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Question about SIMs and 3G

  • 27-09-2008 6:22pm
    #1
    who is this
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    At the moment I have a Nokia 6300 on Meteor. Naturally I have a SIM (not a USIM) but I was thinking of buying a 3G phone. The issue is that the phone I want to get isn't available on Meteor (and I'm very happy with Meteor).

    So I was wondering, if I got it off eBay (for example) would I need to get a USIM for the phone to be able to connect to the UMTS network?


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  • #2
    Rsaeire
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    who is this wrote: »
    At the moment I have a Nokia 6300 on Meteor. Naturally I have a SIM (not a USIM) but I was thinking of buying a 3G phone. The issue is that the phone I want to get isn't available on Meteor (and I'm very happy with Meteor).

    So I was wondering, if I got it off eBay (for example) would I need to get a USIM for the phone to be able to connect to the UMTS network?

    No you won't. The requirement for a USIM is generally network dependent and not handset dependent.

    What handset were you looking at getting?


  • #3
    who is this
    Registered Users Posts: 500 ✭✭✭who is this


    Cool thanks. I normally would just test a phone for questions like this but everyone who has a 3G phone who I know is Vodafone (and locked).

    The phones I'm looking at are Nokia 5610 and 5320.


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