Cell Phone Question

[Reliant]

I have an Nokia phone and I use ATT/Cingular. I want to get a new phone but I'm not really liking any of the models available. There are some neat Samsung ones that I want but they say they're for T-Mobile. The rep. at the store said that the phone only needed to support GSM in order to work on the ATT network. I was wondering if I could just purchase one of these phones off the internet and pop in my SIM card and it'd work?

 

[woowoo]

ATT has a 1900 only GSM network
You need a phone that supports GSM 850 and 1900 for cingular

www.howardforums.com

Cingular forum
Or ATT forum
(No merger yet)

 

[Reliant]

So I my contract is through ATT then I'd be ok to get a phone that's 1900/900 or no?

 

[Reliant]

Well, if they list Cingular phones I could for sure select from that pool now too?

 

[Ilmater]

* > AT&T. Why not just find a carrier with a phone you like and leave AT&T?

 

[Reliant]

Originally posted by: Ilmater
* > AT&T. Why not just find a carrier with a phone you like and leave AT&T?

I get a really good discount through my mother's work, so I can deal with any issues I have for the price I'm paying a month. Also, AT&T is the only carrier that provides service when I'm at home vs at college.