Sick of Verizon pricing - Bringing my Storm2 to other Cell providers...?
- Gents (and ladies), I love my Storm2. But Verizon is just too expensive and after 12 years, I am going to have to say goodbye when my contract is up this fall.
But the last thing I want is to sell my beloved Storm2 for something else. I love this phone.
After much research I am totally confused on what my options are. Verizon can UNLOCK this phone for me. All I need do is call and say I am going overseas for a trip. Boom. They will unlock my phone (my prior Storm2 was unlocked exactly like that. Too bad it was stolen while overseas! insurance replacement was a nightmare, but that is another story).
So once unlocked, I see I can definitely use it with AT&T, but they are almost as expensive. Ouch. And I keep reading I will not get 3G coverage at all. That's a deal killer right there.
Virgin Mobile is out. They will not allow you to bring in another phone from Verizon. I am fairly certain about that.
But what about MetroPCS? I am in NYC so they are fully operational with superb coverage. I know their customer service is garbage. But if I can just bring my phone over to them, it is worth a try. Month to month = if don't like, I can go elsewhere.
However, I read conflicting information on this. Some say yes, some no. Some yes to 3G and others say it will only be 2G. Isn't Google grand?
What about BoostMobile? If I read correctly, no.
Are there any other providers that I am not thinking of? Any other options?
I'd like to keep my phone number. I have had it for over ten years.08-09-11 01:14 PMLike 0 - I'm pretty sure you won't get 3G on any US GSM carriers, only EDGE.
Basically all US CDMA carriers won't flash other devices to their network unless it's branded to them.
So, your best bet is getting MetroPCS to flash it to their network because I know they used to do it a lot in the past.
Not sure if they still do.08-09-11 03:45 PMLike 0
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