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BestBuy phones are all locked to Cingular / AT&T - Any Unlocked phones?

Palamedes

Oct 16, 2004, 4:12 PM
Okay I have been to three BestBuys (I loath this store) and all the phones are locked to Cingular and AT&T (it works with AT&T only because they are mergine)

So where can I get an unlocked phone?
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AlbertoM

Oct 16, 2004, 9:51 PM
Did you try your SIM? There are reports of a TMobile cards working, and no, Cing and ATTWS are still competing. After the merger (buy out really) it still will be months before the details are worked out.
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dthorpe

Oct 18, 2004, 2:11 AM
The MPx220 that I bought at BestBuy last week was not locked to any particular carrier. It does have a Cingular logo on the keypad, but all I did to get it to work on my TMobile service was to pop the SIM card out of my old phone and into the MPx220. I made a test call on TMobile with the phone before I even left the store.

BestBuy does offer two price discount levels if you buy the phone with 1 or 2 years of Cingular service. If you pay the full list price (about $500) there is no Cingular service requirement.
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