phones compatible with Qwest cell/wireless?

General Questions
#1

Being especially stoopid, I lost my phone yesterday. I need to buy a new one, hopefully very soon: like at lunch.

I went to the Qwest website to see if I could buy a phone from them, to be sure that it’s compatible (I know absolutely nothing about cellular versus wireless, company-A-compativle hardware versus company-B-compatible hardware, etc.) with my Qwest service, which I’m not interested in changing right now. The phones listed on their site are priced “for new customers only,” as part of a contract deal.

I emailed them, explaining my situation, and asked for suggestions. They replied “the only way to be sure is to buy it from us.” :rolleyes: I pointed out that their phones were only, it seems, offered to new customers. They replied with a list of phones, and their prices IF I renewed my contract as part of the purchase.

All I want to do is buy a new phone. Can anyone give me a list of models that are compatible with the Qwest system, that I can just simply buy, without negotiating service contracts, etc.?

Any help would be appreciated.

#2

Welcome to the world of ‘Idiots that Man the Phones at Customer Service’. Call them back and when someone says you can’t get a replacement, ask to speak to someone else. You are not the first person to lose a phone, but ITMTPACS are trained to follow a set procedure. Any request out of the ordinary procedure stumps them, and they say ‘you can’t do that’. Of course you can get a replacement phone, you just have to find the one person at Qwest who can think.

Other than that, maybe talk to a local cell phone store and find out what they can do for you.

#3

All the local cell phone stores are provider specific, and Qwest has none. I’ll look around.