# Unlocked Phones **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 22, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299 "2007-03-22T13:50:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![chino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bcef8e/32.png) [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/1 "2007-03-22T13:50:06Z")
what exactly does it mean - does it mean that phones that use the same type of service CDMA/GSM/PCS whatever you can jump between companies? Aren’t sprint and vzw both using CDMA now? so technically couldn’t you use a VZW phone on sprint if it is unlocked? I don’t really know much about phones in this respect so if this is completely retarded don’t feel bad about saying so 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/2 "2007-03-22T14:28:31Z")
its only for GSM phones. And nextel i suppose. CDMA doesn’t use sim cards, they’re not cool enough. Basically an unlocked GSM phone means you can put a SIM in from any provider and your number and all your info goes with it, no matter what brand of phone. ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 2:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/3 "2007-03-22T14:43:01Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:2,topic:26299"”] its only for GSM phones. And nextel i suppose. CDMA doesn’t use sim cards, they’re not cool enough. Basically an unlocked GSM phone means you can put a SIM in from any provider and your number and all your info goes with it, no matter what brand of phone. [/quote] no. GSM != iDen. otherwise you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/4 "2007-03-22T15:22:39Z")
vzw wont activate anything not in their system sprint wont activate anything not in their system] i can speak for alltel/USCellular/MetroPCS, but i would assume the same ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 3:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/5 "2007-03-22T15:26:56Z")
[quote=“Dex,post:3,topic:26299"”] no. GSM != iDen. otherwise you are correct. [/quote] iden takes sim cards though. theoretically if there was another iden provider you could use a nextel phone with them ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 4:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/6 "2007-03-22T16:15:56Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:5,topic:26299"”] iden takes sim cards though. theoretically if there was another iden provider you could use a nextel phone with them [/quote] right, but it won’t read a GSM sim card, and an unlocked GSM phone still doesn’t operate at iDen frequencies. isn’t iDen just enhanced TDMA? ---
**Author:** ![Joe](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/joe/32/7219_2.png) [@Joe](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Joe)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/7 "2007-03-22T17:17:30Z")
yeah, other than its walkie talkie usefulness IDEN is a piece of shit. I think sprint is kicking people off of it for everythign except direct connect. the only thing you could unlock a nextel phone for is that prepaid company that uses IDEN with the ghetto commercials, boost mobile or something ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/8 "2007-03-22T17:25:59Z")
[quote=“Dex,post:6,topic:26299"”] TDMA? [/quote] TDMA??? 🤣 I thought that went away like 10 years ago! ---
**Author:** ![Dex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dex/32/7210_2.png) [@Dex](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Dex)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2007, 8:58pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/unlocked-phones/26299/9 "2007-03-22T20:58:51Z")
[quote=“Joe,post:7,topic:26299"”] yeah, other than its walkie talkie usefulness IDEN is a piece of shit. I think sprint is kicking people off of it for everythign except direct connect. the only thing you could unlock a nextel phone for is that prepaid company that uses IDEN with the ghetto commercials, boost mobile or something [/quote] i still…no matter how many times it is explained to me…can not see the usefulness of a walkie talkie on a phone. seriously…past the group talk feature, but even that is a stretch. and boost mobile is for rappers…and rappers only. [quote=“BikerFry,post:8,topic:26299"”] TDMA??? 🤣 I thought that went away like 10 years ago! [/quote] it did…except for nextel. but that shit is literally worthless. if you for some unforseen reason need a direct connect system, sprint’s system is better…particularly during peak times.