iphone for prepaid users

[knickrbockrs]

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hello, i was just wondering if the unlock iphone could support prepaid sim cards here in the philippines? and if it does, how would you reload your credits when using the reloading service? there are no keypads for you to input the call/pin number.
i am a prepaid subscriber of globe and will be getting my iphone soon thats why

[coqueiro]

There is a keypad actually.

[lawrencebosox45]

im pretty sure that you need to buy special globe prepaid cards from the itunes philippine site to reload your iphone.

just kidding knickerbocker. i've seen the prepaid sims work fine (in software unlocked) iphones. plus i popped my prepaid globe sim just to check and it worked. i used the keypad and everything.

[blacksocks]

I heard about 98 percent of mobile phone users in the country are prepaid customers. This is why Apple cannot make use of the AT&T business model with the iPhone here.

[jsg123]

prepaid/postpaid sims work so its a non-issue

[LeoCastillo]

Blacksocks, AT&T offers prepaid in the US for the iPhone. Slightly different from how we do prepaid in the Philippines though, but still...

Leo

[jsg123]

I heard about 98 percent of mobile phone users in the country are prepaid customers. This is why Apple cannot make use of the AT&T business model with the iPhone here.

It would be very niche - to make it "masa" you may have to introduce a retail model to it - say retain your prepaid account, but add a certain amount to get unlimited data access for a month - similar to Smart myTV (unlimited data becomes a VAS).

[respiritu]

I use prepaid sim cards on mine and works perfectly.

[blacksocks]

Well, no doubt prepaid will work when allowed by the telecom carrier. However, I'm talking about the Apple-AT&T business model of revenue sharing. Will Apple earn enough if most iPhone users opt for the prepaid plan? In the US, not everybody can apply for prepaid. Only those who fail the credit check when activating are provided the option to go prepaid.

I think Apple needs a different strategy to earn additional service revenues if they want to lock their customers to a single carrier here.

[badw33d]

if the phone is unlocked, it should work. works for all the same phones i guess.