cell phone question

[Oscar1613]

my parents got me a cell phone for my bday, and put me on their alltel plan. the phone they got me was just the default freebie phone that comes with a new contract (nokia 3587i), and it sucks so i was looking at other phones. but alltel only has 9 phones available, so will any CDMA phone work with alltel's CDMA network? anyone have any info on how to do this or how difficult it would be?

 

[murphy55d]

http://www.howardforums.com <--- best site for cell phone stuff. I don't know the answer to your question but I do know some phones can be unlocked which allows them to be used on other networks. Try asking there as well.

 

[orakle]

for cdma networks, you're pretty much bound by what your particular carrier is selling (or has sold, in some cases). Few if any carriers will activate a phone that came from a rival company simply because the software may not be totally compatible, and because they of course want you to buy a phone from them. So like another poster said, check out howardforums, but if you do decide to get a phone from there make sure it's an alltel phone. It would be a good idea to call up alltel and inquire about this too - ask the seller for the phone's ESN (phone's unique id) and then when you call Alltell ask if they are able to switch your line to that ESN.