Purchase experience with T-Mobile on the phone.

[MrockNroll]

just have your nephew buy the phone for you, you can buy the correct sim online for around $3.00 to $ 5.00 and then set it up your self at home I have don this with many Lumia windows phones. hope this helps.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

just have your nephew buy the phone for you, you can buy the correct sim online for around $3.00 to $ 5.00 and then set it up your self at home I have don this with many Lumia windows phones. hope this helps.

FWIW My 4S came with a T-Mobile SIM in the box. So unless they have different packaging depending on where you buy it, the phone will come with a SIM. Also, I'm pretty sure you can change SIMs without the account owner being involved. T-Mobile has an on-line SIM change facility and I don't think it requires the master account. It would make sense for the master having to approve new lines, but not a new SIM. There is no fee for activating a new SIM for an existing lines

 

[beto molina]

FWIW My 4S came with a T-Mobile SIM in the box. So unless they have different packaging depending on where you buy it, the phone will come with a SIM. Also, I'm pretty sure you can change SIMs without the account owner being involved. T-Mobile has an on-line SIM change facility and I don't think it requires the master account. It would make sense for the master having to approve new lines, but not a new SIM. There is no fee for activating a new SIM for an existing lines

Mine came with a sim card in the box as well.

 

[editguy]

FWIW My 4S came with a T-Mobile SIM in the box. So unless they have different packaging depending on where you buy it, the phone will come with a SIM. Also, I'm pretty sure you can change SIMs without the account owner being involved. T-Mobile has an on-line SIM change facility and I don't think it requires the master account. It would make sense for the master having to approve new lines, but not a new SIM. There is no fee for activating a new SIM for an existing lines

Mine did, too, and I activated it over the phone.