Help Given Used Samsung Galaxy SIII – looking for carrier / plan

[cellsee6]

I have been given a Samsung Galaxy SIII as a gift.

It is a used phone. The giver was using Verizon as the carrier.

I don't want to be locked into a plan.

I currently have an old beat up Android phone with an ancient Android operating system. The carrier is VirginMobile.

My needs are modest: 300 messages per month, 500 minutes of phone and 10 gigs of data would suffice.

Q1.) What non contract carrier / plan have you found to have useful service?

Q2.) What SIM card would I need for the carrier / plan?

May be you have some thoughts , suggestions on the best way to get this used phone in service?

 

[jamstewonline]

To the best of my knowledge Verizon uses cdma so no Going to other carriers other than Cricket I think. You can sign up for verizon prepaid service but you need to contact them first to see if that phone is available for prepaid. Visit a cricket retailer and they may be able to flash it to their service. They can for Sprint phones which is cdma also ( or at least they could a few years back) .
That's all i got good luck

 

[RA_BH]

actually, the VZW S3 is an international version, so while the OP could probably connect to a variety of networks with the right SIM, it is likely that the data connection speed would be pretty bad, certainly not 4G-LTE as on VZW.

 

[Jfalls63]

I had Verizon Casio Commando that I activated on Straight Talk. They use Verizon towers so no issue with APN. Unlimited talk and text and data but they reduce data speed after 3gigs. Currently using them with ATT phone without issue.