I bought a Nokia cell phone in Mexico and I was wondering if I just take the chip out would I be able to use it in the US using a different chip? Can you buy cell phone chips in the US? I´ve been away for awhile so I have no clue.
2006-11-07 06:38:09 · 9 answers · asked by Double 709 5 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
Sorry, by "chip" I meant "SIM card".
2006-11-07 07:46:07 · update #1
Yes. If you don't change the SIM card, you will pay expensive roaming rates.
Put a US SIM in and you pay US costs, but your phone must be unlocked to change the SIM
2006-11-07 07:24:35 · answer #1 · answered by amania_r 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what plan you have,but YES...it's possible.
I drove a taxi for a few months between jobs,and I picked up a guy from the UK.He hired me for the night,and asked for my cell phone number so that he could call me each time he needed me to come around the corner and pick him up at whatever club I had dropped him off at.His phone could call mine,but I couldn't call his.I didn't have the international plan,but he did.
2006-11-07 06:43:21 · answer #2 · answered by Danny 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, my brother-in-law phoned us unintentionally once. He lives in New Zealand.
2006-11-07 06:46:08 · answer #3 · answered by Becky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, I think you can, you would just be roaming until you registered and bought a phone card in the us.
2006-11-07 06:40:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep it will just be a international call everytime you use it and that can get you a big bill
2006-11-07 06:39:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
sure as long as the phone is unlock
2006-11-07 06:40:06 · answer #6 · answered by It's MEEEE!!!! 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Opps I made a boo-boo .Its published .
2006-11-07 06:39:19 · answer #7 · answered by . 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes u can
2006-11-07 06:40:26 · answer #8 · answered by ashitnarula 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2006-11-07 06:39:44 · answer #9 · answered by strawberrydaiquiri 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋