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PDA Phone & Carrier Choice for FL (USA) and Panama
Since I plan to visit Panama, maybe spend some time down there and retire there in a few years I'm wondering if there is an inexpensive way to use the same Cell Phone in both Panama and the USA (FL).
E.G. an Unlocked Phone?
I was told by Verizon and Sprint that I should talk to Cingular or T-Mobil because their phones are GSM phones and V & S are not and therefore can not be made to work in Panama.
Still Cingular is talking $1.99 a minute or $2.29 a minute with or without their International Roaming package.
Now a days the cell phone companies sell 'locked' phones so you can only use the phone t...
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and anyways, as of a few weeks ago, it's legal to take a phone to your carrier and get it unlocked for free.