buying unlocked phone from Cingular

As I read it the V180 can be used in Europe. Is it possible to buy the V180
unlocked so I can buy a Sim card while in France which is appears to cost
less than using Cingular service.

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In article <[email protected]>,
Al <[email protected]> wrote:
>As I read it the V180 can be used in Europe. Is it possible to buy the V180
>unlocked so I can buy a Sim card while in France which is appears to cost
>less than using Cingular service.

Cingular stopped selling unlocked phones early this year. Also, the V180
was replaced by the V186/V188 some time back, and I'm not even sure
that Cingular still sells it. If you maintain a Cingular account in
good standing, you can call them and obtain the subsidy code. Alternately
you can buy an unlocked phone from a third party, such as a seller on eBay.

Mike S. wrote:

>In article <[email protected]>,
>Al <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>>As I read it the V180 can be used in Europe. Is it possible to buy the V180
>>unlocked so I can buy a Sim card while in France which is appears to cost
>>less than using Cingular service.
>>
>>
>
>Cingular stopped selling unlocked phones early this year. Also, the V180
>was replaced by the V186/V188 some time back, and I'm not even sure
>that Cingular still sells it. If you maintain a Cingular account in
>good standing, you can call them and obtain the subsidy code. Alternately
>you can buy an unlocked phone from a third party, such as a seller on eBay.
>
>
>
>
I just checked online today, and for zip code 32605, Cingular is still
offering the V180.

TH

I bought my V180 from Cingular less than 3 weeks ago. Or should I say I
got it for "free". I'm in Las Vegas.

Mike S. wrote:

> In article <[email protected]>,
> Al <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>As I read it the V180 can be used in Europe. Is it possible to buy the V180
>>unlocked so I can buy a Sim card while in France which is appears to cost
>>less than using Cingular service.
>
>
> Cingular stopped selling unlocked phones early this year. Also, the V180
> was replaced by the V186/V188 some time back, and I'm not even sure
> that Cingular still sells it. If you maintain a Cingular account in
> good standing, you can call them and obtain the subsidy code. Alternately
> you can buy an unlocked phone from a third party, such as a seller on eBay.
>
>

You can buy an unlocked, tri-band phone (900, 1800, 1900 MHz) from
cellhut.com for $120 that will work in Europe. It will also work in the
USA, but you may not get good reception because it doesn't have the 850 MHz
band. That's a lesson I paid $120 to learn.









"Al" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> As I read it the V180 can be used in Europe. Is it possible to buy the
> V180
> unlocked so I can buy a Sim card while in France which is appears to cost
> less than using Cingular service.
>
>

Not from Cingular

"Al" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> As I read it the V180 can be used in Europe. Is it possible to buy the
V180
> unlocked so I can buy a Sim card while in France which is appears to cost
> less than using Cingular service.
>
>