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Using k750i in the United States? |
kame777
Joined: Jul 14, 2005
Posts: 2
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I noticed that a lot of you lucky k750i owners are in the UK/Europe.
I'm thinking of buying the k750i, and I'm in the U.S. I'm using T-Mobile as my carrier.
If I buy it off of ebay (which I assume is an unbranded k750), will I be able to just put my SIM card in the phone and it should work? |
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punkserb
Joined: Aug 05, 2002
Posts: 386
From: Chicago
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that's what i'm doing! works great! only problem you'll encounter is you won't be able to use the t-zones portal. all other WAP/XHTML sites will work, just not t-mobile's portal.
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jmo
Joined: Jul 14, 2005
Posts: 15
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Ha, I live the States as well and I have the k750i. I currently have T-mobile and i just plugged my sim card into the k750i and it works perfectly! Only thing you have to do is go to the sonyericsson support page and set up your wap and mms setting which will be sent and intalled on your phone, very easy!! The phone works perfectly. I got my brand new unlocked k750i at mobilebee.com....shipping is included so its a fairly good deal (thats how they nail you on ebay sometimes). It shipped right away, and came perfect, very reliable company...but anywhere you choose to buy it, your gonna get a great phone:) |
Phantom
Joined: May 19, 2005
Posts: 335
From: Sugar Land, TX
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Yeah that's what I did...
Got my K750i, and put my SIM in it, and it worked right away. I remember I was sitting at a restaurant with my uncle and family and they were like "well make sure it works" so I put my SIM in it, and i turned it on, and then it rang and i was like "seems like it works.."
haha, yeah... |
kame777
Joined: Jul 14, 2005
Posts: 2
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Great, thanks!
Is it worth the $400? 
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punkserb
Joined: Aug 05, 2002
Posts: 386
From: Chicago
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yea i think it is.
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Phantom
Joined: May 19, 2005
Posts: 335
From: Sugar Land, TX
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Most definitely. |
riffola
Joined: Jun 02, 2005
Posts: 247
From: NYC
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It worked great on T-Mobile here in NYC, until the earpiece died. Now it's sitting at SE's service center in NC, waiting on parts. Two weeks gone by and they still have not received the parts.
So if your phone dies, sending it to the SE USA service center to get it fixed will take forever.
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REO
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: U.S.A.
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I'm waiting on the W800a, 4th Q of 2005.
Cingular has been converting mostly to 850 to utelize both 850 and 1900 in most segments. Take a look at this below. It provideds clarity as to why a K750 would not work on Cingular's network.
Pretty interesting stuff......
http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/660124-1.html
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rambalu80
Joined: Mar 19, 2004
Posts: 222
From: TX
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I am with Cingular and I have been using the 1900 MHZ frequency for almost a year. I live in MA and I have not had any major problems using my K700i or K750i. But I certainly agree with the post on howard forums that using a non 850 MHz phone on the Cingular network could be an issue. I am waiting on my contract to expire so that I can switch to T-Mobile and I hope T-Mobile doesnt get sold out to another network. |
REO
Joined: Nov 21, 2004
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From: U.S.A.
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@Rambalu
If I'm not mistaken Cingular is strictly 1900 only in MA.
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rambalu80
Joined: Mar 19, 2004
Posts: 222
From: TX
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@ REO
MA has both 850 MHz and 1900 MHz. Boston has excellent 1900 MHz reception, but when you go about 50 miles outside the city, 850 MHz is excellent and 1900 MHz is kinda spotty. |
Residentevil
Joined: Feb 29, 2004
Posts: > 500
From: Raccoon City, USA
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I have been using my unlocked P900 successfully on Tmob.
Tough times don't last, tough people do!
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chriswg85
Joined: Aug 16, 2004
Posts: 210
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Does anyone know if T-Mobile USA will be picking up the K750 or W800 or D750? We don't seem to get any cool Sony Ericsson phones. And what is the D750? So it has the hardware of the W800? Does it have the software of the K750? Does it have the flight mode option of the W800? And I read that the W800 doesn't have the same quality LCD as the K750...is that true? If so, which screen does the D750 have? I'm interested because the D750 is cheaper than the K750 and W800 (probably because of branding, which I don't really mind). Sorry about all the questions, but I am very confused and I tried searching for a half hour, but couldn't find any definite answers. If anyone has any info on this, please help me out.
@punkserb about t-zones on K750...Do you know why t-zones won't work? I got it working on my unlocked P910i, but maybe that's different. Just wondering.
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chriswg85
Joined: Aug 16, 2004
Posts: 210
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Anyone have any information on my above post?
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Posted: 2005-07-14 18:40
