Can i buy the sidekick 3 by itself without signing a contract with t-mobile?

Question

my parents are together but my dad is traveling before i go back to school and he wont be back until a week after school. I need a cell phone before school starts and i walk to and back from school everyday and my parents don't think it's very safe for me so anyways, my dad wants to buy me a sidekick 3 and my mom will sign me up after he does. so all i wanna know is if my dad can just buy me the sidekick 3 itself and my mom will do the rest a few days after? even tho i don't have an open account with t-mobile, which i will in due time, i just want to buy the phone IS THIS POSSIBLE?

Answer 1

yes

you could get one online

or go to T-Mobile and tell them what you wanna do

and theyll sell you the phone

Answer 2

Yeah but that would be dumb because you get a big discount on the phones when you sign up for a contract and if you are going to do it anyway then why pay more for the phone just so you can look at it...?

Answer 3

You could, BUT it would most likely be a used Sidekick 3 because T-Mobile doesn't sell them anymore.  The Sidekick 3 was discontinued when the Sidekick LX was released last October.  You can look on eBay or craigslist for a Sidekick 3, but it will likely be used.  After you have it, your mom will be able to take it to a T-Mobile store and activate it for you.  If you want a new phone, you'll get it a lot cheaper when opening service and starting a contract.