how do blackberrys work?

holly_vegas

Hi all


sorry if this is in the wrong board. i am thinking of buying an unlocked blackberry off somebody but i dont really know much about them. do they work on payg? and what are you paying for?

thanks for any help

KillerWatt

holly_vegas wrote: »

do they work on payg?

The account type (PAYG or Contract) has no bearing whatsoever on whether a handset will work or not.

holly_vegas wrote: »

and what are you paying for?

That's a matter that comes down to personal opinion.

timberflake

KillerWatt wrote: »

The account type (PAYG or Contract) has no bearing whatsoever on whether a handset will work or not.

Thats not strictly true, you need to make sure your tariff has Blackberry Internet Service (BIS), otherwise you won't be able to use the internet, not even through your own WiFi router.

tronator

holly_vegas wrote: »

Hi all


sorry if this is in the wrong board. i am thinking of buying an unlocked blackberry off somebody but i dont really know much about them. do they work on payg? and what are you paying for?

thanks for any help

You need to make sure that the BB is not assigned to an existing BIS account. Otherwise you won't be able to use it with your account. It's a while since I used a BB, but back then for some reason you could only change the device in your account and the old one became available again to be used with another (new) account. Or you had to call Vodafone and ask them to delete the BIS account manually.

Maybe it will be released from the old account as soon as the guy who sells you the phone cancels his contract...

davester

Just be aware it is a smartphone and will like to connect to the internet if you let it, so make sure if you are going to use the internet with it that you have a data plan with your sim, some charge alot per MB.