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Old 07-17-2013, 01:57 AM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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Typically, I'm not data user, but I have an unlocked smart phone... and I am planning a road trip to visit family and explore the West Coast, both Southern/Northern California, and possibly Nevada and Northern Arizona on the way back to Phoenix. Would love to have netflix/access to email/facebook/great GPS.



Hence, I finally have a need for internet on my cell phone. I'll need to buy it here in Phoenix, before I start he trip to the West Coast, and it needs to be compatible with iPhone 4S or Google Nexus 4 smartphone.

I'd prefer to pick it up at a local store, and prefer not to have to use a credit card in the process. (don't have one at the moment).

Is Walmart the best place to pick up a pre-paid micro sim for data? Walmart is the only store I can even recall seeing prepaid phone cards before, but i think they were standard sized sims, if I recall correctly.

Basically, I just want to know what carrier offers the best coverage, data allowance, and supports features like mobile hotspot, as there will be multiple devices hooked up in the car.

Thanks
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Old 07-17-2013, 03:30 PM
 
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At&t mobile hotspot works great but it is expensive and not unlimitted. You will go through your data very fast especially with all of those devices. I think Cricket has mobile hotspot but I'm not knowledgeable on the details but if you're "Ballin on a Budget" generally Cricket and T-Mobile is the way to go.
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Old 07-17-2013, 11:02 PM
 
Location: Scottsdale, AZ
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are you talking about like a hotspot device?

I just want to buy pre paid micro sim card for say 5gb of data... don't care about air time.

I think judging from AT&T's website, the only thing they have available for pay as you go data is for iPad, which I'm assuming won't work in the iPhone or other unlocked smart phone, even though they use the same micro sim card slot.
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Old 07-17-2013, 11:46 PM
 
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O........gotcha......yeah I'm very sure I guess call around and see whats up. I mean Walmart sells everything and then some so I'm sure you can find what you're looking for in the electronics department.
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