No one else answered, so I'll take a shot at it--the SIM card is the
brain of the phone. The minutes and number go with the SIM card. So when
you swap SIM cards, you get a new number, different minutes, etc. For
all intents and purposes it's a different phone once you swap SIM cards.
But let one of the EEs on here tell you for sure. That's just my
experience in Europe. I assume any GSM system would operate the same,
but I'm not a phone network engineer.
Scott
On 8/25/2013 3:20 PM, Dave C wrote:
> I have relatively modest cell phone needs. I use a cheap (free)
> Tracfone and buy more minutes once a year. It works for what I need
> but doesn't work in Canada, at least, not reliably. Since I live in
> WA I go to Canada occasionally, usually on my motorcycle, and cell
> phone coverage is kind of a nice thing to have.
>
> Could I buy a cheap, unlocked GSM phone on Amazon, like this one, for
> example,
>
>> http://www.amazon.com/BLU-T190i-RD-Unlocked-Quad-Band-Bluetooth/dp/B00AA6WTOO/ref=sr_1_8?ie=UTF8&qid=1377457163&sr=8-8&keywords=unlocked+gsm+phone
>>
>>
>
> put the SIM card from my Tracfone in it, and then buy a prepaid SIM
> card in Canada? If yes, do the phone number and minutes I have
> accumulated on my US Tracfone reside on the sim card, and will the
> phone number and minutes just transfer on to the new phone?
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