ok so i guess this belongs in HW discussion...cell phones are hardware after all....
ok so i want to buy a new cell phone. trouble is, i cant buy from Cingular themselves (actually i have ATT which is owned by cingular...they are synonymous though) because i cant sign up for a new plan. my mom and sister are also tied to my plan, so switching me switches them (great). my only chance is to buy from ebay or tigerdirect, etc, because they dont sell the phones retail in stores.
of course, on ebay they sell UNLOCKED phones and the locked (branded) phones. ive seen it twice on the cingular branded ones that the seller has said something about unlocked phones having reception problems. is this true or are they blowing smoke up my ass? i'd really like to know, reception is pretty important to me... does anyone here have an unlocked phone? or is knowedgable in such matters?
(for the record im looking at the motorola razr v3 and the motorola v551...possibly the nokia 6170 but not sure)
ok so i want to buy a new cell phone. trouble is, i cant buy from Cingular themselves (actually i have ATT which is owned by cingular...they are synonymous though) because i cant sign up for a new plan. my mom and sister are also tied to my plan, so switching me switches them (great). my only chance is to buy from ebay or tigerdirect, etc, because they dont sell the phones retail in stores.
of course, on ebay they sell UNLOCKED phones and the locked (branded) phones. ive seen it twice on the cingular branded ones that the seller has said something about unlocked phones having reception problems. is this true or are they blowing smoke up my ass? i'd really like to know, reception is pretty important to me... does anyone here have an unlocked phone? or is knowedgable in such matters?
(for the record im looking at the motorola razr v3 and the motorola v551...possibly the nokia 6170 but not sure)