Cellular Phone gurus?

[SuperGroove]

I have a ridiculously ugly Kyocera 2035 that I got when I switched over to Qwest Wireless. I would like to switch phones and move on to something a wee smaller, perhaps a Nokia or a Motorola. Now I know that the Kyocera 2035 is CDMA, but I'm not sure if it's 800MHZ Analog, 800MHZ Digital, or 1900MHZ Digital.

If I were to get a phone that Qwest Wireless does not provide on its page (there are a lot of phones out there taht Qwest doesn't have...which ticks me off), is it possible for me to continue to use Qwest Wireless and get a new phone? What are my options besides going back to Voicestream (which I can't do without plunking down $1000 as down payment)?

Paul

 

[VBallGod]

usually no. Try Sprint. They almost never have a deposit, and when they do, its never more than $125. They are also CDMA. The Touchpoint 5200 is the best phone in the world.

 

[Noriaki]

Usually you have to use a phone provided by the company.
Because though you will get similar models with similar specs they still need programming to attach to the right network.

Not sure if this is true of Analog phones, but I'm pretty sure it is for Digital.

 

[SuperGroove]

<< usually no. Try Sprint. They almost never have a deposit, and when they do, its never more than $125. They are also CDMA. The Touchpoint 5200 is the best phone in the world. >>



sigh...I really don't want to change service providers.

 

[VBallGod]

I see what you mean, but if you want a phone they don't have it looks like you don't really have a choice But hey, youy can get the best phone in the world if you get Sprint

 

[SuperGroove]

<< I see what you mean, but if you want a phone they don't have it looks like you don't really have a choice But hey, youy can get the best phone in the world if you get Sprint >>



They sure do have niec phones

 

[satori]

I thought the only important things was whether it was TDMA or CDMA? But, the easiest thing is just to call them up and ask if a particular model phone works on their system. I remember doing that a couple years back when I had upgraded from a Nokia 21XX series to a 61XX series on AT&T's/CellOne's system.

In the past (not sure now), Nokia always made 2 models for each of their phones... ones ending with "20" would work on on system, and "60" would work on the other.

I took a quick look at the Motorola webpage (I've got a Timeport 8167, btw), and it seems like most of their phones are CDMA, and work at different combinations of analog/800/1900, so it seems like those should work on QWests systems.