It's here!

[dreamshark]

I slipped it into the teeny tiny Torras case that arrived at the same time - a cute little clear case with dark blue trim. Looks fantastic. Then, since the phone seemed to be completely uncharged, I plopped onto the MagSafe magnetic charger, which woke it up immediately. Now I'm working through setup and data transfer, which is taking a while.

I figured I would just swap in the SIM card from my current cell phone provider, but that hit a snag. I'm with Cricket, a low-cost reseller of AT&T service, which has been simple and reliable. But... it turns out that they do not use a SIM card. The only way to swap phones (other than buying it from them) is to take your new phone to a Cricket store and let them "flash" it. Besides having absolutely no desire to go looking for a Cricket store, I am afraid that would defeat the entire purpose of buying an unlocked phone. So... bah. Maybe I'll just open a new account on Mint Wireless, which is only $15/month and has no interest in selling you a phone.

Comments

Yay!

[eileenlufkin]

It's very cute.

[bibliofile]

Congrats on the new phone!

I use Tracfone, which may or may not use SIM cards. But there are Cricket stores evven around here, so that might not be too onerous. (My Tracfone service costs $20/month for far more minutes/data than I ever use, FYI.)

[dreamshark]

Besides the annoyance of having to go out, my main objection was having the phone that I paid extra to buy unlocked LOCKED TO A NETWORK. However, it turned out not to be an issue. When I joined Cricket about 4 years ago they were still using a SIM. So I was able to swap the SIM from my old phone into my new phone and voila!