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NoName

2005-08-11, 11:48 pm

Tmobile's being stubborn about letting me upgrade my phone for a
reasonable price, so I was wondering if I buy a prepaid Tmobile phone
and swap my SIM for the prepaid SIM, will it work?
PDA Man

2005-08-11, 11:48 pm

All Day Long!


"NoName" <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote in message
news:S%PKe.6827$dJ5.4752@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Tmobile's being stubborn about letting me upgrade my phone for a
> reasonable price, so I was wondering if I buy a prepaid Tmobile phone and
> swap my SIM for the prepaid SIM, will it work?



brobin

2005-08-11, 11:48 pm

Surprised you're having a problem. I went to TMo yesterday with my friend
and he was offered a Razr v3 for the same price as a new activation customer
and got the same rebate. All he had to do was agree to one additional year.
He grabbed it.

"NoName" <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote in message
news:S%PKe.6827$dJ5.4752@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Tmobile's being stubborn about letting me upgrade my phone for a
> reasonable price, so I was wondering if I buy a prepaid Tmobile phone and
> swap my SIM for the prepaid SIM, will it work?



F. W.

2005-08-11, 11:48 pm

With the exception of the Sidekick, prepaid & monthly phones are
interchangeable.
However, if there is a mail in rebate on the prepaid phone, you may not
receive it if the prepaid SIM is not being used in the phone.

STORM

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"NoName" <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote in message
news:S%PKe.6827$dJ5.4752@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> Tmobile's being stubborn about letting me upgrade my phone for a
> reasonable price, so I was wondering if I buy a prepaid Tmobile phone and
> swap my SIM for the prepaid SIM, will it work?



NoName

2005-08-12, 5:48 pm

The problem is I just upgraded my phone [Samsung x475] two months ago
but it's a piece of garbage, and Tmobile wouldn't offer me a better deal
than $180 on anything else, which is way above the MSRP.

Thank you all for the information.
brobin

2005-08-12, 5:48 pm

Remember that you can by your GSM phones from any source as long as they're
unlocked (or locked to your carrier). Try ebay for a better deal on what you
want.

"NoName" <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote in message
news:K3_Ke.5489$Yx1.3590@tornado.tampabay.rr.com...
> The problem is I just upgraded my phone [Samsung x475] two months ago but
> it's a piece of garbage, and Tmobile wouldn't offer me a better deal than
> $180 on anything else, which is way above the MSRP.
>
> Thank you all for the information.



Joseph

2005-08-12, 5:48 pm

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:08:50 GMT, NoName <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote:

>Tmobile's being stubborn about letting me upgrade my phone for a
>reasonable price, so I was wondering if I buy a prepaid Tmobile phone
>and swap my SIM for the prepaid SIM, will it work?


Yes, it will work.

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NoName

2005-08-12, 5:48 pm

Joseph wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 22:08:50 GMT, NoName <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote:
>
>
>
>
> Yes, it will work.
>
> - -
>

What about a Cingular prepaid phone, do I have to get it unlocked or can
I just pop my SIM card in?
Cyrus Afzali

2005-08-12, 5:48 pm

On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:54:09 GMT, NoName <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote:

>Joseph wrote:
>What about a Cingular prepaid phone, do I have to get it unlocked or can
>I just pop my SIM card in?


It would be locked.
NoName

2005-08-12, 5:48 pm

Cyrus Afzali wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Aug 2005 14:54:09 GMT, NoName <please@nomail.thnaks> wrote:
>
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>
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> It would be locked.

Gotcha, thanks.
Steve Sobol

2005-08-13, 5:48 pm

Cyrus Afzali wrote:

> It would be locked.


Bah.

As much as I hate Cingular, as much as I want to refuse to give my money to
any entity owned by Sucks Big <Censored> Communications... :) I am pretty
sure that T-Mobile has exactly zero phones with the features I want.

(Actually, what I really want is a Samsung P207, but they're only selling
them online with new activation. But there are other Cingular phones that
have what I want)

Anyone know how hard it is to get a Cingular phone unlocked, perhaps one
bought off eBay?

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