IPhone 4 problem. Won't start up?

I got the iPhone 4 yesterday and I'm still waiting for my new sim to arrive. I began to start setting it up and then came up 'We're unable to continue with… '
I was told you could still start your phone up without the sim card so were they wrong or is there something up with the phone?

Try it with your sim card. If there's no problem, you don't need to worry about this.

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