do Verizon phones use a SIM card???

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  • MikeVega
    **Porntrepreneur**
    • Jul 2004
    • 12788
    #1

    do Verizon phones use a SIM card???

    My Father in Law uses Verizon and he needs a new phone. he just picked up the Acura RL and his old phone has no Bluetooth so i want to buy him one for Christmas. Do they use a SIM card so i can just buy the phone or do i have to bring him and get the # and all switched over??

    I Figured someone here would know.


    Mike Vega-ICQ:253868499-AIM:mikeydicevega
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    • Jon Clark - BANNED FOR LIFE
      North Coast Pimp
      • Dec 2005
      • 9395
      #2
      just buy a verizon ready phone....

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        • Holly
          Too lazy to set a custom title
          • Jun 2003
          • 10017
          #3
          Nope. No sim card for Verizon, Sprint, and a few others. They are CDMA carriers, which also means you can't buy an unlocked phone.


          Cingular and T-Mobile are the two big GSM networks.

          You can still port the number from carrier to carrier. I recently moved from Verizon (no sim) to Cingular and got to keep my number. But you'll need to get him a Verizon phone, since they're basically locked to their own network.
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            • drjones
              Confirmed User
              • Oct 2005
              • 908
              #4
              Originally posted by MikeVega
              My Father in Law uses Verizon and he needs a new phone. he just picked up the Acura RL and his old phone has no Bluetooth so i want to buy him one for Christmas. Do they use a SIM card so i can just buy the phone or do i have to bring him and get the # and all switched over??

              I Figured someone here would know.
              No, Verizon is not a GSM network. No SIM cards. You may be able to buy a CDMA phone, and get it activated with Verizon. I dont know if they will do that or not, though.
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                • Pete-KT
                  Workin With The Devil
                  • Oct 2004
                  • 51532
                  #5
                  No sim card Mikey, you gotta buy the phone and then he can call and activate it (switch to the new one) over the phone by calling verizon

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                    • MikeVega
                      **Porntrepreneur**
                      • Jul 2004
                      • 12788
                      #6
                      Originally posted by Pete-KT
                      No sim card Mikey, you gotta buy the phone and then he can call and activate it (switch to the new one) over the phone by calling verizon
                      That's what i thought but wasn't 100%. I'll just buy him a nice phone and then watch him deal with customer service to activate it and switch the # .. should take all the fun out of getting the new phone ..

                      I was hoping it would be like our Cingular phone .. I Just took the card out of my Razor and put it in my blackberry and it was good to go ..


                      Mike Vega-ICQ:253868499-AIM:mikeydicevega

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                        • baddog
                          So Fucking Banned
                          • Apr 2001
                          • 107089
                          #7
                          I think I just saw something on my Verizon account that implied I could upload my stuff to a website, then from there to my phone.

                          It is my secondary phone, so wasn't paying a lot of attention.

                          BTW, could you ask Ray to contact me please?

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