Posts Tagged ‘T Mobile’
Jul 29 2009
The Bus Driver Man asked:
Just wondering how much of a discount do cell phone dealers get when buying phones…
I’m debating on buying a new phone with a two year contract with T-Mobile OR finding a cell phone dealer-friend to buy a phone straight from the discounted price. Is the latter more worthy? Any input is greatly appreciated!
Cassie
Just wondering how much of a discount do cell phone dealers get when buying phones…
I’m debating on buying a new phone with a two year contract with T-Mobile OR finding a cell phone dealer-friend to buy a phone straight from the discounted price. Is the latter more worthy? Any input is greatly appreciated!
Cassie
Jun 24 2009
Brad Robinson asked:
o cry bucket of tears should you lose a cell phone. It’s not worth those precious tears of yours. Certainly, brand-new mobile phones still aren’t that cheap these days. But there’s one better alternative and it’s to buy used phones. It’s practically all over the country already.
There are a lot of healthy reasons to purchasing a used cell phone. Let’s discuss about convenience first. Buying a pre owned cell phone will save you from hassles and sickening formalities of signing a contract with phone network companies. Most of us have experienced the situation and there’s no prize for the discomforting feeling of having to go through those pages of warranties and rules because you lost your phone. Activating pre owned cell phones only takes just minutes and can be done right at the comfort of your own sofa.
Let us say that you are a subscriber to Cingular, T-Mobile, or ATT, simply remove your SIM card from underneath your cell phone battery (in most cases, this is where you will find the SIM), and re-insert it into your newly bought pre owned cell phone, and then the problem’s fixed! Yes, you heard it right, there’s no need to worry much over losing a phone because the solution is as easy as simply going down to your local cell phone providers’ place of business and asking them for a new SIM card. For Verizon, Metro PCS, and the like, where SIM card is of no use, you only have to dial *611 on your newly acquired pre owned cell phone, and a customer representative from your local phone provider will provision your phone with your existing account over the air.
How about the one closest to you pocket, practicality? The financial difficulty in purchasing a new cell phone (indeed, new ones can be very expensive!) is moot and academic topic considering that you can always have a pre owned cell phone from the neighboring shops. You will help keep considerable amount of money with used cell phone rather than if you buy a new one. Plus, the great thing is, pre owned cell phone works just as well. Pre-owned phones are normally regenerated phones so its warranted that their capabilities and quality is still at par with new ones. Why waste great amount of money for a same thing and of same value? Buy the savings instead for other much important goods. Phones, notwithstanding what others say, still remain a luxury so you need to be smart and perceptive on the amount of money you spend with them.
Above, I already talked about two huge reasons (convenience and practicality) and they basically cover everything why you should buy a pre owned cell phone, but they are too concentrated on what’s good for you. I have to kick one in that’s for the whole community: purchasing used cell phones will do something good for the environment. Cell phones are made up of various toxic chemicals, including lead and mercury. Over time, these harmful chemicals will leak out, and once in the ground, will eventually enter our water system. That only spells a bad future for us, a horrible future for our children. It’s even sadder to note that many, if not most of these discarded phones, are far from being useless.
So save the tears if you just lost a phone, you have a way smart option with used ones. Keep the tears for rainy days, it’s not worth it over phones.
Susanna
o cry bucket of tears should you lose a cell phone. It’s not worth those precious tears of yours. Certainly, brand-new mobile phones still aren’t that cheap these days. But there’s one better alternative and it’s to buy used phones. It’s practically all over the country already.
There are a lot of healthy reasons to purchasing a used cell phone. Let’s discuss about convenience first. Buying a pre owned cell phone will save you from hassles and sickening formalities of signing a contract with phone network companies. Most of us have experienced the situation and there’s no prize for the discomforting feeling of having to go through those pages of warranties and rules because you lost your phone. Activating pre owned cell phones only takes just minutes and can be done right at the comfort of your own sofa.
Let us say that you are a subscriber to Cingular, T-Mobile, or ATT, simply remove your SIM card from underneath your cell phone battery (in most cases, this is where you will find the SIM), and re-insert it into your newly bought pre owned cell phone, and then the problem’s fixed! Yes, you heard it right, there’s no need to worry much over losing a phone because the solution is as easy as simply going down to your local cell phone providers’ place of business and asking them for a new SIM card. For Verizon, Metro PCS, and the like, where SIM card is of no use, you only have to dial *611 on your newly acquired pre owned cell phone, and a customer representative from your local phone provider will provision your phone with your existing account over the air.
How about the one closest to you pocket, practicality? The financial difficulty in purchasing a new cell phone (indeed, new ones can be very expensive!) is moot and academic topic considering that you can always have a pre owned cell phone from the neighboring shops. You will help keep considerable amount of money with used cell phone rather than if you buy a new one. Plus, the great thing is, pre owned cell phone works just as well. Pre-owned phones are normally regenerated phones so its warranted that their capabilities and quality is still at par with new ones. Why waste great amount of money for a same thing and of same value? Buy the savings instead for other much important goods. Phones, notwithstanding what others say, still remain a luxury so you need to be smart and perceptive on the amount of money you spend with them.
Above, I already talked about two huge reasons (convenience and practicality) and they basically cover everything why you should buy a pre owned cell phone, but they are too concentrated on what’s good for you. I have to kick one in that’s for the whole community: purchasing used cell phones will do something good for the environment. Cell phones are made up of various toxic chemicals, including lead and mercury. Over time, these harmful chemicals will leak out, and once in the ground, will eventually enter our water system. That only spells a bad future for us, a horrible future for our children. It’s even sadder to note that many, if not most of these discarded phones, are far from being useless.
So save the tears if you just lost a phone, you have a way smart option with used ones. Keep the tears for rainy days, it’s not worth it over phones.
Susanna
May 17 2009
Margarita Schwartzman asked:
The concept of unlocked cell phones goes like this. Carriers that operate on the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) such as Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile use a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. The SIM card is a microchip that stores subscriber data. It is issued by a carrier and provides cell service by activating any phone into which it is inserted.
A locked phone, as we are used to, will only recognize a SIM card from a particular carrier. An unlocked cell phone, on the other hand, will recognize a SIM card from any carrier. If this sounds like a new thing to you, it really isn’t. In fact, in Asia, about 80% of cell phones are sold unlocked. And in Europe, roughly 70% of cell phones are sold independently of a carrier. Only in US from 90% to 95% of cell phones are locked to a mobile service provider.
Why? Because the carriers subsidize the cost of handsets. Operators usually knock off $50 to $80 from the cost of the phone. This has greatly expanded the market by making phones more affordable but it has also given mobile operators complete control on the cell phones they sell or give away for free.
U.S. cellular operators have been slow to pick up some of Nokia Corp’s high-end N-series phones, which offer high-mega pixel camera and a host of other features that are not found on many phones. This led Nokia to open stores in Chicago and New York to sell their unlocked phones. Getting unlocked cell phone gives you a freedom to choose among a variety of cell phones and their features without being locked into a new one or two-year contract.
Buying unlocked cell phones will turn to buying cheap unlocked cell phones if you travel overseas. Then you can buy prepaid SIM cards that are designed to work in the country you are visiting. This is cheaper than making out of the country calls through your cell phone carrier. You might even find the service more reliable.
Choosing to buy unlocked cell phones will give you a choice to switch cell phone providers without losing your phone. After all, if you have a perfectly good phone, why should you buy a new one? You can also give away your phone if you want to upgrade features or sell it and put the money towards your new unlocked cell phone.
Randell
The concept of unlocked cell phones goes like this. Carriers that operate on the Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM) such as Cingular Wireless, AT&T Wireless and T-Mobile use a Subscriber Identification Module (SIM) card. The SIM card is a microchip that stores subscriber data. It is issued by a carrier and provides cell service by activating any phone into which it is inserted.
A locked phone, as we are used to, will only recognize a SIM card from a particular carrier. An unlocked cell phone, on the other hand, will recognize a SIM card from any carrier. If this sounds like a new thing to you, it really isn’t. In fact, in Asia, about 80% of cell phones are sold unlocked. And in Europe, roughly 70% of cell phones are sold independently of a carrier. Only in US from 90% to 95% of cell phones are locked to a mobile service provider.
Why? Because the carriers subsidize the cost of handsets. Operators usually knock off $50 to $80 from the cost of the phone. This has greatly expanded the market by making phones more affordable but it has also given mobile operators complete control on the cell phones they sell or give away for free.
U.S. cellular operators have been slow to pick up some of Nokia Corp’s high-end N-series phones, which offer high-mega pixel camera and a host of other features that are not found on many phones. This led Nokia to open stores in Chicago and New York to sell their unlocked phones. Getting unlocked cell phone gives you a freedom to choose among a variety of cell phones and their features without being locked into a new one or two-year contract.
Buying unlocked cell phones will turn to buying cheap unlocked cell phones if you travel overseas. Then you can buy prepaid SIM cards that are designed to work in the country you are visiting. This is cheaper than making out of the country calls through your cell phone carrier. You might even find the service more reliable.
Choosing to buy unlocked cell phones will give you a choice to switch cell phone providers without losing your phone. After all, if you have a perfectly good phone, why should you buy a new one? You can also give away your phone if you want to upgrade features or sell it and put the money towards your new unlocked cell phone.
Randell
Apr 11 2009
Scott asked:
I know t-mobile and orange phones have the t-mobile and orange logo printed on them somewhere and am planning on buying a new phone from virgin but was wondering if it would have the virgin mobile logo on it? (Its the LG Secret if that helps in some way?)
Blanca
I know t-mobile and orange phones have the t-mobile and orange logo printed on them somewhere and am planning on buying a new phone from virgin but was wondering if it would have the virgin mobile logo on it? (Its the LG Secret if that helps in some way?)
Blanca
Jan 24 2009
SANDJOY54 asked:
I’ve been trying to do my homework, and unfortunately the cell phones that look really cool with the best features are not usable where I live. verizon seems to have the coolest, with T-mobile next. I can get an iphone here, but the others seem better. Unfortunately, no coverage here for either company. Why can’t you just pick a phone you like and it work with a different company?
Christie
I’ve been trying to do my homework, and unfortunately the cell phones that look really cool with the best features are not usable where I live. verizon seems to have the coolest, with T-mobile next. I can get an iphone here, but the others seem better. Unfortunately, no coverage here for either company. Why can’t you just pick a phone you like and it work with a different company?
Christie