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T-mobile vs. Cingular??
I am currently a T-mobile customer in Boston,MA. Not the greatest reception but not terrible. My question is, should I stick with T-Mobile and get the Samsung e-715 and sign a 1 year contract or should I switch to Cingular and get the Sony Ericsson z500a (2 year contract)? I am nervous about Cingular due to the terrible reviews I have found online... thanks!!
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You're going to find terrible news about any carrier online. (especially in these forums) There are always unhappy customers no matter where you go. Likewise there are plenty of happy customers with each company.
My advise is to either use the trial period and try them both out and make your own educated decision or ask friends/family that live in your area.
In the end it really comes down to your own choice. The phone that you can get and the coverage. Both which are easy to test using the trial period.
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Ok, I can tell you a few things about these two compeditors. I am a rep for Cingualar, and I did my research. Way back when (back in early 2004) Cingular, AT&T and T-Mobile where the only wireless compeditors in the US with the world standard GSM service. Naturally, the two largest of the 2 companies combined to form sort of a super-network; GSM service covering 97.6% of the American population. I think the main reason for the merger of these two companies is b/c both AT&T and Cingular had Analog, TDMA, and GSM services. Where as T-Mobile is stricktly GSM. The other thing that you may want to know about is the way the signal is sent. There are 4 primary "bands" used in the world, so a quad-band phone, is a world phone that can pretty much wo...
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