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briansue
Oct 12, 2013Explorer
I really do not understand a lot of this technical stuff. I do know what a SIM card is as far as what it looks like and that it can be taken in and out of a phone. But I don't really know what it does. As far as I can tell it somehow identifies the phone as being a specific number and working in certain areas - or whatever.
We do not have an iPhone or any such device - just basic phones which we rarely use anyway. We are not very good at using them but do find them useful from time to time. We don't need any of the other bells and whistles. But we might be interested in one of these translators if and when they do come out and if they actually work.
So for those of us who are technologically challenged and do not understand this stuff could those who respond do so with something along the lines of "Dialing for Dummies" so we have some idea of what is being talked about.
I guess that was what I was trying to ask in my first post - what does all this mean and how does it work. Maybe it is time for us to move into this century or millennium but we are not there yet so are asking for help in layman's terms. SIM - Locked - Unlocked - 4s - 5c - all mysteries we are asking for help understanding - as well as whether anyone knows anything about these or any other translations devices - and especially devices that do not require online connections to work since we are often in areas where internet is not available.
Hope that clarifies the initial questions.
We do not have an iPhone or any such device - just basic phones which we rarely use anyway. We are not very good at using them but do find them useful from time to time. We don't need any of the other bells and whistles. But we might be interested in one of these translators if and when they do come out and if they actually work.
So for those of us who are technologically challenged and do not understand this stuff could those who respond do so with something along the lines of "Dialing for Dummies" so we have some idea of what is being talked about.
I guess that was what I was trying to ask in my first post - what does all this mean and how does it work. Maybe it is time for us to move into this century or millennium but we are not there yet so are asking for help in layman's terms. SIM - Locked - Unlocked - 4s - 5c - all mysteries we are asking for help understanding - as well as whether anyone knows anything about these or any other translations devices - and especially devices that do not require online connections to work since we are often in areas where internet is not available.
Hope that clarifies the initial questions.
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