Unlocking Phones (3 Viewers)

[Elnur_E65]

++ [ originally posted by fabiana ] ++


No, $75 for the phone and no contracts or anything, its a pay-as-you-go thing -and they have phones as low as 59.99 (I just read that!!)

What about Sprint?

Oh ok. With GSM phones there is a huge variety- $50 to $1000 phones. Then you just get a sim card from any GSM provider, stick it into your phone and use it.

THen if you don't like the phone- buy another phone, or borrow one from a friend, stick your card in and use it.

As far as I know Sprint does not have GSM.

 

Buy on AliExpress.com

[Dragon]

Sprint and Verizon have CDMA so Ill just decide between those two!! Now I just gotta find out what CDMA frequency is the one they have here

Thanks a lot for your help

 

[K10]

You sure you want CDMA? Not trying to change your mind but may I ask why? Better reception?

Elnur_E65, what kind of phone can you get for $1000?

 

[Elnur_E65]

You're welcome

 

[Dragon]

++ [ originally posted by K10 ] ++
You sure you want CDMA? Not trying to change your mind but may I ask why? Better reception?

Elnur_E65, what kind of phone can you get for $1000?

CDMA has better reception here and the CDMA carrier is used by way more people so I get better deals when calling people that have my same carrier

For $1000 you can probably get a 5G phone with like 5.0 megapixel camera, way fast Internet, etc.

 

[Elnur_E65]

++ [ originally posted by K10 ] ++
You sure you want CDMA? Not trying to change your mind but may I ask why? Better reception?

Elnur_E65, what kind of phone can you get for $1000?

I am on K10's side here. GSM is better IMO.

Sony Eriksson T900 was $900 about a month ago. Nokia Communicator is more than that, I am sure.

 

[K10]

++ [ originally posted by fabiana ] ++


CDMA has better reception here and the CDMA carrier is used by way more people so I get better deals when calling people that have my same carrier

For $1000 you can probably get a 5G phone with like 5.0 megapixel camera, way fast Internet, etc.

In that case, go for CDMA. If you ever plan to stay in the US for like a year or more and just want a phone, nothing to fancy, you can get one for free, but with one year contracts and all.

In my case, I didn't want any contract and the phone price raised quite a bit. For example, the LG 1150 was $119 with a two year contract. Without any contract, I payed $210 for it.

The Motorola V300 I think was around the same thing.

 

[Dragon]

I like the V300 A LOT. Im thinking about switching to GSM just for it!

 

[K10]

++ [ originally posted by fabiana ] ++
I like the V300 A LOT. Im thinking about switching to GSM just for it!

Oh its just lovely. Great phone at its price. I recommend it.

 

[Dragon]

I want to get that feature to get MSN Messenger in your cellphone -itd be pretty useful

I wanted the T720 but that phone is like $900 here. See, everyone is 50 years ahead of Venezuela!

 

[K10]

The V300 already has AOL IM on it. You can get MSN though but you have to configure it.

Pretty cool feature. They are making these phones like mini computers these days.

What I like about the V300 is that you can play mp3s as your ringtone.

 

[Dragon]

Really? I will use those annoying pholyphonic (or whatever) tones, since theyre quite new here and almost no one has them, so I wanna see how they are I will feel very advanced!

Is it easy to configure the MSN Messenger thing?

 

[River]

Just buy one on Ebay and put your card in it. Yeah its probably been stolen of some poor business man as he was making an important call. But who gives a shit?

 

[Elnur_E65]

About a year ago I bought a Sony T610 phone back in Azerbaijan. And guess what, it said T-Mobile on it, and it had all the US paperwork- the phone was supposed to be sold on the US market. It even had an American plug in the package!

How did it end up 6,000 miles halfway around the world- I don't know.

 

[K10]

++ [ originally posted by fabiana ] ++
Really? I will use those annoying pholyphonic (or whatever) tones, since theyre quite new here and almost no one has them, so I wanna see how they are I will feel very advanced!

Is it easy to configure the MSN Messenger thing?

Never tried it as yet. I will look at it for you.

About a year ago I bought a Sony T610 phone back in Azerbaijan. And guess what, it said T-Mobile on it, and it had all the US paperwork- the phone was supposed to be sold on the US market. It even had an American plug in the package!

lol. That's definately an Unlocked Sim card phone.

 

[Elnur_E65]

++ [ originally posted by K10 ] ++

lol. That's definately an Unlocked Sim card phone.

Yep

And now I am using it in the US. So it came back to its motherland

 

[K10]

lol. It all worked out for T mobile then

 

[Dragon]

++ [ originally posted by K10 ] ++


Never tried it as yet. I will look at it for you.

Thank you!

 

[River]

I really like the Sony Ericsson K700i

 

[Elnur_E65]

++ [ originally posted by K10 ] ++
lol. It all worked out for T mobile then

It did work out for T mobile, but not for A Elnur.

If I didn't have a phone and signed up for a plan I am on right now- I could have gotten exactly the same phone for free (they have a promotion).

So technically, I could have sold my phone in Azerbaijan and could have gotten one exactly like that here