Best Unlocked Camera Phones
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Devon Barrow writes: What in your opinion is the best overall unlocked camera phone? I am looking to get a cell phone that fits my basic needs but with a decent camera. What does it mean for a phone to be "unlocked?" Put simply: It means you can use the phone on any carrier, as long as they support the type of wireless network as the phone. (Typically this means the GSM network, supported by Cingular/AT&T and T-Mobile in the U.S.) You'll also need a SIM card, which you can remove from your regular cell phone and put in the unlocked model. This is a very simple procedure, though you'll almost always need to remove the battery to get to the SIM card.
My picks for the best unlocked phones that have cameras can be found by clicking here. Unlocked phones are readily available through online merchants and show up on eBay frequently.
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2 Posted by emeralddry on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:54PM EDT Report Abuse
What a waste of time. Just like the first post say, there is absolutely NO information given as to why this "author" picked these phones. Let me guess, the entire point of the article is to get you to click on the links for the companies selling these phones. This was nothing but a very poorly done piece of spam. Zero value at all and am embarrassment for Yahoo to even give the space for this. I hope this is not an indication of the direction of this "new" section of Yahoo.
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3 Posted by cnull on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:27PM EDT Report Abuse
To answer various questions here: Why camera phones? Because that's what the reader asked about. If you'd like recommendations for non-camera phones (not that there are a ton of them left), I'm happy to oblige. How are tech products picked? Based on personal testing. I don't have the space to provide detailed reviews of every phone on the market -- nor is that particularly our mission here -- but simply sharing my personal advice on some solid picks that fit the reader's criteria. If you have different suggestions (emaralddry), please offer them up rather than just complaining about the story. My blog is unaffiliated with any web store, vendor, or any other part of Yahoo, and I assure you I don't get any "kickbacks" of any kind. Thanks for reading.
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4 Posted by cnull on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:27PM EDT Report Abuse
ecoppell: CDMA is a different animal when it comes to unlocked phones. They exist, but you are much more at the mercy of your wireless provider when it comes to activating the phone. (In a nutshell, you have to call the provider and ask them to activate the phone on the network, which they may or may not agree to do, at their discretion.) As well, all of the features on an unlocked CDMA phone may not work. The result is that far fewer CDMA phones are available unlocked than GSM models, to the point where when people talk about an "unlocked phone," it's assumed they mean a GSM phone.
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1 Posted by cfleagle on Thu Sep 3, 2009 3:21PM EDT Report Abuse
Booooooo. Minimal blab on GSM, no real meat in story, and only a BAD link for camera phones. What about non-camera phones. Why are they your choice?