Sony Ericsson S710a
Hero - did 'ya get it???
I got my s710a award phone yesterday and cant use it because I havent received my unlock code yet (att employee rate plan) so now it is just sitting on my desk charging looking pretty.
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Thats sucks. That should be something they gave all the Blue employees who won the phone before they got it so they can actually use it when they did recieve it.
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sad thing is, they want you to request the unlock code from the email address you used when you signed up for the contest, guess what that was, my work email and I am off on tuesday and wedsnesday! grrrr
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They probably are hesitant to give it out to so many people b/c they don't want the code getting out to everybody (like on the internet). If they wanted to prevent this, then they should have just shipped the things already unlocked!
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nah, the unlock codes are based on the imei which is unique to each phone. they arent sending out a master unlock code, I don't even think such a thing exists for s.e. phone.
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They probably are hesitant to give it out to so many people b/c they don't want the code getting out to everybody (like on the internet). If they wanted to prevent this, then they should have just shipped the things already unlocked!
If the phones came unlocked then they would cost more since you can use it w/ any provider. This way they can trap you! ( JK ) I think we would be more fussy if there were no more free ( or close to it ) phones. ( In general ) People already get mad when they have to pay $50 for a $200 phone. They complain about the price and having to be in a contract because of that- that's the cost of the contract. Nothing is free. However- If you pay full price- it ca...
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That's just pathetic.
Here's something for all of you Cingular employees to report up your appropriate feedback chain.
You know what locked phones tell me as a consumer? It tells me that you don't have confidence in your service. It tells me that you believe that any rational customer would flee to some other carrier if they could, so the only way you can keep your customers is to lock their phone. It tells me in no uncertain terms that you don't believe you're the best.
Same for those stupid-assed 2-yr service contracts.
If YOU don't believe you're the best, then why should I?
Report that up your feedback chain.
Here's something for all of you Cingular employees to report up your appropriate feedback chain.
You know what locked phones tell me as a consumer? It tells me that you don't have confidence in your service. It tells me that you believe that any rational customer would flee to some other carrier if they could, so the only way you can keep your customers is to lock their phone. It tells me in no uncertain terms that you don't believe you're the best.
Same for those stupid-assed 2-yr service contracts.
If YOU don't believe you're the best, then why should I?
Report that up your feedback chain.
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*i'm not a cell-phone carrier employee*
Customers are stupid, and will switch for the smallest problem if they can. So locking a phone to a specific carrier makes sense...plus it's a benefit if you can say "we're the only carrier that sells the SE S710a!"
Same goes for the 2yr service contract. It doesn't say they don't trust their service vs. the competition - it says they don't trust their customers because they are like John Kerry and will constantly flip-flop (I voted for Kerry so don't give me any grief over that comment).
Customers are stupid, and will switch for the smallest problem if they can. So locking a phone to a specific carrier makes sense...plus it's a benefit if you can say "we're the only carrier that sells the SE S710a!"
Same goes for the 2yr service contract. It doesn't say they don't trust their service vs. the competition - it says they don't trust their customers because they are like John Kerry and will constantly flip-flop (I voted for Kerry so don't give me any grief over that comment).
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The only reason you voted for Kerry was because Bush is against same sex marriages LOL! 🤣
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Only reason I voted for Kerry is because Bush has the IQ of a toaster oven!
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lol. actually the same-sex marriage did enter into it. I don't give a **** who marries whom - neither should the gov. IMO.
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Customers aren't stupid for switching carriers, the carriers are stupid for providing such minimal service that customers even *want* to switch.
Why do you think the carriers fought local number portability so long and hard? They knew that keeping numbers was yet another barrier that was preventing customers from switching.
The carriers know full well that they provide crappy service and they don't want to have to change their ways.
Locking and 2-yr contracts don't make sense - they're just kludges that allow the carriers to provide crappy service so that they don't have to fully compete with one another.
Think of it this way - what if every type of car used a different kind of gas that you could only buy from the car's manufact...
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Why do you think the carriers fought local number portability so long and hard? They knew that keeping numbers was yet another barrier that was preventing customers from switching.
The carriers know full well that they provide crappy service and they don't want to have to change their ways.
Locking and 2-yr contracts don't make sense - they're just kludges that allow the carriers to provide crappy service so that they don't have to fully compete with one another.
Think of it this way - what if every type of car used a different kind of gas that you could only buy from the car's manufact...
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how 'bout you pay retail for your phone, you have no contract, and cingular will unlock it if you fax them the receipt for the phone? not every one has a few hundred bucks to shell out for a phone up front, that is why the phones are subsidized.
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Tried that, Cingular wouldn't let me pay retail for the phone. The guy at the national sales center told me flat out that they didn't see any need to sell the phone without a contract, so the only way I could get it was with at least a 1-yr contract.
I'm not saying that subsidies are bad, I'm saying that mandatory subsidies are bad. I understand the good reasons for them, but it needs to be an option or they limit competition.
I'm not saying that subsidies are bad, I'm saying that mandatory subsidies are bad. I understand the good reasons for them, but it needs to be an option or they limit competition.
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So in other words, no carrier has confidence in their service. Because all GSM phones come locked from their respective makers... And with all CDMA carriers, you can not use your phone with with any other carrier. With CDMA you can't even "unlock" the phone to work with other carriers.
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lol. Can't even take it when you're wrong that you have to pout? You sound like Hero! lol
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Incorrect. We get GSM phones all the time that are not locked. Last I checked T-Mobile still wasn't locking their phones, and Cingular only started doing it again recently. AT&T phones weren't locked, or at least none of the ones I purchased from them were locked.
And no European GSM carriers that I know of lock their phones - you buy a phone in Europe and you can use it on any carrier.
You're wrong about CDMA phones, too. They can be used on other carriers, but the process is a lot more difficult. I won't even call it "unlocking" because that makes it sound far easier than it actually is.
And no European GSM carriers that I know of lock their phones - you buy a phone in Europe and you can use it on any carrier.
You're wrong about CDMA phones, too. They can be used on other carriers, but the process is a lot more difficult. I won't even call it "unlocking" because that makes it sound far easier than it actually is.
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