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iTrader: (3)

can you guys help me here..

I need a new cell.. mines messed up pretty bad..

I wanna stay with Fido.. but I dont like any of there phones..

Can I buy a phone off Ebay that uses a SIM card and just put mine from my old one into it and it'll work?..

BTW.. want a Motorola SLVR V7.. they any good?.. dont need a ton of **** on it.. just a phone and test msg's.

jdesouz

yes you can just make sure it says "UNLOCKED" ... that means that the phone will work for any sim card you put in.

I worked at Wireless Wave and the SLVR is a nice phone. Its nothing high end but its a decent phone that gets the job done with no s/w issues known

Cynikal.Mindset

i have a few phones for sale mark...check the classifieds if u see anything u like

viper_2_4

any phone that is 'unlocked' and operates on a GSM network should be fine...

SLVR is an OK phone, but kind of old, and you can do better today...

jdesouz

pretty much what i said lol theres only two type of networks ne ways GSM and CDMA lol, you can only unlock GSM phones so lol it really only needs to be unlocked

screwface

i love fido too, and ibought my last two fones from http://www.easycell.ca/default.aspx ... excellent turnaround time gets overnighted from the factories in asia and routed from toronto. what are you looking for in a fone? fido runs 1900mhz but i believe it, along with rogers who owns fido now, also run 850mhz which you don't get both of in a dual-band fone so you'd need a tri or quad band phone. my current fone is actually just a dual-band and runs 1900mhz pretty well i just dont get good reception underground or up north so i guess if you're mostly in urban places there's not much need for the 850mhz.

but i digress... really depends on what you need. if you want to add 3G internet which is cool but expensive then you'll need a phone that uses ummm 2100mhz and some lower frequency with HSDPA protocol to squeeze all the speed out of it. anyway, http://www.howardforums.com/ has a great deal of information and knowledgeable users... most are GTA based too so that's a plus


hmmmmm now that i read the original post i see that this is mostly irrelevant. especially as 3G doesnt come on the pay-as-you-go plan :\ anyway... i was looking for a 3G fone myself but i wanted to keep fido and also pay as you go. easycell is definitely the best bet. nice prices, great phones, excellent service, and if you get lucky like me the phone may ship with a limited edition faceplate (mine came blank with faceplate reserved for u.s. t-mobile wooo) i also hear lots of negative things about the newfangled motorolas... if you wanna text however, and text a lot...

i'd check out the SE m600i. it's really a 3G phone (though it doesnt work on our networks) but it has a QWERTY keyboard in it's slim design which is sweet. heard some pretty good things about it though apparently firmware updates are no longer offered. under $300 unlocked

Cynikal.Mindset

don't listen to this guy haha his info is misleading and confusing and old for that matter

viper_2_4

Ya that post was confusing...

try to get a phone with the 850mhz band, although most offered in North America (and elsewhere) have it these days, just a few ones that don't (like the M600 that guy mentioned)...

Pay as you go people don't care about 3g (and neither do most others)

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iTrader: (3)

I checked out the L7 earlyer at a store.. didnt like it much..

Im looking at the Motorola C261 and the Nokia 6070.. I dont use my phone much.. so something under 100 is good.. and no flip phones.. *mumbles*.. I hate flip phones.

viper_2_4

Nokia makes solid phones...

Motos are alright, but definitly don't seem as solid, or well supported...

I'd go with the Nokia

Cynikal.Mindset

nokia 6070 is like the cheap version of the 6233 which is a nice phone but no 850mhz

jdesouz

nokia have best reception

Cynikal.Mindset

says who?

szuberi

reception would be dependent upon so many things..lol

screwface

?? i just double checked my info and everything is correct. it's not outdated either, since fido always has and still does use the 850mhz/1900mhz bands. also the moto is a bad choice since motos have been stinkin up the scene for a while now. plus flat buttons like the one on the slvr are obviously going to be an inconvenience to people who use text a lot.

jdesouz

says many ... there antennas are built way better then most companies. And yes i know that it also depends on many other factors but what im saying is take a motorola and a nokia but them side by side (under same conditions/factors) and nokia would more then likely have the better reception

07Ex

What are you talking about man? Why do you like to misinform people?

jdesouz

no one is misinforming ... chk the facts

07Ex

I guess if you compare Nokia to Motorola maybe, but there are other phone companies that make good antennas.

Cynikal.Mindset

the moto v3 razr and variants (krzr, slvr, rizr, rokr rtc) had/have some of the strongest RF results out of many phones from all major manufacturers

nokia have decent RF aswell but you cant outright state that nokia has better reception than a motorola or SE or whatever for that matter...hell my iphone out performs every other phone I have since it works in my underground parking in guelph

cheap motos are better supported than cheap nokias...nokia spends more of its time on the upper scale symbian phones rather than the cheap "make a phone call" phones whereas motorola basically uses everything the same for all phones (give or take a few devices) so the support is line up wide generally

anybody that recommends a m600i as a good phone to choose in canada and more specifically the GTA is somebody you dont want to listen to...who wants a european tri-band phone that isnt a cell phone lover and has many other devices that will actually give great service and not just a cool device...also, the UI on those phones are slow as hell but they look cool

thanks
-cell phone nerd