Advice for USA sim card while there for the summer. Thanks!

[deucalion0]

Hey guys, I was wondering where i could get advice on using my iPhone in the USA over the summer, and then I thought this would be the best place!

I am from Scotland and I use an unlocked iPhone 4, I will be in the USA for four months and I will need a pay and go sim card, if you even get that in the USA, which I can use in my iPhone. I will need texts, minutes and data and I have no clue how to go about looking at whats available from the USA carriers, and what is the best deals for a temporary user.

Any advice on this is greatly appreciated!!

Cheers!!

[Simon]

I know it is pretty easy in the UK to get a pay as you go with all that stuff. Unsure about the US. Maybe someone with some knowledge of ATT pay as you go plans will see this and help.

[pratt1503]

Here is something to read until somebody from the states gets back to you

SIM Cards for United States

[Stewie Griffin]

You have two options here in the states, ATT (official carrier), or T-Mobile (GSM Carrier)

Since ATT is the official carrier, you wont be able to use data with their prepaid sims.

Your best bet would be to grab a t-mobile pre-paid sim, with the proper APN settings, you will have everything your looking for.

For more information about the settings, check out the t-mobile subsection.

[Simon]

Thats what I did when I went US. Got a tmobile sim with data. It's edge but at least its data.