Can I buy a locked Iphone 3/3s/4 off ebay and use it with T-Mobile?
My fathers phone is old and broken and he has a job as a business owner and delivery man that requires many phone calls throughout the day. He ONLY needs to call, no data service or texting, maybe Wi-Fi(not necessary)
Question is, can I buy a locked iphone off ebay and use it with my family T-Mobile plan? (No data needed, I keep getting articles about data this and data that on the web)
Added (1). To the guy who said we NEED data plans, the three S3's on my plan DO NOT have a data plan, is an iphone special?
Added (2). *Ok to solve another point, my dad is an old asian dude who can't 1/100th of the english language, so no data or texting! And again My S3 I have has no data plan, why am I required to have one for an iphone?
Always to use a phone you need to unlock it.
You need to get an unlocked iPhone or else it won't work on tmobile. And tmobile can catch a smartphone not using a data plan and they add a data plan onto your phone because a smartphone NEEDS to have a data plan
If it is locked then no. Not unless it is locked to tmobile.
it would need to be an UNLOCKED GSM phone (so only provider aside from tmob it could come from would be at&t)
you WILL need a data plan for a smart phone, even though a iphone is a pretty stupid phone they still claim it is a "smart phone"
if he is on the road all day, i do not know why he would not need data… A note 2 would be a great phone for him, it has a nice big screen, and he would be able to pull up invoices, delivery routes, and any other business data that he might need on the road.
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