Use Pay as you go to save money on phone

[mrsrank]

I'd like to get the Pantech C300 but have 6 months left on my contract with Cingular. Went to the store today and got an idea...I was wondering if the following would work:

Buy a pre-pay (or GOPhone) Pantech C300 for ~$119 and use my current SIM (contract-based) with it.

or are the pre-pay phones programmed differently than the regular contract phones, which would not allow me to use my Cingular contract SIM with a GOPhone phone?

If I just buy it out right, it will be $219. I figured i could save ~$100.

[walkguru]

Originally Posted by mrsrank

I'd like to get the Pantech C300 but have 6 months left on my contract with Cingular. Went to the store today and got an idea...I was wondering if the following would work:

Buy a pre-pay (or GOPhone) Pantech C300 for ~$119 and use my current SIM (contract-based) with it.

or are the pre-pay phones programmed differently than the regular contract phones, which would not allow me to use my Cingular contract SIM with a GOPhone phone?

If I just buy it out right, it will be $219. I figured i could save ~$100.

thats how i got my pantech c300, i put the simcard that came with it, up for later. works just fine.

[mrsrank]

Originally Posted by walkguru

thats how i got my pantech c300, i put the simcard that came with it, up for later. works just fine.

What do you mean that you put the simcard that came with it up for later?

Just want to clarify, so you inserted your contract-based sim card into the pantech c300 and it works great? i may go buy it right now!

Thanks btw...

[SmArTeStChIlD421]

it should work fine.....i don't think that cingular has the smarts to differetiate their prepaid phones form their post pay ones.......if you can even do that

[walkguru]

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Originally Posted by mrsrank

What do you mean that you put the simcard that came with it up for later?



Just want to clarify, so you inserted your contract-based sim card into the pantech c300 and it works great? i may go buy it right now!



Thanks btw...

Yes i put the pay as you go card up. And used my regular sim.

[SteveW]

Originally Posted by mrsrank

Just want to clarify, so you inserted your contract-based sim card into the pantech c300 and it works great? i may go buy it right now!

Thanks btw...

Yes, as others have said, this will work. I have a Cingular phone (Nokia 6061) bought under a prepay offer and I swap my regular SIM card into it all the time. Works the same as my regular phone in that case.

Turns out, I like having a "backup" phone and I just keep it in my computer bag/briefcase with all my other junk, so I have it with me all the time. I sometimes use it as a GoPhone - this is not very expensive if you don't use it every day - or I swap cards if I need to use it a lot.