Can Asian fones be used stateside ?

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x1xmuffinmanx1x

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Hi:

I'm looking at some fones from Anycall and Softbank and I was wondering
what if any impediments exist against using them in the US. I live in NYC
and I can't get over how gorgeous are, not only, the fone shells but the
user interfaces as well.
 
Depends on the phone. Anycall is the same as Samsung and as long as it's an unlocked GSM phone supporting AT LEAST the 1900mhz band, it'll work
 
anycall, ull have to go verizon, softbank itll be tmobile or cingular, yes there are phones work here, i got a sharp 703shf from vodafone japan if ya want
 
thank you so much.

so as far as i understand, the phone meerly needs to equipped to handle
the 1900mhz frequency band and it can be used in the states. i feared that
there some other physical restrictions in place that prevented these fones
from working here.

i'm looking for a quad band fone, unlocked ofcourse, with possible wifi capability.

I LOVE ANYCALL. SO . . . . how do i purchase one ?

any sites in the US that sell these fones ?
 
Anycall is a samsung, which I have hated because of crappy performance.
Softbank is a mobile SERVICE PROVIDER. Softbank is the former VOdafone Japan.

If you're using it in N America, 850 and 1900 are sufficient.
 
This is sweet information to know. I just got to Okinawa and I'll be here for about 3 years. How does someone go about getting a Nokia 705NK unlocked so it can be used in Texas?
 
Arent most phones made in Asia anyway ? Hehehehe..
But yes, pretty much any GSM phone with 850/1900 GSM frequencies will work on Cingular are T-Mobile..even though T-Mobile only needs a 1900 band.
 
Verizon will not allow a non-Verizon branded phone on their network The same is true with Sprint.

Cingular and T-Mobile don't care as long as it is an unlocked GSM phone. Quad bands are best.
 
A related question (and hope the original poster doesn't mind)...

Are all areas where US GSM providers have GSM 850 service also equipped with GSM 1900 service? If there are some GSM 850 only areas, that would be incentive to get a quad band phone if one is buying a foreign market phone.

Here in Canada, Rogers is the only GSM provider and all of its actual towers have both GSM 850 and 1900 (some of the picocells and microcells are GSM 1900 only, but I'm not aware of any phones that have GSM 850 and not 1900 anyway).
 
Quad Band phones are the best if you plan on travelling to Europe But here in the states you only need 850/1900 bands for GSM.
Cingular also has 850/1900 UMTS/HSDPA [WCDMA] bands for 3-3.5G
T-Mobile will soon have 1700 UMTS/HSDPA bands for 3-3.5G
 
Well, go figure, that would explain a lot then because my triband with no
850Mhz is getting better reception then my quad band GSM. I guess the
V3 has problems switching up to 1900Mhz while the V6 is always in 1900Mhz.
Then again, maybe the V6 has a better radio.
 
Any luck with getting the Nokia N73 (SoftBank 705NK) unlocked.

I'm in the same boat that I need it to work in GSM areas with my
Rogers SIM card when I'm in Canada.
 
Must be because I can use the V6 in underground parking lots where my
my V3 with 850Mhz was dropping calls and the 1900Mhz only V6 is cystal
clear. 850Mhz is suppose to be way better at punching through into
buildings but I guess the 1900Mhz coverage is way better in those areas
and the V3 just isn't handing off to a 1900Mhz signal when the 850Mhz
signal gets weak.
 
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