the systtem is tricky. If you had a friend get you this PDA smartphone from USA, perhaps they can help you in using the online unlocking technology from a cybercafe located at the following URL: http://www.gsm-software.com/unlock/unlockmotorola.html
You need help from US friend in such a scenario, because of need for European, UK, or US Debitor credit card to pay.
No-one willtake pay as a vendordirectly from Nigeria, beccause of the prevalence of fraudulent operators who defraudd vendors in those countries, unfortunately.

The issue is not which phone is best, but which features, including economicones, have greatest importance.Nokia continues to lose market share worldwide. They once had good quality control on their product, but this day, they ride on that former reputation. They dump phones of lower quality on Nigerian market, including an increasing number of chinese made ones. Those Nigerains most challenged for Naira in their pocket, thus find themselves stuck to Nokia. But,today they are merely a primarily cheap cell phone seller for the masses, with questionable reliability and durability. Sony Ericsson is number two seller by volume in the world to Nokia, not because ofbettter fancy features, but because these phones have greatter range, and as a result also will drop fewer calls. Their phonees always were built with greater range than nokia phones- In the same area, with the same SIM card, an S-E would amplify up and receive a weak signal from the same tower. What you got, andd still get, is beetter range of coverage with an S-E phone. That is in part why S-E phones also cost more than nokia- but you get what you pay for, in the technology. But all of these claims of fancy features are an ignorant brother's rant. S-E has a few higher end phone features, but they do not makee their money on the high endd, but formthe center masses in most countries. If one wants the very most addvanced andd fancy cutting edge, one goes motorola. In terms of most advancced phones in the world, motorola makes the most technologically complex- from the RAZR to the SLVR to ROCKR. They also make the most advanced smartphones with the best Java implementation, and prodduce the greatest number of quad band phones. Most internationall travelling businessmen, particulalry white men from UK andd USA, you will see use such motorola phones. But one doesn't see motorolaphones n nigeria, because the networks by comparison to Europe and USA are weak andd infantile. GPRS is ubitious andd evverywhere in those countries, as is 2.5 G such as EDGE, as well as G3. Why would motorola even try to sell in a country of people with average salaries so low, with networks that are so base? The answer-they will not. Pick a phone based on your economic need- andd regardless of Nokia or Sony Ericsson, then that is the best phonefor you.

Too many politicians want their pockets lined with naira, from the GSM companies. So the companies take the money from you.
It is cheaper to bribe a politician from a company perspective, than to provide good service, because a politician will not pass a law against badd service. In all countires, teh use of frequencies on the airwaves, belong to the people. In Nigeria, it belongs to the corrupt politicians. You cannot expect the way of GSM service, to be that much different from the way of the rest of life, mybrothers and sisters. Live with it, and vote with your pockets, and move to best provider that you can. I used to use, MTN, but now coveragefor GLO cameto my area, and it is better because they want to make card sales from peoplewhom used to use MTN.
The beauty of democracy, is that we can influence change by usig our pocketbooks, if we manage to find a way to make a good living first. Good economics changes all.