02-15-2008, 01:43 PM
People buy phones from overseas because there are many models that are not available here, and they think it's cool...
There is no such thing as US quad-band. Quad-band refers to a phone's capability to operate on all available frequencies (US - 800MHz, 1.9GHz, Most of rest of world - 900MHz, 1.8GHz). There are also a bunch of tri-band phones around.
For the greatest compatibility, get a quad-band. This all refers to GSM, by the way. In countries with CDMA, they all use US frequency mapping (800MHz only, or 800MHz/1.9GHz).
As long as the GSM phone is unlocked (not the SIM, the phone), you can put in any SIM and use it.
Cary
There is no such thing as US quad-band. Quad-band refers to a phone's capability to operate on all available frequencies (US - 800MHz, 1.9GHz, Most of rest of world - 900MHz, 1.8GHz). There are also a bunch of tri-band phones around.
For the greatest compatibility, get a quad-band. This all refers to GSM, by the way. In countries with CDMA, they all use US frequency mapping (800MHz only, or 800MHz/1.9GHz).
As long as the GSM phone is unlocked (not the SIM, the phone), you can put in any SIM and use it.
Cary