prepaid phones for China

DRNewcomb · 09-06-2012, 12:13

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Originally Posted by pwilliams89

Tracfone's have quad band phones so that means theoretically it should be able to read an international SIM card, such as one from China

It appears that you've already made up your mind to use a Tracfone. I'm afraid you are going to have to learn the hard way that it won't work.

pwilliams89 · 09-06-2012, 18:01

I have not made up my mind to use Tracfone, I'm just curious why a quadband phone won't take any SIM card. I guess you believe a Chinese SIM card wouldn't work with a Tracone even though it's quadband. My next question would be, do you know a US brand that would work? I'd love to buy a China Mobile phone in the US but I'm surprised I haven't found them online anywhere, at least not yet.

Instead of being rude, you could politely answer my questions and help me figure out what it is I can use and not use.

pwilliams89 · 09-06-2012, 20:04

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Originally Posted by DRNewcomb

It appears that you've already made up your mind to use a Tracfone. I'm afraid you are going to have to learn the hard way that it won't work.

Thanks Bossman, I was referring to this guy. He could have just told me about firmware locked, I didn't know there were different "lock" types. I assumed any locked phone could be unlocked.

Bossman · 09-06-2012, 20:19

Pretty much true. With the exception of a handful of phones of which Tracfone is one of them.

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Originally Posted by pwilliams89

I assumed any locked phone could be unlocked.

pwilliams89 · 09-06-2012, 20:26

I see, well I looked at some of those phones on Amazon but I'm trying to find in the $20 or $30 range, if that's possible. Are there any cheap prepaid brands in the US I could unlock, or is everything going to be similar to Tracfone? Maybe I'll just have to suck it up and get an international phone?

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pwilliams89 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 9 Join Date: 09 Jun 2012 Country:	09-06-2012, 18:01 I have not made up my mind to use Tracfone, I'm just curious why a quadband phone won't take any SIM card. I guess you believe a Chinese SIM card wouldn't work with a Tracone even though it's quadband. My next question would be, do you know a US brand that would work? I'd love to buy a China Mobile phone in the US but I'm surprised I haven't found them online anywhere, at least not yet. Instead of being rude, you could politely answer my questions and help me figure out what it is I can use and not use.

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pwilliams89 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 9 Join Date: 09 Jun 2012 Country:	09-06-2012, 20:26 I see, well I looked at some of those phones on Amazon but I'm trying to find in the $20 or $30 range, if that's possible. Are there any cheap prepaid brands in the US I could unlock, or is everything going to be similar to Tracfone? Maybe I'll just have to suck it up and get an international phone?