I ended up buying a SIM card for $11.20 (incl. tax) from the 7-11 at 10th and Alma in Vancouver (the downtown location at Robson/Seymour had no idea what I was talking about). It comes with instructions on how to activate it (which can be done online)… Seems pretty simple. Though I haven't yet done so as the website is down and haven't tried to port my existing number over yet.

jerryhung said:

Want to clarify

We buy $25 voucher from 7-11 to PAY for the SIM card right (which comes with $5 credit)?
vs. paying with Credit Card via the phone

I initially thought we can get a FREE SIM card with $25 voucher (i.e. I'll have $25 credit to add to the free SIM card)… I think I totally misunderstood

Thanks

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You walk into a store, buy a $25 (+ tax) voucher and then call in and ask for a SIM card. They mail you an already activated SIM card with a $5 credit on it – they said I'd have to call back to activate it but I just popped it into my unlocked phone and it worked fine. The entire process took less than one week for me

I think the confusion is do you use the 25 voucher to add fund to the $5 SIM they send to you so you have a total of 30 dollars available to use.

Or that 25 bucks voucher would be useless which in exchange you get a SIM with 5 bucks in it.

So which one of the above two mentioned case it is ? I am also puzzled even after reading all these posts.

Want to clarify

We buy $25 voucher from 7-11 to PAY for the SIM card right (which comes with $5 credit)?
vs. paying with Credit Card via the phone

I initially thought we can get a FREE SIM card with $25 voucher (i.e. I'll have $25 credit to add to the free SIM card)… I think I totally misunderstood

Thanks

You walk into a store, buy a $25 (+ tax) voucher and then call in and ask for a SIM card. They mail you an already activated SIM card with a $5 credit on it – they said I'd have to call back to activate it but I just popped it into my unlocked phone and it worked fine. The entire process took less than one week for me

We buy $25 voucher from 7-11 to PAY for the SIM card right (which comes with $5 credit)?
vs. paying with Credit Card via the phone

I initially thought we can get a FREE SIM card with $25 voucher (i.e. I'll have $25 credit to add to the free SIM card)... I think I totally misunderstood

Thanks

A NA GSM phone is of little use to say Asia so for a model like 1661, it really is not worth the trouble to lock it. A C3 is another story as it is a quad band one so can be used anywhere, if unlocked.

glad to know that my C3 works with other GSM providers though I was told that 1661 works on Fido as well(I sold mine to a friend's kid and they are on fido).

From ebay listings, it also looks like they can be unlocked now for fairly cheap, which means you could also use it on Fido.

You would be wrong on that one. A locked Speakout Nokia 1661 phone will not work with FIDO. As far as I know, it is still extremely difficult to unlock a Speakout Nokia 1661 phone. A locked Speakout Nokia 1661 phone is not the same phone as a locked Rogers Nokia 1661.

I can understand the confusion though. As a beacon of inconsistency, all locked Nokia C3 phones sold in Canada are interchangeable with other carriers that use the Rogers network. Weird eh?

ThomasInToronto said:

Hey guys,

New user here. I just wanted to clarify, is the SIM card included in the $25+ voucher (ie. they will send me the SIM card for free)?

Thanks.

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No. For $25, you get a SIM card with $5 worth of airtime, good for 30 days once activated. You can then buy airtime for $25, which will last a year if you do not use the phone much.

Hm, okay. Do phone purchases include the SIM card? If they do, I might as well purchase a $50+ voucher and receive the Nokia 1661 for $29 from their ongoing promo...

Hey guys,

New user here. I just wanted to clarify, is the SIM card included in the $25+ voucher (ie. they will send me the SIM card for free)?

Thanks.

No. For $25, you get a SIM card with $5 worth of airtime, good for 30 days once activated. You can then buy airtime for $25, which will last a year if you do not use the phone much.

New user here. I just wanted to clarify, is the SIM card included in the $25+ voucher (ie. they will send me the SIM card for free)?

Thanks.

I just went and bought a $25 plus tax voucher and phoned in to order the sim card. After a series of questions they informed me that the sim card would be arriving in the mail in about 2 to 3 weeks.

From here, you don't have to call customer service. Just make a call, and it'll take care of itself.

No, they definitely need the serial number. That's the reason my request was rejected the first time.
Now I am all good to go.