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I can use camera, music player, fm etc without any sim card or active service. I purchased this phone as standby and for travel purpose. This phone is super-locked, means can be used with only active sim card. I tried installing my old inactive sim card, but this phone is not accepting it. You can not used camera or fm radio without active sim card. I have several locked old phone, both gsm and cdma. And without active sim card it will not turn on. I can get better and free phone with service.
I bought some for my friends and they are in use right now. However for use in the US please go for the ordinary L6 without the 'i'.
I ordered and received two of these from Amazon and shipped them to my folks in Africa. They received them with joy and they jumped into jubilation when they put in their sim card and it started working at once without ant hitch like decoding or anything like that.
For use outside the United States especially in Africa, one always needs a quad band unlocked cell phone like this one. One cousin was even crazy about the ability of the phone to receive the local FM radio transmission in Africa.So then for the L6i to be described as an "International Version", was proved right when my folks got their phone working.
And they made a call from it to me here in the US. Amazing isn't it.
Hahahaaaaaa.For People traveling outside the US and for those who are here on a short visit if you are looking for gifts for friends and family I strongly recommend this low-priced phone with camera, internet, organizer, SD slot, and FM Radio. Please buy one or more today.
But it is very much a "made in China" phone,m so the quality seems a little poor. I think this is a great phone. It's pretty neat. But the only that I couldn't stand was the poor reception it has. Sometimes, it goes into "emergency call" only mode because it can't pickup my provider (AT&T) which I usually have great signal in my area.
If it had 850 band, it would have worked. This international version does not work everywhere I need it to work. The phone description says it is a quad band phone, but the one I received was tri-band (900/1800/1900). The phone itself is a decent phone, but if doesn't work, it doesn't matter. I have AT&T service (3G) and it works in NYC, where I work, but it did not work in upstate NY. The network in upstate NY switches from 3G to EDGE. Amazon's description is not accurate, so if you need a quad band phone beware of this phone. You might be better off getting a US version instead.
This isn't the best phone in the world but it will do. It has a lot of problems with reception; I have a contract with ATT and broke my phone, this phone was a replacement for the old one. The problem, however, is that this phone does not get reception where my old phone used to. Plus the reception fades in and out.
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