Reliance CDMA phone for dad

[Sushubh]

Feature phone. Good battery life. Good build quality. No extra features needed. Just a plain old phone.

 

[x720]

Warranty? RUIM?

 

[Sushubh]

RUIM?

 

[Sushubh]

Want to place an order today man... Help!

 

[x720]

Warranty?Ruim is the CDMA equivalent of a sim card, often if you buy CDMA phones off eBay, they dont have the ruim slot, and a result the ESN needs to be programmed into rcom's network.

 

[Sushubh]

Dad's current phone has a SIM card. It is a Samsung model which I think bought at the Reliance Mobile store itself.
I do not need a smartphone. I need a regular featurephone.
No camera. No radio. No MP3 player. Nothing.
I was originally planning to port him to GSM and get him a Nokia model. But I am not comfortable with the idea of MNP as it has failed for me personally several times in the past.

 

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[x720]

Not sure why MNP has failed to work for you. I've used it several times in the past, successfully. http://www.rcom.co.in/rcom/handset/cdma.jspTake a look at the page above.

 

[Sushubh]

Reliance website has the usual shitty phones.
I guess the choice is fairly limited. So what do you suggest?
Let's assume I try MNP on his connection... Which GSM operator to go for?
He is a heavy user of mobile. I think his monthly bill on reliance comes to around 1000 rupees. Mostly local calls but a lot of STD calls too.
I am not sure what plan to go for on Airtel...

 

[chaibiskutbhai]

You can MOVE from Reliance CDMA to GSM. This is not porting. Done immediately. Just visit the store.

 

[Sushubh]

:tongue: do i really want to keep him on reliance? :tongue: