Will this Chinese phone work w/an AT&T SIM card?

What you want/need is a phone that supports both GSM 850 and GSM 1900 for it to work well on AT&T. You can buy a 1900 only phone, but some areas may leave you with reduced or no coverage if you cannot access the 850 band. Messaging should work provided you set it up properly. There is a sticky in the AT&T forum with the ATT/Cingular internet/text/mms settings.

-Jay

 

I think it's a reduced price because it's ripped-off Chinese crap Did you read their purchace conditions?

:lmao:

 

Site looks pretty shady. I'd avoid it like the plague.

 

Well, now that I've actually looked at the site, yeah, it does look like they are selling Chinese knockoffs of other popular models. I wouldn't buy from them.

-Jay

 

That is exactly what they are selling. I would if the price was about a hundred bucks cheaper. I would buy an iClone (if it was cheap enough) before an iPhone anyday.

 

The links do not work anymore. I cannot even reach the domain.

 

It just worked for me, but it doesn't really mater. You should not be buying knockoff phones, because you never know what kind of quality you are buying.

-Jay

 

Both links worked for me too, but I'd still avoid buying ANYTHING from them.

 

Yes,
but you may have to unlock it, i know that i am one of the latest posts and your question has most likey have been answered.

 

i agree. consumers must start arming and protecting themselves online. there are far to many scammers working internationally now and through many different means.

my suggestion is to always deal state side as much as possible and to even deal locally as much as possible or through major providers (amazon, ebay, etc) if you are looking online.

 

I have found that local dealers will often offer better deals than corporate... Especially if you build a relationship with the dealer. I was just in my favorite local dealer today to buy a new screen protector for my Tilt, and they gave me one for free. When I got phones for my folks on my plan 2 months ago not only did they mark the phones down so they were free after rebates, but they threw in a free holster & car charger for Dad, and a free clear shell for Mom so her new phone won't get scratched.

-Jay

 

sweet deal jay!

 

I bought two of the CECT China phones on ebay which is safer. They are both dual sim. They work perfectly here in Fl on AT&T. I just put the sim cards in them. You can even use prepaid cards in them. They are fantastic and were $130 each.

 

rvlifenow - Did you have any issues with getting the internet to work? I've been eyeing this phone as well but was unsure if it will work as well here in the pacific northwest, or if I can seamlessly carry the same options I have on my current AT&T phone over to this one (simple texting and internet)

Also, I'm somewhat new to this game, but my current Ericsson W810i supports Edge and GSM quad band. I think the CECT A008 only supports quad band. So any problem with calls for you? And do you know if edge technology is limited to certain phones or if it's simply a carrier decision?

Any info would be great.

Thanks,
gc

 

Some of these phones look exactly alike but are different. Mine is a quad band, dual sim card. I do not use the internet.

 

EDGE has to be supported by the network and your phone for it to work. But it's only used for data, not voice calls.

PS- I'd really advise to stay away from knock-off phones. It may look nice and work out-of-the-box (if you're lucky) but will most likely give you more problems in the long run (ie: dropped calls, software crashes, etc.)

 

Thanks for the clarification. So EDGE is only for data. I guess there's no way to tell exactly on my existing phone if that really makes a difference or not. I can select EDGE and GSM or GSM only, but web pages seem to load the same for me. Any way I can test it other than with simply page load time tests?

Also, I thought the CECT (or Ming Xing) A008 wasn't a clone of any phone, but actually it's own style. Am I wrong? If so, I couldn't find the AT&T equivalent.

I agree, I am hesitant about any knock-off's. I was just looking for something below the price of an iphone but above what I have now (small screen, limited functionality).

 

I don't believe CECT makes any originals even though there may not be an exact AT&T equal.

You can try dslreports for speed test, keep in mind the only real accurate measure would be by tethering with your computer.

http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1

Hope this helps
Palm850/v0100 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11)

 

My Chinese phone guy (with a very large shop) at the Flea Market says my phone will not work on the internet, even though it is WAP 2.0

 

Thanks for the help all. Think I'll steer clear of this one. If it was $20 maybe. But at $100 and coming from ebay or some website in China that I've never dealt with, seems like a big enough gamble to just push me towards a major manufacturer.

Really appreciate the help.

-gc

 

Hmm... I think that's about it. If it's 13kbps or less, you're probably on GSM only.

Or if you're really interested to know and ahave a few thousand $ you can buy TEMS Investigation and do a deeper analysis

 

hi, i am new here, i have a question. i am trying to find some information which seems to do not exist, i have a ming xing a008 and everytime i try to play a mp4 or a movie like music movie, the phone keeps saying invalid format. how to i find how i should format it? can anyone help me? if this message is in the wrong thread i apologise i just figured since you guys were talking about phones someone might be able to help me.