I got into this about a year or so ago. I was wanting to get away from Verizon and go to either Patriot Mobil or Straightalk. My S5 was long paid off and I was wanting to lower my bill. Once I found out they had to be unlocked phones I gave up
What Constitutes an Unlocked Phone?
Discussion in 'Cellular - Voice - Data' started by scottied67, Jan 6, 2018.
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Just go on Ebay, type in "unlocked XXXXX" where XXXXXX is the brand and type of phone you want and you'll find one.
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I've also read the Verizon S5 comes unlocked and can be used on GSM networks, so I put my AT&T Note 4 SIM into her Verizon S5 and it worked like a charm. Her SIM in my Note 4 didn't work. (GSM SIM to CDMA phone = good, CDMA SIM to GSM phone = not good) -
I have an unlocked Samsung S7 from Best Buy, works with:
Carrier Compatibility
AT&T, Cricket, H2O Wireless, Net10, Simple Mobile, Sprint, T-Mobile, TRACFONE, Verizon
Network
- Voice Band
CDMA2000 1X 1900 - Universal Unlocked
Yes - Data Transmission Type
DC-HSDPA, DC-HSPA+, EDGE, EV-DO, FDD-LTE, GPRS, HSPA+, HSUPA, LTE, LTE Advanced, TDD-LTE, VoLTE - Data Transmission Operating Band
3G Band 1, 3G Band 2, 3G Band 4, 3G Band 5, 3G Band 8 - Wireless Compatibility
Bluetooth, Wireless A, Wireless AC, Wireless B, Wireless G, Wireless N - Network Type
CDMA, GSM - 4G LTE Band
1, 12, 13, 2, 20, 25, 26, 29, 3, 30, 38, 39, 4, 40, 41, 5, 7, 8 - GSM 2G Frequency
1800, 1900, 850, 900 - CDMA 2G Frequency
1900, 850 - GSM 3G Frequency
1700, 1900, 2100, 850, 900 - CDMA 3G Frequency
1900, 800 - 4G LTE Frequency
1700, 1800, 1900, 2100, 2300, 2500, 2600, 700, 850
- Voice Band
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If you go to www.gsmarena.com and put you phone info [like samsung s5] into the search feature, you can see what carriers the phone can use. You can also see what bands the phone can access and a whole lot more technical data.
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I think most of the phones these days are dual band capable anymore. gsm and cdma. And will work on all 4 carriers.
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You can also buy an unlocked phone directly from the manufacturer or from Amazon with full warranty and all the info you need for each model and compatible service providers is there. The benefit of the unlocked phone is less preloaded garbage bloatware apps etc from the carriers and you can take your phone anywhere and use any sim card.
Mine is an unlocked Sony Xperia Xa2 6" screen with 4gig of ram and 64 gig memory with a 128gig SD card. Cost me $400 including the taxes and overnight FedEx directly from Sony. I just popped in my existing AT&T sim card and went about my business. -
I have a question ( raises hand ).
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Dave_in_AZ Thanks this.
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