Are you curious if a certain phone will work on Bell Mobility?  In this small article, you will learn why it is vital to know if a phone will work on Bell before you buy it.  You will also learn how to identify a Bell phone.

Unlike other Canadian cellular carriers like Rogers and Fido, Bell Mobility will not allow any phone to be activated on their network.  Bell Mobility only activates phones that are originally bought by Bell from the manufacturer.  How does Bell accomplish this?  I’m glad you questioned… Every CDMA cell phone comes with an ESN (electronic serial number), this number uniquely identifies every phone produced by the manufacturer.  When Bell buys new phones they store each individual ESN to a database called the ESN Database, and whenever someone takes a phone to Bell to be activated, Bell checks their ESN Database to make sure the ESN is in there.  If your phone’s ESN does not have a matching ESN in Bell’s database, your phone will not be activated.

Cell phone manufacturers like Samsung, Motorola and others rarely make a cell phone model for a specific mobile carrier, so the same phone model can be found on many different mobile carriers.  Often Bell will sell the same phone models as Sprint and Verizon in the US.  But even identical cell phone models sold by Sprint and Verizon will cannot be activated by Bell.   When looking for replacement Bell Mobility cell phone (new, used, or refurbished) it is vital to know that the phone you are considering is indeed a Bell phone.

Here are the top 4 ways to identify a Bell cellular phone:

Follow these simple instructions and you can be sure that the cellular phone you are considering is really a Bell cellular phone and can be activated by Bell Mobility.

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