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| Thread ID: 67635 | 2006-04-02 02:21:00 | Using a US cellphone in NZ | Andrew B (867) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 442988 | 2006-04-02 02:21:00 | My brother is coming to NZ for a week and wants to know if his cellphone will work here if he uses a NZ Vodaphone sim card. He says his phone is a triband 850,1800,1900. | Andrew B (867) | ||
| 442989 | 2006-04-02 02:29:00 | I would ring Vodaphone / whoever here, to find out. You may get an answer, faster. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 442990 | 2006-04-02 02:31:00 | No, as far as I know. NZ uses GSM 900, the 850 variant is peculiar to South America and some areas in the US. A more detailed list is here: allworldcellphones.com |
godfather (25) | ||
| 442991 | 2006-04-02 03:25:00 | OK, thanks for your replies, I will email him a link to this thread. | Andrew B (867) | ||
| 442992 | 2006-04-02 03:57:00 | Vodafone Suppports GSm 900 and 1800 | Ninjabear (2948) | ||
| 442993 | 2006-04-02 09:39:00 | Andrew, Yes, your brother's phone will work just fine here in NZ. My wife and I bought 2 Sonny Ericsson phones in Seattle a couple of years ago when we were over there for a one month holiday. Upon returning to NZ, we went into the local Vodafone store in Johnsonville, paid a few dollars, got new Sim cards and were promptly subscribed to the NZ network, all within the space of a few hours :) |
Zippity (58) | ||
| 442994 | 2006-04-02 10:56:00 | Andrew, Yes, your brother's phone will work just fine here in NZ. My wife and I bought 2 Sonny Ericsson phones in Seattle a couple of years ago when we were over there for a one month holiday. Upon returning to NZ, we went into the local Vodafone store in Johnsonville, paid a few dollars, got new Sim cards and were promptly subscribed to the NZ network, all within the space of a few hours :) Zippity, please take care with such statements. Perhaps this quote explains it GSM cell phones use frequencies within four different frequency bands : 850 MHz (824.2 - 848.8 MHz Tx; 869.2 - 893.8 MHz Rx) 900 MHz (880-2 - 914.8 MHz Tx; 925.2 - 959.8 MHz Rx) 1800 MHz (1710.2 - 1784.8 MHz Tx; 1805.2 - 1879.8 MHz Rx) 1900 MHz (1850.2 - 1909.8 MHz Tx; 1930.2 - 1989.8 MHz Rx) Although 850 and 900, and 1800 and 1900 are very close together, a phone that works in one frequency band unfortunately can not also work in the frequency band next to it unless added as a specific extra frequency band. If the phone was dual/tri/quad band that also included the 900 MHz band it would work. Yours plainly were, but Andrew has only mentioned 850 MHz, which will NOT work in NZ. Not all phones are multi-band. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 442995 | 2006-04-02 11:06:00 | but Andrew has only mentioned 850 MHz, which will NOT work in NZ. Not all phones are multi-bandOops... his phone is a triband 850,1800,1900 |
Greg (193) | ||
| 442996 | 2006-04-02 21:16:00 | Oops... But it needs to be a quad band, 850/900/1800/1900. Not all phones are multi (quad) band, this one appears not being the more common tri-band, my opinion therefore remains, it will not work here despite the advice of Zippity. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 442997 | 2006-04-03 01:13:00 | It does not need to be quad band at all. Please check your facts, or would you rather check my phone which I have been using here for the last 2 years? |
Zippity (58) | ||
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