Post by m***@privacy.netI'm looking for a GSM based smart phone that has wifi
that could be used with a prepaid acct from T Mobile
What abt these phones on Deal Extreme?
http://www.dealextreme.com/products.dx/category.511
The price is right! But will they work in the USA in
Missouri?
I've bought a couple of dual-SIM phones from them after years of
successfully ordering flashlights and other small electronics. As offshore
dealers go they're among the highest rated and are generally pretty
reliable. The downside to buying a more expensive and complicated piece of
electronics like a cellphone is the lack of support and additional expense
involved in returning it. Take the product descriptions with a grain of
salt too - generally they're based on the manufacturers specs and
historically these tend to be idealized. Check the reviews - if a lot of
people have given positive comments about a particular item, it's probably
safe.
For use in the USA check that it ways "Quad-Band GSM" as the primary focus
of the Chinese cellphone industry is domestic use and that's only the
900/1800 MHZ bands used everywhere besides North America.
Chinese phones tend to have proprietary batteries. It's better to buy one
that comes with a spare (actually this is common practice among most of
the Chinese cellphone houses anyway) or one that uses standard batteries
like Nokia compatible versions.