I'm desperate for some advice on my situation.
I'm currently a Straight Talk customer in midcoast Maine (Rockland area). The area has spotty GSM coverage, especially in the town I live in, and in the town I work in. I know a handful of people with GSM phones on Straight Talk and the voice is usable but the data is abysmal. So my choices are limited to CDMA phones that (I'm assuming) run on the Verizon network. My current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S950C that turns off (and back on again) at will. Not wanting to get stuck in a situation where I need my phone and it's decided that powering on is no longer one of it's functions, I bought a new, up to date phone. Not knowing that ST won't activate 4G LTE capable phones, I bought the Moto X, Verizon, off contract (on Motomaker of course, so I can't get a refund). Here are my questions:
Are there any prepaid or inexpensive carriers that I could activate the Moto X on? I don't expect LTE, and we don't really get it in this area anyway.
Is there a way to get the Moto X working on a prepaid carrier that's possible for a tech novice?
Failing options 1 and 2, is there another phone that is up to date, with current Android, that I could activate on Straight Talks Verizon towers?
Any advice on how to best recoup my lost money if I can't use the Moto X (which is looking pretty apparent)?
I've also heard something about the Verizon Moto X having a GSM radio as well as CDMA? Is there any truth to this?
What's really frustrating is that about 3 hours after I'd ordered the phone I actually contacted Motorola to cancel the order and was told that it couldn't be cancelled because the order had been "exported to the factory". (The order was placed at about 8pm and I attempted to cancel at about 11pm.) I was also then reassured by a friend that I COULD, in fact, activate a 4G LTE phone with Straight Talk because he'd done it with his... All in all I'm feeling pretty confused and I deeply appreciate any and all advice about my situation.
I'm currently a Straight Talk customer in midcoast Maine (Rockland area). The area has spotty GSM coverage, especially in the town I live in, and in the town I work in. I know a handful of people with GSM phones on Straight Talk and the voice is usable but the data is abysmal. So my choices are limited to CDMA phones that (I'm assuming) run on the Verizon network. My current phone is a Samsung Galaxy S950C that turns off (and back on again) at will. Not wanting to get stuck in a situation where I need my phone and it's decided that powering on is no longer one of it's functions, I bought a new, up to date phone. Not knowing that ST won't activate 4G LTE capable phones, I bought the Moto X, Verizon, off contract (on Motomaker of course, so I can't get a refund). Here are my questions:
Are there any prepaid or inexpensive carriers that I could activate the Moto X on? I don't expect LTE, and we don't really get it in this area anyway.
Is there a way to get the Moto X working on a prepaid carrier that's possible for a tech novice?
Failing options 1 and 2, is there another phone that is up to date, with current Android, that I could activate on Straight Talks Verizon towers?
Any advice on how to best recoup my lost money if I can't use the Moto X (which is looking pretty apparent)?
I've also heard something about the Verizon Moto X having a GSM radio as well as CDMA? Is there any truth to this?
What's really frustrating is that about 3 hours after I'd ordered the phone I actually contacted Motorola to cancel the order and was told that it couldn't be cancelled because the order had been "exported to the factory". (The order was placed at about 8pm and I attempted to cancel at about 11pm.) I was also then reassured by a friend that I COULD, in fact, activate a 4G LTE phone with Straight Talk because he'd done it with his... All in all I'm feeling pretty confused and I deeply appreciate any and all advice about my situation.