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    When buying phones from the US what do I need to watch out for to be sure they will work on our networks?



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    Check what bands they work with compared to ours, look on ebay at the band listings on the china phones. I thing we are the only country to run nextg network.
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    Yeah the US networks are on a different frequency. Although dunno what their 3G is now (HSDPA?) ANYWAY buy a quadband phone, or better yet buy a phone from somewhere in Asia, it should be a lot cheaper.

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    US also has(had?) a lot of CDMA. No good for us.
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    buyer beware, they are some people on ebay and even on this site selling phones that are from the "US"

    pretty sure they are imported from china though

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    I hear the new iphone 3g in the USA for about $300...would this work here? if unlocked

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