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WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Sat May 07, 2016 9:25 pm
by NorrisCell
Looking for a Sprint cellphone for a prepaid line. I'm hoping someone has an old smartphone in a drawer they'd like to get rid of.
Condition is less important than price. An older Windows Mobile device or Treo would be ideal. Depending on the model, I may not need a charger.
Let me know if any of you have something along these lines
Edit: must be a non-BlackBerry device, it turns out
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 3:56 am
by RealBlackStuff
Unlocked AT&T Samsung Captivate SGH-I897 Black, incl. black rubber cover/shell an option?
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 1:44 pm
by rambo47
I have a couple of old Sprint BlackBerrys.
8830 and
8330. Either one for $30 shipped.
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Sun May 08, 2016 4:09 pm
by NorrisCell
RBS- Unfortunately ATT models won't work on Sprint
Rambo- I just found out BlackBerry devices can't be activated as prepaid. Updated original post to reflect.
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Mon May 09, 2016 9:15 pm
by Omineca
You might try webOS Nation. There's a marketplace and a number of people are still using their old Sprint Palm Pre2's.
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 5:28 pm
by rambo47
Hey, I've got an original Palm Pre 1. Bought it on release day and ported from AT&T to Sprint to get it. i have a couple of Touchstone wireless chargers too. $30 for the Pre in its original box, or $40 for the Pre and a Touchstone charger.
It never got much use as I went running back to my (then) beloved BlackBerry after two weeks.
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 6:05 pm
by NorrisCell
Thanks everyone. I have a device being sent to me
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:42 pm
by RealBlackStuff
NorrisCell wrote:RBS- Unfortunately ATT models won't work on Sprint.
Huh?
I thought ANY UNlocked phone can run on ANY other network...
(I don't mind not selling, just want to know...)
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 7:47 pm
by NorrisCell
RealBlackStuff wrote:NorrisCell wrote:RBS- Unfortunately ATT models won't work on Sprint.
Huh?
I thought ANY UNlocked phone can run on ANY other network...
(I don't mind not selling, just want to know...)
For GSM (SIM card based) networks like AT&T, T-Mobile, and most of the rest of the world that's true. Sprint and Verizon run on CDMA, which operates differently. A handful of their phones use SIM cards, but only for traveling internationally, because the USA is the only country that uses CDMA for any decent amount of its networks
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Tue May 10, 2016 9:37 pm
by tarvoke
wot NorrisCell said! it starts to get ugly in NA/US - I live in some remote Atlantic island where vmobl/akaSprint has surprisingly amazing 4GLTE coverage, but is still CDMA so I can basically take my phone nowhere.
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Wed May 11, 2016 2:33 am
by RealBlackStuff
I've got a few more European ones lying around:
(2 each) Motorola E770v, GSM/UMTS, unlocked
http://www.gsmarena.com/motorola_e770-1320.php
Sony Ericsson Vivaz, GSM/HSPA, GPS, locked in on Swisscom (Switzerland), I'm sure you know how to unlock.
http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_vivaz-3022.php
Re: WTB: Old Sprint Smartphone
Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 4:57 pm
by kfzhu1229
I have a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S2 SPH-D710 in Android 4.1.2. It is still decent but I already have tons of unlocked S2s so...
LCD is newly replaced and fully working without a single scratch but shell is kinda beat up. Do have 3 batteries and a beat up case.
PM if interested, thank you...