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Old 07-18-2006, 8:51 PM    #1
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ok so i cant upgrade my phone yet so i was going to buy one off ebay but the one i like is a verizon phone and i have a tmobile account can i use my sim card in the verizon phone or no please please please please please someone anyone help me
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You cannot use a verizon phone with TMO. Verizon and TMO use different network technologies. Verizon uses CDMA, TMO uses GSM. They are not compatible. You want an unlocked GSM phone if you have TMO.

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ok so i cant upgrade my phone yet so i was going to buy one off ebay but the one i like is a verizon phone and i have a tmobile account can i use my sim card in the verizon phone or no please please please please please someone anyone help me
Unfortunately T-Mobile and Verizon use different incompatible wireless technologies. The best you can do is to find that particular phone for your carrier that is the same or close to the same model for T-Mobile that is used for Verizon. The same model or similar is often used on the different technologies e.g. the Motorola Razr/V3 is available for both CDMA and GSM. Other models are similar.
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Unfortunately T-Mobile and Verizon use different incompatible wireless technologies. The best you can do is to find that particular phone for your carrier that is the same or close to the same model for T-Mobile that is used for Verizon. The same model or similar is often used on the different technologies e.g. the Motorola Razr/V3 is available for both CDMA and GSM. Other models are similar.
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thank you so very very much your replys were greatly appreciated ok umm does anyone know of a good tmobile camera phone with mp3/itunes/music player
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