Blogcritics Comments on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Comment by jeff on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Mon, 10 Apr 2006 14:56:52 EDT

we have sprint service and my daughter broke her samsung pm-A840 phone which we need to replace. we got 2 phones on sign up for $69 2 for 1. if I buy one on ebay for $39..99 which gives a $39.99 rebate with new account which I do not need, is there any way to use this phone which is presumably locked? Thanks, Jeff

Comment by Michael on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Fri, 10 Mar 2006 03:56:17 EST

Luckily unlocked cellphones can be bought on ebay very easily now.

Comment by Danilo on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Wed, 19 Jan 2005 19:30:13 EST

I want to buy used cell phone like nokia 6210 or 6310 or 7110.Please if anyone sell these-email me please!!!

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Sat, 18 Dec 2004 04:26:13 EST

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Comment by shaun on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 13:52:57 EST

I sell at&t (soon to be cingular), and i will tell ya verizon is the best overall. Killer customer service, by far the best coverage, but weakminute plans. Sprint has the best phones, and overall weak coverage and weak customer service

Comment by TDavid on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 12:43:34 EST

I was with my last cell phone carrier for over 4 years. When we left they had all these great deals they would give us if we stayed. I say fuck them to companies who treat their loyal customers this way. If they weren't giving us the great deals all along, then that's a serious customer service issue. Almost every study every done shows that loyal customers will be repeat customers and make you more money than the acquistion of new customers, which is much more expensive. Then on our way out they threatened us with collections two weeks after we cancelled service if we didn't pay the final bill (we paid every bill on time, every time, for over 4 years). The problem was the bill hadn't even been received yet for us to pay. Don't you just love treatment like this? SprintPCS isn't the best as far as features for phones, agreed, but that unlimited Vision service for 15 bones a month is sweet. And we can do a lot of stuff account-wise online, which is another nice benefit if the bill doesn't come. Now if only Sprint had Bluetooth! Grrr! It's the one thing that would probably get me to switch, because I'd like to have the integration with my HP 1945 Pocket PC, but then when I'm the day comes that I'm in the market for another cell phone (a couple years, most likely) I'll want only one device to carry. Also in my area, Sprint has the best coverage. So sometimes you have to go with whomever has the best coverage. Best phone and best company doesn't equal squat if you can't get a good signal.

Comment by shaun on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:54:40 EST

ya just reinforced my comment. better products hitting the market. and i don't anybody that changes carriers every six months to a year. You do have a nice phone though. Samsungs are great phones, but sprint sucks. Oh and just to let you know i have been selling cell phone for about two and a half years

Comment by TDavid on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:50:35 EST

shaun - I think the price determines how often one will realistically want to buy new phones. If you drop a couple hundred dollars for a phone, that isn't something a lot of folks are going to want to replace within 6 months or a year. I am satisfied with our current cell carrier and Samsung A600 phone [$350 USD], but if I were to switch I wouldn't want to buy a new phone. Well, not for the forseeable future anyway. Then again, when they start putting all the goodies into one device (these smart phones are getting close) it makes it worth considering moving everything to one device to carry instead of a phone and a PDA.

Comment by shaun on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:33:10 EST

the thing is their is no real reason to bring an old phone to a new carrier, the phones become out-dated so quickly. Also all the carriers offer free phones with activation.

Comment by TDavid on Locked cell phones and SIM cards

Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:06:25 EST

I think there's a special place in the afterlife for phone companies.