1. You need a contract with a phone company to activate the phone and purchase service. 2. Another wrinkle is that salespeople typically earn a commission each time they activate a phone. 3. A user would hit the talk button on the handset to activate the phone, and then tell it to dial. 4. Already companies like Cellular One, a franchise operation, is offering secret personal identification numbers that must be used to activate a phone. 5. Criminals illegally ship phones to countries like Colombia, Mexico and Russia when the phones cannot be activated in this country, Wilkinson said. 6. You could activate the phone with a credit card. 7. No documentation is required and the phone is activated instantly when the user purchases a starter kit. |