Anyone with advice on buying a Motorola unlocked cell phone?

My husband dropped his cell phone in some water and has no insurance, not due for an upgrade for a while. Most Motorola phones we have found are unlocked. Cingular says some of the features may not work on unlocked phones. Is this right? Has anyone else used unlocked phones with Cingular?

He is looking at the razr, pebl (sp?) or something like that with camera & video.

Answer by Daniel G
Any GSM cell phone that is unlocked will work. You should not have any conundrum with any of the features, I only know this because i have both bought and sold many unlocked phones on ebay. I am also a cingular dealer, so I know what they everywhere trying to do. That is to scare you away from export any phone but one that they have in store or over the phone, and that will cost you 200-300 dollars. Hope that this ansewer helps.

Answer by jrott_2003
Hi Mac
it is pretty simple and not much to worry about.
If you buy your phone direct from Motorola, you can either buy a Cingular branded Plbl or Razr with all the right settings, or you can buy the unlocked unbranded version of the phone, go to Cingulars support website and enter the Cingular settings. All features will work.
If your husband does not use the internet, then you would not have to enter Cingulars settings, the phone will still make and recieve calls and send texts.
If you buy unlocked unbranded from other sources such as ebay, these will be phones typically made for sale in the european promote, in this case you will have to imput the cingular settings again only if he desires to access the internet.
If you do buy a European Motorola, just make sure it is a quadband (GSM850/900/1800/1900) Some Razrs and pebls made for the UK are only tri-band (gsm900/1800/1900). If you buy the European version, it must be quadband for Cingular because Cingular runs on GSM850 in some areas. Hope this helped, if you find something, you can send me the link if you are unsure
Cheers

Answer by drpalde
There is a new unlocked Motorola RAZR at 30% off price here. I ain’t sure about export a used mobile…..but you may try site like eBay.

http://www.mandrekar.com/item3.php?pid=11

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Image by craig1black
I bought this phone from Wirelessimports.com unlocked before it was available in the US and got a lot of use out of it. Cingular now sells it so mine has the Cingular Sparkle/Flex on it, but even before that it was a fantastic phone. Small, set alight, durable and menus are decently speedy. It has iTunes on it, but man does that ever suck!!! I did keep a 1gig memory card in this phone to listen to music from time to time.

Compared to a regular RAZR, this phone is so much better. Quicker OS and a much better contact system.

I’m attracted in purchasing a bunch of cool cell phones as gifts and prizes for family reunions and functions. I am not a store so I have a small budget. Thanks. Also Ipod Nanos 1 GB possibly.

Answer by dowdee
ebay its awesome

Answer by sagacious_db
Ebay is simply the best house to buy unlocked phones, as well as lots of multiple phones. All you need is an account, you can get one for free.

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