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the best place to buy a global roaming cellphone: united states, singapore, thailand, or india?

i'm looking at getting a cellphone for my trip, and since the (evidently shady) ebay store that i had bought my quad-band unlocked motorola razr from never ended up actually shipping my phone, i need to make a decision about which country i should buy one in.

my first stop is singapore, which will have gadgets aplenty, but i'm looking for a straightforward quad-band phone with reasonable features for the lowest possible price (a first-generation razr would fit the bill nicely, and i prefer motorola since they have the least problems registering new SIM cards in foreign countries).

given the weak dollar, and the state of used/cheap cellphone sales in each country, which country will i be most likely to find an unlocked razr in at a reasonable price? advice welcomed. :)

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andy:

after a kind offer from a friend to loan his Razr to me, i spent time researching online, and it sounded like a cellphone store in LA's koreatown would be the best bet, although there would be some neogtiation involved.

however, i then found p4c global, which was located nearby in the san fernando valley, and which had an ample supply of GSM cellphones. i stopped by and picked up a used Razr for $65, took it home, bought an unlock code for $15 from Uniquephones to allow my phone to work with any GSM provider worldwide, uploaded my contact phone numbers to it with motorola phonetools, and my travel phone was all ready for the trip!

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