using prepaid phone's SIM card in an unlocked phone?

[quangdaika]

So I was thinking of getting a cheap prepaid wireless phone. Sign up for prepaid wireless and then use the SIM on my LG Shine. Would this work? Would all the options like buying minutes work? thanks

 

[gorcorps]

I'm 99.99999% sure that prepaid phones don't have sim cards. They're on the CDMA network like verizon and sprint, neither of which use sim cards either. So no that's not an option.

 

[onlyCOpunk]

You could always just buy a prepaid sim from a GSM provider...

 

[soccerballtux]

Originally posted by: gorcorps
I'm 99.99999% sure that prepaid phones don't have sim cards. They're on the CDMA network like verizon and sprint, neither of which use sim cards either. So no that's not an option.

T-mobile does prepaid, that is what I use, yes there is a sim card, and yes you can use it on an unlocked phone. Usually the phone is locked to a certain provider. But a sim card works with any phone that will accept it.