New Phones

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Leebehr wrote:
>
> Does Sprint offer ANY phones that are not for Vision? I don't have a
> Vision plan and don't want to start one. I would like to start
> shopping for a new phone and every place I've been (mostly kiosks)
> that's all they seem to have. Ditto on the website. Are there other
> venues that have a larger and more relevant slection for me?

1) You can use a Vision phone without a Vision plan.

2) Sprint will only activate Sprint phones. In other words,
you can't purchase a phone from Verizon and expect to use
it on a Sprint plan.

Notan

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"Leebehr" <lgrupsmith@gmail.com> wrote in news:1108839413.990965.235590
@c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> Does Sprint offer ANY phones that are not for Vision? I don't have a
> Vision plan and don't want to start one. I would like to start
> shopping for a new phone and every place I've been (mostly kiosks)
> that's all they seem to have. Ditto on the website. Are there other
> venues that have a larger and more relevant slection for me?
>

Look at the Nokia phones. they work great.

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:39:35 -0800, Leebehr wrote:

> I'm aware of that. AFAIK all carriers only activate phones specific
> to them. I wa just wondering if there were any nonvision phones left
> out there.

If by "all carriers" you mean all cdma carriers you are correct. Most cdma
carriers will not activate a phone from another provider, even if they
support the same model. Usually the main issue is that each provider
supplies details to the manufacture for a specific custom firmware as well
as a custom feature set. Now all gsm phones can switch between gsm
carriers, of simlar freq/band, if they have been unlocked, t-mobile will
do this for free after the 14day trial if asked.

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On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 19:46:06 -0800, Steve Sobol wrote:

> Central wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 11:39:35 -0800, Leebehr wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I'm aware of that. AFAIK all carriers only activate phones specific
>>>to them. I wa just wondering if there were any nonvision phones left
>>>out there.
>>
>>
>> If by "all carriers" you mean all cdma carriers you are correct. Most cdma
>> carriers will not activate a phone from another provider, even if they
>> support the same model.
>
> Two of the four largest will, actually. (Verizon and Alltel.)

I have heard of people getting stores/techs to upload the specific
carrier's custom firmwares but it was always something that was possible
but not guaranteed to be allowed on the two networks you mentioned. If
things have changed and they openly allow this then that is good news.