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Live in UK,wanting cheap phone for USA trip

You could use Straight Talk, which is another prepaid service. Their deal seems to be the best of all the prepaid options, $45 for unlimited everything. They seem to use both T-Mobile and ATT. Go to their website and order the "free" reconditioned phone they have. Have it shipped to your hotel a few days before the trip. Swap the sim card out for the Android phone you bought. All you have to do is adjust the APN settings to make everything work properly. Here is a link from howards forums to get it working.

Does anyone know the proper APN settings for Android Devices?

EDIT: Sorry after reviewing this idea some more, the method I described above does not work unless you use the SIM from a certain Straight Talk phone. This phone is $190, so it is probably not a good idea for you to use this method or plan.
 
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