I currently have an ATT plan grandfathered over to Cingular, and because the plan is so good I don’t want to switch to Cingular. With that said, I have an older phone and want a new one. Every person I speak with at Cingular tells me I need to migrate over in order to purchase a new phone that is compatible. I have spoken to several "independent" resellers who say an unlocked phone is the way to go and proceed to tell me it will cost close to $300. Does anyone know of a store or site I can take a look at to shop for a new phone at a drastically lower cost?

do not trust ebay for unlocked phones i have dealt with cell phones too long and people on ebay don’t even know what they are selling half of the time. The best site for unlocked cellphones is amazon.com amazon checks with their sellers and stuff and it sounds bad but when it comes to cell phones european people know what they are talking about. Also come another I believe my cingular fried has told me not next year but year after if you don’t have the new phones your screwed see your old phone works off an older transmission system where cingular is switching to GSM which is what is used in europe GSM is good no feeback like CDMA but they are switching from the analog and i believe ATT was IDEN but do not quote me on that and as towers switch to GSM their will go your service it is just a matter of time. Good luck