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- 09-16-2003, 10:52 PM #1William BrayGuest
I have been finding a lot of older cell phones in second hand stores
lately. Sometimes the store clerks actually try to create a package
deal with phones and power connectors. Do any of these things actually
work?
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- 09-17-2003, 12:07 AM #2DougGuest
Re: Older motorolas
>I have been finding a lot of older cell phones in second hand stores
>lately. Sometimes the store clerks actually try to create a package
>deal with phones and power connectors. Do any of these things actually
>work?
If the phone is truly ancient, it is unlikely to be allowed on a
post-paid system anymore. This applies to analog only phones which
operate on what is called the AMPS system.
Otherwise, even the oldest digital phone can still be activated with
providers, pre or post paid. But decent, fairly recent models are so
cheap on ebay now, there is no reason to buy something from a store
for more than $10. I just got a nice Nokia 5165 with a Li-polymer
battery for $12+6 on ebay. Can a second hand store match that?
Then it becomes a matter of the phone operating on the same system as
the provider you want. CDMA 800 and 1900, TDMA 800 and 1900, GSM 850
and 1900, analog 800; 7 different possibilities for a phone to
connect. So just buying a phone without knowing a thing is not a good
idea.
Doug
- 09-17-2003, 12:07 AM #3DougGuest
Re: Older motorolas
>I have been finding a lot of older cell phones in second hand stores
>lately. Sometimes the store clerks actually try to create a package
>deal with phones and power connectors. Do any of these things actually
>work?
If the phone is truly ancient, it is unlikely to be allowed on a
post-paid system anymore. This applies to analog only phones which
operate on what is called the AMPS system.
Otherwise, even the oldest digital phone can still be activated with
providers, pre or post paid. But decent, fairly recent models are so
cheap on ebay now, there is no reason to buy something from a store
for more than $10. I just got a nice Nokia 5165 with a Li-polymer
battery for $12+6 on ebay. Can a second hand store match that?
Then it becomes a matter of the phone operating on the same system as
the provider you want. CDMA 800 and 1900, TDMA 800 and 1900, GSM 850
and 1900, analog 800; 7 different possibilities for a phone to
connect. So just buying a phone without knowing a thing is not a good
idea.
Doug
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