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China / USA
Oh wait I bet I can't port my US number while in China. Anyway if I did get a phone from china and bring it back here before setting it up... how difficult is the it getting it set up with a cingular acct if the phone is a foreign GSM?
ALSO... is there anything in china worth getting? I will be in Shanghai mostly, dunno what they got. I imagine Hong Kong would have neat stuff but i wont be near there.
thx for anyones help!
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As far as getting a phone there, make sure you get a quadband phone that is unlocked. Setting up with Cingular shouldn't be a problem, because they have instructions online.
By the way, you could look into a Nokia if there are no unlocked phones. I've heard they're pretty easy to unlock.
You will find MANY other phones in China that you can't get here, but most won't be quad-band GSM, (which are the only kind I would recommend that work in both countries.)
Of the ones that are quad-band GSM, you should know that China does not have the same quality standards that other parts of the world have. I promise you that I don't have anything against Chinese industry on a personal level, I'm just relaying what I've been told by people in the mobile phone industry.
I've talked to top executives at major western phone makers who have shared with me their experiences trying to outsource to China. They've told me how the Chinese...
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