Unlocked cell phones on ebay?

Question

I want to buy one of those t-mobile Ami James cell phones, however they aren't sold in Canada yet. So I thought about buying one on ebay, but it needs to be for Telus.

So what is an unlocked cell phone exactly?

Answer 1

Unlocked phones on Ebay are using GSM technolgy (uses a sim card)Telus from what I can see on their website is a CDMA provider using CDMA phones.
The T-Mobile phone you want is a GSM phone and will not work with Telus. If you switch your provider to a GSM provider, then you would be able to use the unlocked T-Mobiule phone. Hope this helps
Cheers

Answer 2

Ebay Cell Phones Unlocked

Answer 3

Ebay Unlocked Cell Phones

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Answer 5

typically phones sold in North America are 'locked' to their respective network.

For e.g., if you have a service w/Telus, that Telus phone would work with Telus network.

If you put any other SIM card (say from T-Mobile), you get error - wrong card., etc.,

Since you are 'locked' to that carrier, they can offer phones to you on a subsidized price (most phones are free)

After a while, you can request Telus to 'unlock' the phone.

Generally T-Mobile has a liberal 'unlocking' policy, after 90 days of service, one can submit a unlock request and they offer the key free.

Good luck

Answer 6

it's a phone that will run on any GSM network as long as it has the bandwidth to support it at lease for voice some phone need the software booter unlock for data use good luck