Audiovox SMT 5600 / SPV C500 (HTC Typhoon)
Unlocked?
Ive been interested in this phone for a while, as well as the mpx 220, but since the mpx is way overpriced, has a horrible camera and other problems Ive decided to get this phone. Only problem is that I have cingular. Is there any place I can get this phone (besides ebay, even though I only saw one of these phones on it) that has it unlocked?
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There is no known way to unlock these phones yet. That doesn't mean there won't be one in a month or so, but right now there isn't one. Since you are a cingular customer, you may want to wait as it will be entirely likely that by the end of the year, this may be one of the phones that Cingular adopts.
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Your alternative is to buy it unlocked. I believe you can get it on expansys.com. Of course the price will be SIGNIFICANTLY higher ~$500.
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[DISCLAIMER: I am not a cell phone hardware engineer/designer, nor do I work for nor am I affiliated with any cellphone manufacturer or network carrier. However, I work in the communications field (cellular and RF specifically) and understand enough to at least be dangerous 🙂 and I wanted to share what I (think I) know. Please feel free to correct me if I have any of my data wrong.]
It is true that you can purchase the Orange SPV C500 or the Imate Smartphone 3, which are (like the Audiovox) basically re-branded versions of the HTC Typhoon (HTC is the company that actually DESIGNED/MADE the phone). These non-Audiovox versions of this phone, however, are Eurpoean versions whereas the Audiovox version was specifically designed for release i...
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It is true that you can purchase the Orange SPV C500 or the Imate Smartphone 3, which are (like the Audiovox) basically re-branded versions of the HTC Typhoon (HTC is the company that actually DESIGNED/MADE the phone). These non-Audiovox versions of this phone, however, are Eurpoean versions whereas the Audiovox version was specifically designed for release i...
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