Sony Ericsson W810
unlocked = surprise roaming charges ??
I asked a Cingular Store sales rep about locked vs. unlocked, and she said that although an unlocked phone is useful if I'm on the US/Canadian border, generally I won't know when my phone has switched to a non-Cingular service, possibly resulting in surprise roaming charges. She said there's no way to limit an unlocked phone to Cingular's network, and the phone won't tell me who I'm using (or if I'm talking, I may not notice, I'm not sure what she meant).
Is this correct?
Is this correct?
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not at all.
i have an unlocked phone. when i'm on a cingular network it says cingular, when i'm not it gives me a roaming warning. i think it's just some garbage they use to scare you away from unlocking your phone.
sales reps very rarely know anything about technology other than what it says on the box.
i have an unlocked phone. when i'm on a cingular network it says cingular, when i'm not it gives me a roaming warning. i think it's just some garbage they use to scare you away from unlocking your phone.
sales reps very rarely know anything about technology other than what it says on the box.
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That's what I figured. But what happens if your're on the phone, say on an interstate (or even walking in a city) and move out of a cingular cell into somebody else's? Can an unlocked phone be set to drop the call, or does it depend on the phone, or do you get a beep, or nothing, or what?
My (now somewhat small) concern is that I'm not looking at the phone's screen in the midst of a call, and/or a small beep might be overlooked.
My (now somewhat small) concern is that I'm not looking at the phone's screen in the midst of a call, and/or a small beep might be overlooked.
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my experience has been that the call just drops if it looses a cingular signal. that rarely happens though.
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