Nokia N75
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Can somebody please help me? Being that I've always used CDMA untill recently I don't quite understand the point of buying a branded GSM phone. Am I correct in saying that the only advantages of buying a cingular/att phone vs. an unlocked phone is that i get to use cingular's crapy applications and that I get it at a discount as long as I am willing to sign my life and freedom away with a new contract, and I get to have that really really cool blue and white globe on my phone? Is that the only disadvantage of buying an unlocked phone is that I have to pay more? Am I missing something?
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pretty much....take the discount, get the best phone, and then unlock it!
pretty much....take the discount, get the best phone, and then unlock it!
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A phone can be "Branded and Locked", like the ones you get from Cingular stores with or without a contract. They are locked so you can only use Cingular sim cards. They are branded so you have icon links to MediaNet, CingularVideo, etc. They are crippled by Cingular so Cingular can make more money off you. For example, your mp3 song can not be your ringtone so you buy some ringtones from MediaMall. Your branded N75 may not download music over the air from any source except the ones contracted with Cingular. A Cingular phone can be unlocked so it becomes "Branded and Unlocked", so you can put both Cingular and T-mobile sims. But your CingularVideo function will not work while on T-mobile net work. You can take your branded and...
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hold on a second i thought u were allowed to use ur own ringtowns and not have to purshase them as long as they were under 700kb 😕 😕 😕 😕 😕
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