ITunes error message SIM card not supported after hard restore

Decided to do a Restore of iPhone 4 after several unresolved issues. Everything fine until reboot when iTunes tells me that the SIM card is not recognized. I have found numerous posts and discussiopns about this; I have removed SIM card, restarted, re inserted card, reset phone all to no avail....do I really need to buy a new SIM card?

Was the phone purchased new in the US from either Apple or AT&T? If not it is locked to some other carrier and there is nothing you can legitimately do about it.
If you DID buy it new from AT&T or Apple the phone is broken; you will have to contact Apple for replacement. If it is less than a year old this will not cost anything. You can check warranty status here: https://selfsolve.apple.com/agreementWarrantyDynamic.do

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