Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Does iPhone 3G work with AT&T Pay As You Go SIM Cards?

According to this and this, iPhone 3G accepts AT&T GoPhone "Pay As You Go" and "Pick Your Plan" SIM cards.

So it might be possoble to use it without a 2-year contract by signing up for $19.99 MEdiaNet option? Maybe someone will try this on an eBay iPhone 3G to see if it really works.

CAUTION: This is probably against AT&T's official policy so you are at your own risk if you think about doing anything like this!

UPDATE:
According to this, AT&T is now cracking down on users of iPhone 3G that are using the MEdia Net Unlimited plan. Here is the text of the email sent to a customer:

"Subject: Important information regarding your iPhone 3G

The new AT&T - Your world. Delivered.

Our service records indicate that you are using an iPhone 3G with a data plan designed for other devices.
To avoid unexpected data overage charges and enable Visual Voicemail, please contact your telecom manager, or an AT&T representative at 1-800-331-0500.

Thank you for choosing wireless from AT&T. We appreciate your business.

Sincerely,
AT&T Customer Service"

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

AT&T this year changed their policy, and states that they will allow "any compatible device" to be used on an account.

That means that if you can make an iPhone 3G work on prepaid, you can use it. And, I might add, it works out-of-the-box.

Me said...

Not for long. Apparently AT&T started cracking down on such use. See the update in blog post.

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