cheap phone cannot be used on any other phone they're tied together and now im basically f***** because the sims are worthless too me the cheapy phone even more so and I can't get a refund on the two 45 dollar airtime cards I bought to start service. Not to mention this information took five hours of calling and being disconnected, redirected, and hung up on with straight talk reps. I'm so pissed right now I hope that company goes up in flames. F*****s
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Go to the straight talk facebook page and post your problem. They'll ask you to open a ticket and they will fix it, or tell you what's wrong.

[Q] Quick questions (tmo gs3 to att prepaid)

Ok guys heres the deal. Am currently on tmobile contract plan, planning on canceling it soon. Want to go with at&t prepaid data plan. What do i need and what do i need to do to make my tmo gs3 to work with att 3g/4g network? Data and mms along with txt and all. Im pretty sure its more than just cut the sim and slip it in. Or is it? Im a complete noob so be gentle lol. Thanks in advance.
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Ok guys heres the deal. Am currently on tmobile contract plan, planning on canceling it soon. Want to go with at&t prepaid data plan. What do i need and what do i need to do to make my tmo gs3 to work with att 3g/4g network? Data and mms along with txt and all. Im pretty sure its more than just cut the sim and slip it in. Or is it? Im a complete noob so be gentle lol. Thanks in advance.
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It actually is pretty simple, but you have to have TMobile give you the unlock codes to your phone. Basically once you have the ATT Sim, insert it and your phone should prompt you to enter a carrier unlock code. This is where you enter said code once obtained from TMobile.
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It actually is pretty simple, but you have to have TMobile give you the unlock codes to your phone. Basically once you have the ATT Sim, insert it and your phone should prompt you to enter a carrier unlock code. This is where you enter said code once obtained from TMobile.
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Awesome. Thanks! So do i just ask for the code or lie my way around and get it? Also, any setting i need to adjust to recieve data and mms? Ive read some have had issues not sure if this applies with the tmo code tho

Bump..
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You may need to set your APNs if you make the switch and lose data/signal. Just Google ATT APN settings and it will explain what you need to set. (Prepaid plans might have different APNs so make sure you find the right one for your plan)
As far as obtaining the unlock codes from TMobile, you could try saying your leaving the country on extended vacation, that may help, but if your still in contract and they refuse you there's nothing you can do.. other than call back and get a different rep.
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Thanks man^^
I spoke with a tmobile rep and they are going to email me the unlock codes within "72hrs" ill be waiting. So after that is done i will proceed with the rest of the process with an att sim.
Yes i will Google the apns once i get the rest sorted out. Looks like its not that hard after all. The most hassle is going to be getting a sim activated since theres no store near me gonna have to order one online
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You can always go with StraightTalk. Their plans are cheaper than att prepay and have semi unlimited data.(something att prepay doesnt). And they have tmobile compatible SIM cards. Which doesn't required unlocking. If you receive better service from att then get the att compatible SIM. Will require unlocking for that though
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Failed to mention something that I just remembered about TMobile s3s....
LTE will not work. You will only get 3G/H+...
I do not own a TMobile device, this is just from research I've done. I don't know if there is a work around.
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Ends said:
You can always go with StraightTalk. Their plans are cheaper than att prepay and have semi unlimited data.(something att prepay doesnt). And they have tmobile compatible SIM cards. Which doesn't required unlocking. If you receive better service from att then get the att compatible SIM. Will require unlocking for that though
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Ive heard about that aswell, going to look into that. I need att service. Tmobile doesnt work where i work. At&t does. So, simple mobile for at&t get same reception as an regular at&t service?
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Failed to mention something that I just remembered about TMobile s3s....
LTE will not work. You will only get 3G/H+...
I do not own a TMobile device, this is just from research I've done. I don't know if there is a work around.
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Yes sir, i read that too, not really too worried about it, 3g speed is enough for what i need it for, plus 90% of the time i have wifi available.
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Actually you might wanna check because although T-Mobile is reframing their MHz but only certain areas so far
So sad to inform you that you would most likely to get edge instead
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I'd go with Straight Talk also. I just switched my girlfriend over to it because she was paying over $100 per month for a decent service. She doesn't get LTE (but her phone doesnt support it anyway) but for $45 unlimited data, text, calls, its worth it. And it's on the AT&T network.

Well i already had ordered the prepaid micro sim card for at&t. That's what im waiting on right now, after that i will go to the next step.
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Got an email with the code today. Now am waiting for the micro sim. Should recieve it on Tuesday
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Got an email with the code today. Now am waiting for the micro sim. Should recieve it on Tuesday
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Let us know if everything works out! =)

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Let us know if everything works out! =)
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Will do man will do..
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Shoot... Im thinking of just going into walmart and getting the straightalk for at&t micro sim.. $45 for unlimited everthing compared to $65 @ att. Even if its throttled which i assume both are @ 2gb a month
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Well i ordered the at&t straightalk starter kit aswell. Will try that one first since it comes with airtime already included. They are wiping out att straightalk sims. Ordered mine while supplies lasts lol.
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Well i ordered the at&t straightalk starter kit aswell. Will try that one first since it comes with airtime already included. They are wiping out att straightalk sims. Ordered mine while supplies lasts lol.
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I got straight talk on my att s3 I get up to 7 mbs down load speed but my s3 is from att if you have a tmobile one and ordered a att sim card you will get edge but other then that the company is great I did get my Internet shut off one time for using 3 gbs of data only came back on when I paid my bill
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I got straight talk on my att s3 I get up to 7 mbs down load speed but my s3 is from att if you have a tmobile one and ordered a att sim card you will get edge speeds which are really slow but other then that the company is great I did get my Internet shut off one time for using 3 gbs of data only came back on when I paid my bill
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I got straight talk on my att s3 I get up to 7 mbs down load speed but my s3 is from att if you have a tmobile one and ordered a att sim card you will get edge but other then that the company is great I did get my Internet shut off one time for using 3 gbs of data only came back on when I paid my bill
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Aww bummer only edge speed? I have a tmo gs3. That sucks if thats the case. Was looking to get 3g the least
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Aww bummer only edge speed? I have a tmo gs3. That sucks if thats the case. Was looking to get 3g the least
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Yeah you won't get 3g my boyfriend uses his tmobile on straight talk it's super slow. I thought there was a choice of picking a tmobile sim card for straight why didn't you do that?
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Prepaid services T-mobile vs Straighttalk or ATT

Hello everyone, tommorow morning i leave on a roadtrip to USA. ill be gone for 21 days mostly will be driving on i5 highway and will stay 5 nights in VEGAS and 6 nights in LA. I have the note 2 T889 Same as t-mobile version but from Mobilicity and its already unlocked. what would be a good prepaid service for me to use? unlimited calling , unlimited text and atleast 2gb of good speed data. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

Trust me 2gb is more than enough for a month. I have unlimited 4g from T-Mobile and I never exceeded 2gb. Hope I helped good luck
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So your saying I should go with tmobile prepaid?
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I go over 2gb because I use my note 2 as a hotspot while im driving with my kids so that they can use their ipods to stream netflix or go on youtube. Im on the $30 plan with 5gb and 100 min. The most I've used so far is about 4.3gb of data and my min are always under 70 min. I do more texting than talk so im ok with this plan at this price.
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Are you prepaid?
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When you travel you going to use lots more data on cellular than you normally do. 2gb of data not enough.

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Are you prepaid?
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Yea im on prepaid. I wasnt talking about road trips or anything like that, just driving in town, dropping them off and picking them up from school while being stuck in traffic and so in.
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e46tuning said:
Yea im on prepaid. I wasnt talking about road trips or anything like that, just driving in town, dropping them off and picking them up from school while being stuck in traffic and so in.
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so should i buy tmobile or att prepaid? ya 2gb is alot for me. ill be only using it for whatsapp and browsing.

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so should i buy tmobile or att prepaid? ya 2gb is alot for me. ill be only using it for whatsapp and browsing.
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If it was me, I'd get tmobile.
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I live out in the sticks (Oklahoma), but in my experience T-Mobile has terrible coverage along even the major interstates. I might suggest ATT if you're going to be driving quite a bit.
I don't think you can get an ATT Straight talk card anymore?
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Get either AT&T or an MVNO who uses AT&T's network
Hello,
My advice to you since you are travelling is to either use AT&T, AT&T Go Phone, an MVNO (H20, Net 10 {cousin of straight talk}) Now a few months ago I would have told you without a doubt to get straight talk but like inconceeeivable brought up, Straight Talk no longer sells sim cards that work on AT&T's network directly to the public. Now there are people who sell them on ebay but because they are rare now some people are charging a ton of money now (between 30 and 50 dollars per SIM when it would never go above 15 directly from the company itself) so I would buy from another mvno. If you search "mvno" on Wikipedia you'll find that there are plenty of different MVNO's that use AT&T's (& T-Mobile) network so if you search hard enough you'll have plenty of choices.
T-Mobile is improving faster now and is being aggressive but they have ways to go before they reach reliability status with AT&T.
Sooner than later Net 10 AT&T sims will be no longer (Net 10, straightalk, simplemobile, & tracfone are all owned by the same corporation) so I suggest you go get one. Their service is 50 a month. There is also Red Pocket & H20 but both of these options will run you 60 a month for unlimited talk, text, & web browsing (no streaming of movies and music)
I hope I was able to help.

I have the t mobile prepaid plan with the $30 100min/unlimited everything else plan. I love the pricing and this is truly a plan that fits my needs but damn I wish the service was better. They have always been great with me from a customer service perspective. Net10 on the other hand. ...
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for everyone that replied does anyone of you live in the area where the OP stated he was going to stay at? Los angeles, CA or Vegas, oh he also stated he was going to be traveling on the I-5??????????