International Cell Phone Question (11)

1 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-04-08 02:58 ID:CBwLWghr

I'm just wondering. Most of the phones I see in the US aren't that attractive to me but the ones in Hong Kong seem pretty good. Is it possible for me to buy a cellphone in Hong Kong and then get a plan in the United States? Say...a phone plan from Verizon?

2 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-04-08 16:11 ID:Heaven

why don't you ask verizon?

3 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2006-04-10 02:55 ID:IjQyoDeZ

depends on the phone. I've got phones from HK and they work great here. make sure it's a tri (or even better 4) band phone and that it uses a sim card. and also your service provider has to use sim cards too. then you just sign up with a plan in the US, take the sim card out of the US phone and put it in the HK phone.

here's what you have to make sure:

1) the HK phone uses a sim card
2) it's at least 3 band if not more (if it's not, it won't work with the frequencies outside of HK)
3) the company in the US uses sim cards
4) the HK phone isn't locked (if you just buy the phone, chances are it's not. the only time it'd be locked is if you sign up for a contract with some company in the HK but you wouldn't do that I don't think so it should be good). doesn't hurt to double check though.

4 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-05-03 16:53 ID:QMV5hMVK

I'm looking for a new mobile in London. Is there any pay-as-you-go phone which I can connect to the internet from my laptop using bluetooth? I got a few catalogs from each O2, Orange, T-Mobile shops, but none of them has mentiond about it.

And, What's happen if I stoped the service within 12-months after I make 12-months contract to phone company? Do I have to pay the penalty fee? I'm going back to Japan after this summer. But I want the Windows Mobile phone if possible..

5 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-05-09 19:34 ID:fww4L8gh

All phones use sim cards. SOmetimes you just can't access it. (A very USA thing. Not seen anywhere else.)

6 Name: 日本君 : 2007-05-09 23:01 ID:ofJM2Sl2

>>1
No you can't fucking gaijin. Stick to your fucking cellphones that's 2 years older in technology than japanese keitais. Japanese cellphones FTW.

7 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-05-13 19:16 ID:fkX/OlFi

>>6
No.
I bought one in Japan, now it doesn't work in Germany.

8 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-05-20 08:00 ID:j4fMiP5/

You just have to make sure you buy cellphone that will support the standard your target operator have.

For example, almost all European operator is of GSM standard. So if you buy GSM-supporting phone anywhere (of so-called Quad type), it should work with any GSM operator in the world.

In US there are two competing different standards - GSM and CDMA, so you'll have to choose.

Japan uses distinct own standard (i think its FOMA), so thats why buing cellphone in Japan for the rest of the world would require some extra caution.

9 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-05-25 04:55 ID:m1eUfYAq

>>5
A lot of CDMA phones don't use them. The first three phones I owned didn't have them. Then I switched to GSM and the first GSM phone I owned did use a SIM.

10 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-05-25 21:13 ID:Heaven

>>9 the all do fucker. Even if you don't see them. get used to a screwdriver.

11 Name: 4n0n4ym0u5 h4xx0r : 2007-06-06 04:43 ID:RazMc6uz

>>10
Nope, isn't one in there. (Handy having dead CDMA phones around actually...)

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