Replacement phone question

[SAM18]

My girlfriend needs a new phone since her old one died and she want's to get a blackberry. She doesn't receive a new upgrade until 4/2012 and Sprint wants well over $300 to replace her old phone with a blackberry. I have AT&T and when my brother's phone died, we bought another off of eBay and just popped his sim card in. Since Sprint doesn't have a sim card, is this still possible? Can she just get a blackberry off of eBay and have it activated to her account? Any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,
Sam

[DadaThePanda]

as far as I know, Sprint doesn't activate phones that aren't sold by them (such as a Verizon phone). Also, Sprint is CDMA and you need a CDMA phone to activate. Best bet is to call the and see if they activate a non-Sprint phone or a Sprint phone that wasn't bought on your account. then, you can look online and buy one...

[SAM18]

Wow, never would have thought that you couldn't use another CDMA such as Verizon. Sprint really seems like a b!tch. I was hoping that she could buy a Sprint blackberry and just activate it on her account. I guess I'll have her call Sprint and see if they'll activate a phone that wasn't purchased on her account. Thanks for the help!

[SAM18]

Does this answer my question?

Activate your new phone

[MikeG7265]

As long as it is a Sprint Blackberry, she should be able too. Just make sure that the ESN is clean.
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[SAM18]

That's exactly what I was hoping to hear. Figured I'd double check before I got dumped for having her spend money on a phone she can't use. Forgot about having a clean ESN, don't have to worry about that on AT&T. Thanks for the help!

[Matty-Mo]

Yep, if your on sprint, make sure that your buying a Sprint phone off Ebay, always look in the description of the phone to make sure the list the phone as having a clean esn, if it does you can just buy it and when it arrives call sprint and theyll activate it on your account