Upgrading using an "Unlocked" phone.

So the other day I destroyed my sanyo vi-23-100 phone, I put it in the
washer and dryer. I don't want to renew my contract with sprint. I
do want to upgrade to the Motorola KRZR K1 phone, and onestly I don't
want to pay $291 from the sprint store online. I did find the phone
for a little cheaper <a href="http://www.cellswholesale.com/
cellDetails.php?id=49&tab=2#details">here.</a> The phone is
"Unlocked" I havbe no idea if it can be compatible with the sprint
pcs network. I don't know much about networks and programming
phones. Is there anyone who knows if you can easily make this
"Unlocked" phone work on the sprint network? If so, how, or am I over
my head and just pay full retailit from the sprint store?

thanks

todd

At 01 Jun 2007 17:12:34 -0700 Thartsf@gmail.com wrote:
> I
> do want to upgrade to the Motorola KRZR K1 phone, and onestly I don't
> want to pay $291 from the sprint store online. I did find the phone
> for a little cheaper here.<Snip HTML mess of an URL>
> The phone is
> "Unlocked" I havbe no idea if it can be compatible with the sprint
> pcs network.

It's not. Sprint uses CDMA technology, and that particular KRZR is GSM.

> I don't know much about networks and programming
> phones. Is there anyone who knows if you can easily make this
> "Unlocked" phone work on the sprint network?

Impossible. Even if it were an "unlocked" CDMA version, Sprint will not
activate a phone on their network that they didn't sell originally, even
if it's compatible (i.e. Verizon phones are also CDMA and would work
technically, but Sprint won't activate them.)

> If so, how, or am I over
> my head and just pay full retailit from the sprint store?

Full retail or not, you'll need a Sprint-branded unit, whether it be from
a Sprint store, eBay, or wherever.

Exactly.