Question about Unlocked Cellphones?

My birthday is coming up this week and i am planning to use my money for a new cellphone. I have T-mobile.

So i have to do is just take out my SIM card out of my old cell phone, put it into the new cellphone and everything should be just fine? Will i have the same phone number, plan, contacts? I am planning to buy a Sony Ericsson cellphone off ebay, amazon, or from their home page.

Is that how unlocking cellphones work?

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2 Responses to “Question about Unlocked Cellphones?”
  1. Obama 2008 says:
    June 29, 2009 at 7:04 am

    Assuming the unlocked phone works on GSM network, you should just be able to pop your t-mobile sim card in the phone. It should work. Some features may not be available though. Like Internet may not work or picture messaging. Yes, you will have the same phone number, plan and contacts. Just transfer the contacts onto the unlocked phone. You should get the phone off of amazon. Amazon is pretty good & reliable.

  2. foureyes61 says:
    June 29, 2009 at 7:04 am

    You must make certain that the phone that is purchase from eBay or Amazon is already unlocked as T-Mobile will not umnlock it for you.
    T-Mobile requires that the handset is purchased from them or an authorizer store
    You may want to check your current phone to make sure that all of the numbers and names are stored to the sim card and not the phone, if to the phone they will not transfer using the sim card.
    There is no change to your mobile number, no change to your rate plan


 
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