I have had T-mobile for several years. The service has been pretty good for coverage except in some large segments of rural NY and PA. I have been frustrated by many months of large bills due to high per-minute charges to Canada plus roaming charges, which never seem to go down, but I doubt you'd have that problem.
I have an extra AT&T/Cingular Trac Phone here -- free if you want it. It's 10 cents per minute, no contracts. I thought it had surprisingly good sound quality when I used it a year ago, but it kinda sucks for texting.
Generally I'd recommend sticking with Nokia phones if you're going to jump to T-mobile. I've been happy with their phones' sound quality and battery life.
One moneysaving possibility is to look for used phones on eBay. If someone is selling a phone of a similar model, that's on the same carrier as your now-dead phone, you can get it and switch your service to it. They're often pretty cheap on eBay.
Thanks! Just bid on one. I think I'd like to switch longer-term, but I don't have the money to lay out for activation cost plus phone while I'm waiting for a rebate, so if I win this phone for $16.50 with free shipping, that will definitely hold me over until I can do that. Whee!
BTW: Asheville's supposed to be particularly lovely in the spring. . .
There ought to be some way to save your contacts to the phone's SIMM card, and then load them into the new phone from that card. The folk at the phone shop can probably help you if necessary.
uilos is quite happy with her (V2) Razr. Good reception.
Far as I know. I moved a SIM from a bottom-of-the-line Nokia into an iPhone with no problems whatsoever. Caveat: that was staying within AT&T, so it's /barely/ possible that the data format is locked to each carrier. (I really really doubt this is the case, though.)
My understanding (my parents have had SIM cards, I hadn't until my recent iPhone upgrade) is that the cards -are- standard, but are associated with the carrier. So if you're using it to change phones on the same network, you're all set.
Depending on how non-functional your old phone is, you may be able to copy the address book from the device to the SIM - or your numbers may already be in the SIM depending on how your phone was set up. The caveat there is that some information (like the home vs. mobile vs. work icons) may not transfer with the name/number. Or so I'm told.
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I have an extra AT&T/Cingular Trac Phone here -- free if you want it. It's 10 cents per minute, no contracts. I thought it had surprisingly good sound quality when I used it a year ago, but it kinda sucks for texting.
Generally I'd recommend sticking with Nokia phones if you're going to jump to T-mobile. I've been happy with their phones' sound quality and battery life.
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I have a Blackberry now and I find it indispensable.
If you decide to go with them, you can have my old Nokia 6133. It has a cracked screen, but a replacement is only $30.
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BTW: Asheville's supposed to be particularly lovely in the spring. . .
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uilos is quite happy with her (V2) Razr. Good reception.
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Depending on how non-functional your old phone is, you may be able to copy the address book from the device to the SIM - or your numbers may already be in the SIM depending on how your phone was set up. The caveat there is that some information (like the home vs. mobile vs. work icons) may not transfer with the name/number. Or so I'm told.
Good luck!
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