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Would a Sim free phone from IE work in US?

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  • 06-06-2013 10:31pm
    #1
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭


    I have seen a phone in a junk mail catalogue from H&rvey N*orman- 16 quid. It's sim free cheapo phone. Will it work in the US? Looking for something that will, was thinking of getting 2 and then some cheap/free sim cards over there.

    Thanks

    http://www.harveynorman.ie/alcatel-228-sim-free-mobile-phone.html This is the one. Its GSM dual band


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    Nope. Try to get a quad-band GSM phone, at least.

    Also, there's a handy tool on GSMArena that tells you what frequencies are used in different countries

    http://www.gsmarena.com/network-bands.php3?sCountry=UNITED+STATES


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    #3
    tea and coffee
    Registered Users Posts: 1,835 ✭✭✭tea and coffee


    Hmm, maybe I will buy a cheapo in Walmart or something. What about the SAmsung Galaxy range on any Irish network provider...will they work in the US? Thanks


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    GreenWolfe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,731 ✭✭✭GreenWolfe


    You'd probably have to look up each Galaxy model with the tool on GSMArena, there are an awful lot of them. As far as I know, they're all quadband GSM so basic calling and texting shouldn't be a problem.

    Another thing to factor in is that any phone you get from one of the networks here will be locked, so you may want to buy sim-free. (amazon.co.uk, expansys.ie etc)

    Don't forget that depending on where you go, you may not even end up on a GSM network.


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