How do you use used cell phones?

[Oak244 10+ year member]

I have a cell phone I do not like, and I have to use it untill 2007 untill I can do the cingular upgrade. I can get a new phone from them, but I have to buy at regular prices, not plan prices. So I was wondering how people use used cell phones? Do they buy them, then have to go get new service contracts, or do they somehow get them on the service contract they are currently on? Like is it just a matter of removing the SIM card from my phone and putting it in a new phone? Thanks

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[revrider1 5,000+ posts]

T-mobile has sim card, I just get mine from E-bay and slide the card in.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

T-Mobile? Is that different from the GSP phones or whatever it is. I am pretty sure my old phone was T-Mobile but this one is GS.. whatever it is lol.

 

[btmorris972 10+ year member]

Im pretty sure that you just replace the sim card. However if the phone you buy isnt a cingular phone you will have to unlock it.

heres a good forum about cellphones

http://www.howardforums.com/

Hope this helps.

 

[liar2 10+ year member]

You use cingular which uses GSM phones. You can go on ebay and buy a GSM phone. Slide your SIM card into the new phone, and it should work. If you want to use a t-mobile phone, you will have to unlock it. I'd say just get a used cingular phone and be good to go.

 

[Oak244 10+ year member]

I do not need T-Mobile, I just want a flip phone again. I am constantly pulling my phone out and its surfing the net, or has dialed someone. I have got a few outragous phone bills due to this, and the locking function just sucks as well, as you have to unlock it each time to do other things. So A cingular Flip style GSM phone is what I am looking for.

 

[VOA_NIGHTMARE 10+ year member]

I do not need T-Mobile, I just want a flip phone again. I am constantly pulling my phone out and its surfing the net, or has dialed someone. I have got a few outragous phone bills due to this, and the locking function just sucks as well, as you have to unlock it each time to do other things. So A cingular Flip style GSM phone is what I am looking for.

You can not just go buy any gsm phone and put a sim card in it and have it work. You will need a gsm phone that is cingular. You can buy a sprint or a at&t phone etc but then you will need to have it unlocked and the cost of that is about $20 and you have to ship it out for a few days. So if you go on ebay to buy a phone, you will really need to read the details of it. I have gone through many phones with cingular due to reception in my area. The best one I have found is the razor for my area that is not a highly populated city that does not have alot of towers. I have had the v551 a few nokia's and the v400. But by choice I would take the razor the sony ericson one I had but it was not a flip or the v551.

Hope this helps you out, if you have any questions feel free to pm me if I can help you any in the search online if you find one your looking for.

 

[SAG3 5,000+ posts]

just buy an unlocked phone as it works for all the providers that use sim cards.