New phones

My orginal contract was with Suncom,a regional plan covering l3 states
with200 minutes. I still am on this plan and Cingular has honored it
perfectly but I have an Ericcson phone that is due to cease working
probably soon. How do I go about getting a new phone and leave my
account intact. In other words, new updated phone but keep the old
plan. Thanks for any help.

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"John W Carey" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My orginal contract was with Suncom,a regional plan covering l3 states
> with200 minutes. I still am on this plan and Cingular has honored it
> perfectly but I have an Ericcson phone that is due to cease working
> probably soon. How do I go about getting a new phone and leave my
> account intact. In other words, new updated phone but keep the old
> plan. Thanks for any help.

If it is a GSM phone, buy a Cingular branded GSM phone off of ebay. You
might have to purchase a new SIM card from Cingular for it. Or, you might
just be able to use the SIM that is currently in your Ericcson phone. -Dave

> My orginal contract was with Suncom,a regional plan covering l3 states
> with200 minutes. I still am on this plan and Cingular has honored it
> perfectly but I have an Ericcson phone that is due to cease working
> probably soon. How do I go about getting a new phone and leave my
> account intact. In other words, new updated phone but keep the old
> plan. Thanks for any help.

What phone do you have? There are two options:

Purchase a used TDMA phone, and call Cingular with the ESN.

Purchase a GSM phone (may need to be unlocked since you would have a
SunCom SIM). You may just put your SIM in this phone, and your phone
will have service.

If you don't mind a used phone, check eBay, or ask around and see if any
of your friends have a used phone that might work. If you want a brand
new phone, you'll most likely have to pay top dollar for it (if there is
one available). If it's GSM, you can always buy a new phone, (or a
"Refurb/Used" that's equivalent to new). The Refurb/Used phones are
usually ones that customers had and returned during the 30 day window
when they decided against service, or exchanged for another phone at the
beginning.