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need some advice on unlocked cell phones (pg. 4)
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by Masonious
wait...did you seriously read that? |
every single word... and MORE! |
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| Fast Turtle |
| np, if you have any more questions just pm and i'll force him back to the computer later. ;p |
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| Jocker |
| quote: | Originally posted by Soonmeister
K800i all the way for me .. class phone :D |
yeah baby!!! absolutely loving it, both the looks and the functions...
teh sex!!! love those Swedish bricks. have one for 2 months now, and enjoy every single bit of it!
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| jdat |
be careful Myra!
Many cellphones in the US do NOT have sim cards!
You need to call your cell phone carrier to have them activate the new cell phone remotely usually it's no trouble but they may occassionaly ask you to pay a surcharge for that.
Secondly there are frequency distinctions between the different carriers as well as the fact the phones are locked.
If you look on ebay just do a search for the phone you'd like and add your cell phone carrier to the search query.
***edit**** I noticed Fast Turtle just said apparently everything that needed to be said. |
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| Orbital32 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Fast Turtle
My husband works for Cingular, here's his response:
3. If you want to buy an unlocked phone, that's cool. You have a few options with this, and we don't really mind helping with it - provided it's an AT&T Wireless or Cingular branded phone. The rule is basically this: if you've paid for the phone with us, we can request an unlock code for you. That is to say, if you pay for a Cingular phone for full price AND you fax us the receipt, we can request the code. OR if you have a phone that someone has used and went through their full two year contract period, the discounted price that we initially sold the phone for is already paid for and we can release the code. That said, if you request the code, you'll be waiting a bit. Nothing serious, though. I've seen an unlock code come back for a Sony Ericsson phone in three hours, but Motorola and Nokia usually take a week. Otherwise, you can always by an unlocked phone on the internet, or a non-branded phone straight from the manufacturer.
Hopefully this helps you out. Cingular really isn't an evil company at all, either, by the way. AT&T Wireless just gave away the farm, and I really am sorry that you guys got caught in the middle. It sucks, but Cingular really is a company that's built to stay in business for the long haul, which is why the rate plans seems worse, but really everything does when you have a plan that's losing the company money. Anyway, good luck, and thanks! :D"
edit: he apologizes if you weren't with at&t, he misread your initial post |
That's really lame!
1. With T-mobile if you had a phone with them for over 90 days you can ask for the unlock code with no problem. With Cingular...even if you fufill your contract they will still charge for the phone!
2. Forced upgrade means moving from a 32k sim card to 64k simcard. Doesn't sound to bad seeing that simcards are free...unless the phone does not support the 64k, which means they will end up giving you a POS phone for free, or attempt to give you a great deal on a new phone.
Just a couple of weeks ago, they were telling me that i was being forced to upgrade to a new phone because my phone had a 64k simcard "the employee who installed the sim card should have check, its not supported", even though it works fine. They told me i needed a 32k sim card, but they don't make or sell them.
Cingular solution? Get a piece of phone for free, or they can give me a great deal on a new phone: $250 AFTER a $50 mail-in rebate and a 2 yr contract. My response: 1. That great deal is the exact price offered online 2. Go screw yourself. I just went on ebay and bought a damn sim card for less the $10.
also lucid, its pretty much just T-mobile and Cingular that are GSM. Not worth tyring to look up any other carrier phone service. |
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| lücid |
the reviews for the last one i posted were pretty bad, but this one looks neat!
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SAMSUNG-E63...1QQcmdZViewItem
hmmm this one's cool too...
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-SAMSUNG-P207-UNLOCKED-GSM-CAMERA-CINGULAR-CELLPHONE_W0QQitemZ290049137716QQihZ019QQcategoryZ64355QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem |
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| jdat |
don't you wanna be one of the cool kids?
Get yourself a pda/smartphone :p |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
don't you wanna be one of the cool kids?
Get yourself a pda/smartphone :p |
bah! too big for me, and too many features... i like little phones. :) |
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| Jocker |
| quote: | Originally posted by jdat
Many cellphones in the US do NOT have sim cards!
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well DUH... sim cards are necessary for GSM phones. if it's not a GSM phone, it won't have a sim card:D:D:D |
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| MLB |
| quote: | Originally posted by Jocker
well DUH... sim cards are necessary for GSM phones. if it's not a GSM phone, it won't have a sim card:D:D:D |
Not neccesary. IDEN phones have GSM chips |
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| Jocker |
| quote: | Originally posted by MLB
Not neccesary. IDEN phones have GSM chips |
ok, you win:) however, the only large iden operator in us is nextel (and not for long, since sprint, after the acquisition, is shifting iden's network towards cdma), and lucid said she has cingular. |
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| lücid |
so i decided not to get an unlocked phone and instead bought a brand new phone from Wirefly's eBay store. i didn't wanna drop $100+ on a phone that i wasn't entirely sure about, and since this one is Cingular-specific i felt better about spending the money.
it's pretty basic, but i don't really use cell phones for anything more than making calls, sending text msgs, and taking random pictures of my kitten, lol... so for $129.99 with free shipping this was the best deal, and the reviews for it were pretty good.
and it's sexy red. :D
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