Comments on: AT&T's SIM-Only Offer Defies Logic

By: sim only abonnementen

sim only abonnementen — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 21:59:47 +0000

Sim only plans are really popular and becoming even more popular as mobile phones are becoming more expensive

By: John Bell

John Bell — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:42:37 +0000

Sim only deals within the UK have turned out to be a dead duck. Not only do you not get a phone but you only get a 10% discount. You would be better off taking a contract with phone and selling it. http://www.simonlydealsuk.com was the market leader but have decided to scale back due to the low takeup.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:18:23 +0000

how much does just a new sim card cost?

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 19:18:59 +0000

They do this in the UK except you don't have to sign up for 2 years. It's a monthly rolling contract so they rent you the sim card and in exchange for not getting a handset, you get more minutes and texts, etc - and because it's a rolling contract you can cancel it at any time so you're not stuck in it for 2 years. Sounds like AT&T need to catch themselves on!

By: AT&T Sells SIMonly Service - Skydeck

AT&T Sells SIMonly Service - Skydeck — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:31:24 +0000

[...] from selling the phone on eBay and keeping the SIM. Why pay $5 to NOT get a free phone? Wired and Gizmodo ran articles on this bizarre offering, and a day later AT&T said they had made a mistake. The [...]

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:37:58 +0000

Hmm, very interesting indeed. I have worked in Africa for the past 3 and a half years. at least all the countries in West Africa I have been to are on the sim-card bus. Whenever I need recharged I buy a scratch card and activate over the phone. Heck a $20 scratch card to recharge my sim lasts me a month sometimes. I travel back to the Sates via the EU. It turns out that the EU is also on this band wagon. When I am in Africa–Liberia, Sierra-Leon, Cote de ‘vor, Ghana, there are 3 or 4 carries that have cards for sale in $5, $10, $20, $50, $100′s. When I go through the EU I change over to my BASE Sim there. You can also get Orange, or others at any convenience store on the corner. When I get home to the USA though, I use T-Mobil. I have the same T-Mobil sim for the past 3 years or more, and just recharge it when home by going to the local Mall. No service plan, and as long as I add $20 per year it never goes inactive. I have to admit though, I wish T-Mobil had as good of coverage as AT&T in my area. The upside is I can use any unlocked phone I want. It is upsetting that the USA is so far behind the rest of the world on this and so many other things. USA–When are you going to wake up–you are stealing us blind with your schemes.

By: tex

tex — Fri, 15 May 2009 20:08:01 +0000

“As a customer, why would you sign up for a two-year contract and forgo a free (or highly subsidized) handset that you can sell on eBay and use the proceeds to defray the cost of, say, a new handset of choice?”

Maybe because they like the phone they already have.

By: sim only

sim only — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:31:59 +0000

Sim Only is a very trusted and cheap calling/text method. Prices are dropping and people get mostly unlmited texts.

By: sim only aanbiedingen

sim only aanbiedingen — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:58:07 +0000

It’s great to have sim-ony as an option. Why should you pay more every month for a phone while your old one is still great.

By: BackFromChina

BackFromChina — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 05:21:29 +0000

I just got back from a trip to China and Hong Kong, and what another poster put up is dead on, these carriers in the US just don't get it! I have a China mobile sim card and a hong kong sim card (so close but so far, cheaper having both), both of which I bought at a local convenience store in china and Hong Kong respectively, and I interchange these cards in a cheapo sony unlocked cell phone that a business associate let me use. No contracts with either one, I have a number that I got when I bought the sim card, and once I use up the minutes on each I have to buy more minutes, buying the minutes can be done in a convenience store or over the phone with a credit card, or you can have the service automatically charge your credit card when you get below a certain level of minutes (you set the min/max). These carriers in the US really need to get a clue with this. There are carriers in China and Hong Kong that offer plans as well, but they give you a discount on the phone when you do this. It's a joke that ATT thinks they can lock people into a multi year commitment while not subsidizing the equipment, that is unless they offer some amazing deal for supplying your own equipment. It would be great if one GSM carrier would offer a sim card in the US similar to the ease they offer them in China and Hong Kong.