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Opening a new account first time

Joel1234 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:45:09 GMT

Do I need a credit check to get the 75 gig a month plan I can't find anything on the sight

Re: Opening a new account first time

EB0 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:33:41 GMT

No, Public Mobile is pre paid service that doesn’t require any credit check, but you need a regular Canadian credit card to sign in

Re: Opening a new account first time

Dunkman — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:33:41 GMT

@Joel1234

Public mobile is a prepaid service.

No credit or identification check needed. No contract. Public mobile does not check address, etc.

Just need a valid payment method.

Re: Opening a new account first time

Rastin — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:35:49 GMT

A credit check? No. A credit card maybe I didn't remember if it's a requirement to set up an account but you can pay with with gift cards to keep a credit on Your account.

Re: Opening a new account first time

HALIMACS — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:41:37 GMT

Going one step further, @Joel1234 , you don’t even really need to have your own credit card.

You can use someone else’s (with their permission, of course) to set up the service and then unsubscribe from credit card payments in your account and pay manually using payment vouchers on a go forward.

Re: Opening a new account first time

Joel1234 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:50:11 GMT

Will a debt mastercard work or does it need to be credit

Re: Opening a new account first time

HALIMACS — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:51:32 GMT

Debit Visa or MasterCard should work, @Joel1234

Re: Opening a new account first time

Joel1234 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 17:54:33 GMT

Ok then I should be good to go ! now I just need to order a phone that works with public mobile I think I found some on Amazon Thanx for the help

Re: Opening a new account first time

Phil_Adelphus — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:05:02 GMT

@Joel1234 Check out the list of VoLTE phones that are approved by Public Mobile, especially if you might travel to the USA where there is no more 3G (which will eventually be the case here too although could be a long time coming).

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/volte

Re: Opening a new account first time

hairbag1 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 18:05:36 GMT

@Joel1234 wrote:
Ok then I should be good to go ! now I just need to order a phone that works with public mobile I think I found some on Amazon Thanx for the help

Before you order that phone...let us know which phone it is...just to make sure there's no disappointments.

Re: Opening a new account first time

Joel1234 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 19:43:10 GMT

https://www.amazon.ca/Unlocked-Blackview-Expandable-Smartphone-4780mAh/dp/B0CD42BGM7/ref=sr_1_20?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.35f_QlpDJxDVxaHuHtsn2dgIoeOJa2cCCPpeXY7lQWeEj428PVSswSZpz7Em6YqAXG26bdHOnR_QLIxL0SO3qBrZwqiNknNOSE7-hNDKxSpI1sJ5JWAsPChQIORdSl-8nsYJJvzDCWh6g28_7DPvVxTjfut1H4B75mrjTqjFU6dayT-X0h1K1Fscmk038lHYxK46DBucMgJWTikQwAoQ9XqRT-twaSOwqncNB06daif7DycNN6-wv-hDt3-TuCM4ZbXRejbzN1-zUEnQfCoYU8Ulc2n7PgMVYc_6LFoV0y8.Bv-nEN6LTA4hdyByU3i1LWV2x6CapBcE3lG4AXdfMnk&dib_tag=se&keywords=Unlocked+cell+phones+canada&qid=1717954186&refinements=p_36%3A-13500&rnid=12035759011&sr=8-20 This is the phone I'm looking at it says it works with public mobile

Re: Opening a new account first time

Phil_Adelphus — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 20:47:20 GMT

@Joel1234 Someone else will probably check the bands it needs, but it's not on the PM VoLTE list so it will not work well for voice calls in the USA, if that's an issue, and eventually will not work in Canada (on PM anyway) unless PM later adds it to the VoLTE list but that could be quite a while away yet.

Re: Opening a new account first time

Elia1 — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 22:30:45 GMT

No, you don't. All plans are prepaid.

Re: Opening a new account first time

Joel1234 — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 01:24:07 GMT

Well I don't call the us and if I do can use a free phone app so that's not a big deal butt will it work for data it says n the add it should

Re: Opening a new account first time

Phil_Adelphus — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 11:09:14 GMT

@Joel1234 VoLTE does not have to do with calling the US, it is for if you visit the US and want to use your phone since there are no more 3G networks there. VoLTE is Voice over LTE, a phone that does not have it must use 3G instead for voice calls. Canada still has 3G (for now, slated to shut down here eventually too). If you want a phone to be approved for use on Public Mobile you need to check out what is on the VoLTE and MMS approved lists.

MMS:

https://www.publicmobile.ca/en/on/get-help/articles/picture-messaging-updates

VoLTE:

https://productioncommunity.publicmobile.ca/t5/notes/composepage/note-to-user-id/22437

You've posted Amazon links to two different Blackview models. Neither is VoLTE approved on PM. If it doesn't bother you that voice calls will be limited to 3G then perhaps if you started a new thread with Blackview in the title someone with knowledge of them would respond.