GSM Cell Phones

[kerewin21 2]

My husband really really wants to have a phone with a chip so that he can use the same phone in Morocco that he uses here, but use his old *Moroccan* phone number while he is in Morocco (as he still has the chip and is paying for the number...yes I think it's rather silly)

So I tried to google it, and found out that I want a GSM phone that takes a SIM chip, but that didn't help me figure out which phone companies have them (ie Verizon, Cingular, Sprint)

Does anybody know?

Thanks!

Sharon

[kc456 0]

Cingular and T-Mobile.

[iceyspots 0]

look on ebay for phones that are "UNLOCKED"

[kerewin21 2]

look on ebay for phones that are "UNLOCKED"

So can I buy one of those phones and bring it to Cingular and have them just give me a chip?

Sorry, I am so clueless about all this stuff

[usarandyo 0]

look on ebay for phones that are "UNLOCKED"

So can I buy one of those phones and bring it to Cingular and have them just give me a chip?

Sorry, I am so clueless about all this stuff

I worked for Cingular wireless. GSM is in it's adolescent stage in the US but overseas it is quite prominent. Only down side with Cingular is the customer service. Once you have to call them for anything make darn sure you ask what department you are dealing with and get the CUID (identication number) of the rep you are speaking wth. They know what it is and they will give it to you but you must ask. This will come in handy if you have to call back and speak to a supervisor.

You run into big hassle from most sales reps when you come to them with a phone and want new service. They make money selling you the phone and will try to make your life miserable to get you to buy one. My advice... start a new service... get a free phone they will offer you and along with it comes a SIM card.

Whatever you do make sure the phone you have is Quad-band. If it isn't then chances of it working overseas are slim to none.

[jkb919 0]

I have Cingular and I got my fiance a cell phone on my account, it was $9.99 per month for an extra line...and the phone has a SIM card....once I got the phone I took it to a cell phone repair shop and had the phone "unlocked" for about $40.00...so he can use the phone in the US and also when he is Jamaica by just switching out the SIM card.

[yogib37 3]

Whatever you do make sure the phone you have is Quad-band. If it isn't then chances of it working overseas are slim to none.

I disagree with this. you need to make sure you get at least a Tri Band. Only phones that are quad band are Motorola and in my opinion they are junk. I have one. the suck. I have cingular and I wish I got a one yr

Take care

Yogi

[Fandango 1,439]

Whatever you do make sure the phone you have is Quad-band. If it isn't then chances of it working overseas are slim to none.

I disagree with this. you need to make sure you get at least a Tri Band. Only phones that are quad band are Motorola and in my opinion they are junk. I have one. the suck. I have cingular and I wish I got a one yr

Take care

Yogi

I have a smart phone which was from Orange about 1.5 years ago which was quadband. I can't remember what they call it here in America, but it's a great phone & looks quite nice

Edited March 12, 2006 by LisaD

[MaryandMian 1]

I had a cingular wireless with gsma chip in it and went to Pakistan. It will work from the states but it did not overseas. Make sure you ask the carrier if it will work in the other country? Good luck

[meddykomp 0]

I think it depends more on the phone than the carrier. I have verizon and they don't use the chips, however on my old Nokia phone there was a place to put the chip if you did not have your phone programmed.

[pedroh 21]

look on ebay for phones that are "UNLOCKED"

So can I buy one of those phones and bring it to Cingular and have them just give me a chip?

Sorry, I am so clueless about all this stuff

I worked for Cingular wireless. GSM is in it's adolescent stage in the US but overseas it is quite prominent. Only down side with Cingular is the customer service. Once you have to call them for anything make darn sure you ask what department you are dealing with and get the CUID (identication number) of the rep you are speaking wth. They know what it is and they will give it to you but you must ask. This will come in handy if you have to call back and speak to a supervisor.

You run into big hassle from most sales reps when you come to them with a phone and want new service. They make money selling you the phone and will try to make your life miserable to get you to buy one. My advice... start a new service... get a free phone they will offer you and along with it comes a SIM card.

Whatever you do make sure the phone you have is Quad-band. If it isn't then chances of it working overseas are slim to none.

yes indeed.. and its not a big hassle.. dude.. if you're gonna pay a 250 deposit and u can take an ultramega cool phone for 20 bucks.. then why stick to the old phone? although its handy to have it, so u dont have to pay for the insurance lol

[ChristinaM 0]

yes indeed.. and its not a big hassle.. dude.. if you're gonna pay a 250 deposit and u can take an ultramega cool phone for 20 bucks.. then why stick to the old phone? although its handy to have it, so u dont have to pay for the insurance lol

Spoken like a true salesman, Pedroh....

I have had several Nokia tri-band phones which have worked all over the world for me; Canada, US, Mexico, Belize, the Carribean, and all over Europe (from Spain to the Balkans, and every where in between). I can't vouch for the Asia-Pacific region though!

Edited March 12, 2006 by clmarsh

[flipside 0]

I disagree with this. you need to make sure you get at least a Tri Band. Only phones that are quad band are Motorola and in my opinion they are junk. I have one. the suck. I have cingular and I wish I got a one yr

Take care

Yogi

Wow.. That statement couldn't be more wrong.

Just about every cell phone manufacturer makes a quad band GSM phone. I have a Palm treo 650 that is quad band. Just off the top of my head I know that Samsung, Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, and LG make quad band phones. I'm sure there's a host of others. Be a little more careful before you give out such blatantly wrong information.

[babybunny 2]

I had a cingular wireless with gsma chip in it and went to Pakistan. It will work from the states but it did not overseas. Make sure you ask the carrier if it will work in the other country? Good luck

I have cingular wireless. I have GSM phone set up for overseas use!

I used it in the UK. mine is a LG flip phone.

[sparkofcreation 0]

We just switched to T-Mobile. We got new quad-band phones (works on all the different frequencies used by cell networks around the world) with SIM cards. After 90 days of service they will unlock your phone (free) so you can put a different SIM card in it if you want.

We only were worried about something that would work in Britain and maybe other parts of Europe, so I don't know about Morocco.

Oh--ours are both Motorola phones, mine is a V188 and G's is a V360 which does camera and video and bluetooth and all that stuff. I can't have a camera phone because my job doesn't allow them, so mine is pretty basic (but nice for a basic phone). As I said they're both quad-band and run on SIM cards.

Also ...

I know the only non-camera quad-band phone that T-Mobile had was my Motorola V188, though there was a nice Samsung tri-band phone that the salesperson swore would work in Europe (again, don't know about Morocco).

Mine was $40 and G's was $100 with a new 1-year contract. Thus far we're thrilled with T-Mobile (and it should be noted we paid the $350 fee to break our Verizon contract because we couldn't take it anymore).

Edited March 12, 2006 by sparkofcreation