Just received my Photon 4G!

[Lok3sh]

Weird question I know, but will this phone accept any sim card? Or is it locked to a Sprint sim card or something? And if it is, how can I get this unlocked? I have a sim from my home country that I would like to use when I leave the country so I don't have to switch phones! I HATE cdma and I'm so happy for this phone. I love my EVO but I HATE having to use some crap ass phone when I leave the country.

 

[huskers15]

There is no sim card in sprint phones.

 

[Citizen Coyote]

Weird question I know, but will this phone accept any sim card? Or is it locked to a Sprint sim card or something? And if it is, how can I get this unlocked? I have a sim from my home country that I would like to use when I leave the country so I don't have to switch phones! I HATE cdma and I'm so happy for this phone. I love my EVO but I HATE having to use some crap ass phone when I leave the country.

The phone should accept any sim card supporting the 850/900/1800/1900 GSM bands outside of the US. As far as I know, the phone does not support US GSM (aka AT&T and T-Mobile). I don't see why it would come with locked sim card since Sprint does not use them at all right now.

Caveat: I have no personal experience with international phones/sim cards, so this is all based solely on my interpretation of available information.

 

[gabbott]

There is no sim card in sprint phones.

If it is a worldphone (as the photon appears to be), it would.

 

[unclegeek]

If it is a worldphone (as the photon appears to be), it would.

There's a SIM Slot.. Sprint will not populate it for you.. when you land in Europe.. go to an O2 or Saturn store (think Best Buy) and pick up a disposable SIM pre-paid.. you should be all set.

 

[Glod]

There's a SIM Slot.. Sprint will not populate it for you.. when you land in Europe.. go to an O2 or Saturn store (think Best Buy) and pick up a disposable SIM pre-paid.. you should be all set.

Actually no, unless sprint has changed their world phone setup in the past 2 years, Sprint phones come with a unbranded GSM SIM Card for International Roaming outside North America. Now I did not own a world phone, a friend did and that may ruin my credibility here but i am 99.999% sure they come with SIM card in a LOCKED sim card slot

closest picture i could find is CNET for the tour. http://reviews.cnet.com/sc/33686230-2-300-DT3.jpg

It is highly likely the phone will be locked and you cannot use a prepaid SIM card unless you get the phone unlocked somehow. Sprint has its own GSM SIM Card pricing plan as well
Traveling Internationally

 

[VDub2174]

There is no sim card in sprint phones.

The BB Tour 9630 came with a Sprint SIM card. I assume that was if you wanted to add International Roaming to your plan.

 

[VDub2174]

Actually no, unless sprint has changed their world phone setup in the past 2 years, Sprint phones come with a unbranded GSM SIM Card for International Roaming outside North America. Now I did not own a world phone, a friend did and that may ruin my credibility here but i am 99.999% sure they come with SIM card in a LOCKED sim card slot

closest picture i could find is CNET for the tour. http://reviews.cnet.com/sc/33686230-2-300-DT3.jpg

It is highly likely the phone will be locked and you cannot use a prepaid SIM card unless you get the phone unlocked somehow. Sprint has its own GSM SIM Card pricing plan as well
Traveling Internationally

Oops.......didn't see this when I replied. ^^ What he said

 

[Evan]

There's another thread going about SIM cards and GSM capabilities:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-photon/94235-gsm-capabilities.html

 

[Glod]

Oops.......didn't see this when I replied. ^^ What he said

Actually in reference to my reply, I did some scanning on this forum about other people's world phones on sprint and it was mentioned many times that although it did come with a sprint sim that the slot was unlocked and could use prepaid sims which is great news if true.

See this thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-photon/94235-gsm-capabilities.html

 

[VDub2174]

Actually in reference to my reply, I did some scanning on this forum about other people's world phones on sprint and it was mentioned many times that although it did come with a sprint sim that the slot was unlocked and could use prepaid sims which is great news if true.

See this thread http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-photon/94235-gsm-capabilities.html

Did that change? I remember having to call Sprint to get an unlock code for my BB9630 in order to use another SIM.

 

[Glod]

Did that change? I remember having to call Sprint to get an unlock code for my BB9630 in order to use another SIM.

Can't confirm, just going off other people's posts, sad thing is I dont really mind; either way i would charge to my company.

Can not wait to get this phone, after looking at these pictures the phone looks very Pro, not flashy which is what i need for work, wish it was a tad thinner to compete with GSII but I dont mind being a big guy.

If Shawheim has any more input to write about this phone he got i am super interested in battery life both on and off WiMax

 

[Jaggrey]

Most of the world phones that Sprint sells come unlocked. If they're locked, you can call them and they'll unlock it for you.

 

[VDub2174]

Can't confirm, just going off other people's posts, sad thing is I dont really mind; either way i would charge to my company.

Can not wait to get this phone, after looking at these pictures the phone looks very Pro, not flashy which is what i need for work, wish it was a tad thinner to compete with GSII but I dont mind being a big guy.

If Shawheim has any more input to write about this phone he got i am super interested in battery life both on and off WiMax

NIce!!

It wouldn't matter if it was locked or not cause it took about 3 minutes to have mine unlocked.

 

[graffix31]

i have a sprint sim in my samsung wm phone i have for work. so it prob does have a locked one.

 

[mhmmdy123]

All what do I need to know which processors better and faster! The Tegra2 on the PHOTON or the Snapdragon on the EVO 3D? Am not asking which iis better phone.

 

[Evan]

i have a sprint sim in my samsung wm phone i have for work. so it prob does have a locked one.

Whoever provides a SIM card is going to have their own branding on it. That does not mean that the phone will only accept a Sprint SIM card.

 

[jdmtsx]

Whoever provides a SIM card is going to have their own branding on it. That does not mean that the phone will only accept a Sprint SIM card.

Yes it does unless you unlock the phone... I had a TP2 and needed to unlock to use another sim in another to use in another country.

 

[Evan]

Yes it does unless you unlock the phone... I had a TP2 and needed to unlock to use another sim in another to use in another country.

This issue is discussed in the thread I linked to above, please take the discussion over there. The experience of users in that thread is different than what you've experienced.

 

[Makad]

I have a HTC 3D, I am hooked on the HTC sense, but I am gonna get the Photon for my fiance. She bought a HTC 4G 2 weeks ago, gonna return it within the 30 days and get the Photon. We really need the world phone capabilities. Hell, if I play with it and like it better, I may swap her for my 3D. (I'm gonna pay the difference for the Photon)