Can I use another sim in my iphone 5?

I have a contract with my iphone 5 and it's costing me way too much. I want to go back to a prepaid plan with the same carrier so I want to know if I get another sim card will it work in the iphone 5. The phone is network unlocked.

It's actually cheaper for me to keep paying the contract - it's about $2000 to get out of the contract at this point so not an option - and have a prepaid account to use that fits what I need from a phone plan. Can I put another sim into my iphone and it will work?

Just for those who think I didn't take the time to choose my phone plan well, I was bullied into this plan by my parents who kept telling my how wonderful it was and wouldn't let up. Have moved out of home… There's a surprise… Not!

Depends if you are willing to unlock your phone yourself (and since you didn't know about that then you should take it to a professional and pay for it)

$2000 to get out of a contract? Wow.

If that's what you want to do then yes you could do that. In this case the phone wouldn't have had to be unlocked anyway since you are switching from post to prepaid, not carriers

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