verizon doesn't have sim cards
May 25, 2011, 6:24 pm
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So you paid the full price or the subsidized price for your phone?
Full.
Originally Posted by juelzkellz
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I paid retail for my 9650 Verizon gave me the unlock codes and walked me through unlocking today. No problems.
I paid retail for my 9650 Verizon gave me the unlock codes and walked me through unlocking today. No problems.
May 25, 2011, 8:58 pm
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May 27, 2011, 2:39 pm
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Yes she is right, the USA really went its own way with cellphones didn't it? The only country in the world to give mobile phones geographic numbers and the rest of the world uses GSM
T-Mobile has a GSM network, I think AT&T does too but their phones are nigh on impossible to unlock.
I don't know what the situation is in NZ but I'd be inclined to buy a cheapy unlocked GSM phone from ebay then just buy the chip in NZ
T-Mobile has a GSM network, I think AT&T does too but their phones are nigh on impossible to unlock.
I don't know what the situation is in NZ but I'd be inclined to buy a cheapy unlocked GSM phone from ebay then just buy the chip in NZ
May 27, 2011, 3:58 pm
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Be careful of what you speak if you don't know for sure. Beside the USA, Canada and other countries in world zone 1 use geographic numbers for mobile service. Both T-Mobile and AT&T do unlock most of their phones if you've been a subscriber for the requisite amount of time. They do not unlock iPhones.
And about half the cell phones in the US are GSM based.
Originally Posted by weekilter
Yes she is right, the USA really went its own way with cellphones didn't it? The only country in the world to give mobile phones geographic numbers and the rest of the world uses GSM
T-Mobile has a GSM network, I think AT&T does too but their phones are nigh on impossible to unlock.
I don't know what the situation is in NZ but I'd be inclined to buy a cheapy unlocked GSM phone from ebay then just buy the chip in NZ
T-Mobile has a GSM network, I think AT&T does too but their phones are nigh on impossible to unlock.
I don't know what the situation is in NZ but I'd be inclined to buy a cheapy unlocked GSM phone from ebay then just buy the chip in NZ
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For numerous different reasons, CDMA made a lot of sense in North America back in the day...