I recently bought a brand new phone from cingular, and right now I have a prepay thing...but I've been using my phone a lotmore tan I used to, so it is costing me a lot. My friends have verizon and it seems like a great network, so I want to switch. Would I have to buy a phone from verizon?? I can't afford another phone. Can I get a verizon plan on a cingular phone? (it has the cingular logo on the front but it is just an average LG phone)
2006-06-22 17:39:46 · 7 answers · asked by Tiffany C 5 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
Cingular is a gsm fon verizon is cdma, cingular uses a sim and verizon does not, they are not compitable, you can use your prepaid fon with a cingular plan, or you can by a refurbished fon, put insurance on it and get a plan through vzw. or when or if you sign with vzw you usually get a free fon if you sign for 2 years
2006-06-22 17:44:43 · answer #1 · answered by Quasar1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the type of phone you have you might need to buy a new one. I do know that Verizon uses LG phones as well, but since I used to have Cingular, I know they're on a different frequency.
I can definitely tell you from experience, I like Verizon a whole lot more than Cingular. Plans can be a little more expensive, but I get really good coverage, and I have never had any customer service problems, but that's just me. Cingular, on the other hand, were a real pain to deal with, with awful customer service included.
Give it a try, you have one month to change your mind.
2006-06-23 00:49:05 · answer #2 · answered by grldragon101 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Most of the time when you sign up with a network for a 2 year plan it can/does include a few FREE phones to choose from. Or ones that do not cost alot. Of course you have to stay with them for 2 years. That's what I did for my cellphone.
If you want to use your current phone you'll have to get the code to unlock it, enabling it's use on other networks. I forgot what the term for the code is called.
2006-06-23 00:44:40 · answer #3 · answered by sugar_lightning 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might be able to use your old phone if you change companies, but most companies have offers for free new phones if you sign a contract, which sounds like it'd be cheaper for you anyway. You can have your address book transfered over easily.
2006-06-23 00:45:37 · answer #4 · answered by Ranavain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a plan where its mobile to mobile or switch to verizon so u can get that mobile to mobile plan and wont cost u anything. i hate cingular too...
2006-06-23 00:43:40 · answer #5 · answered by yahoo2006 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you sign a contract with most cell phone companies they will give you a free phone.
2006-06-23 00:45:47 · answer #6 · answered by Daphaney 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋