So I'm with T-mobile and they are QuadBand 850/900/1800/1900MHz. Will T-mobile work with a phone that has DualBand, 900/1800MHz? I was told by the seller that it will NOT work. Do I have to buy a "QuadBand" Phone or the 900/1900MHz phone will work? Thanks in advance.
US GSM frequencies are 1900 mhz and 850 mhz... 900/1800 mhz are used in Europe and pretty much the rest of the world. Quadband would be the way to go if you are travelling international, but not necessary here. Hope that helps!
Marc already pointed most of it out. T-Mobile uses 1900MHz, primarily, while it has roaming agreements for 850MHz. So, no, that phone will not work with T-Mobile.
Sounds like a ploy to get you to buy one of those phones, instead of just using one that you have, or using one that is cheaper. Cell phone salespeople like to do this, when they think they got a sale. As long as it's the same TYPE of phone it will work. SO You got a GSM phone? It will work on GSM networks. Period. You may have to unlock it first to use on tmobile, but otherwise ... if your phone does 900 or whatever, you're fine on tmobile's network. I have used tmobile for years, pre-pay. Same SIM for the last 5 years, just buying new phones when I want a new one, and never had a problem (except when I go in and tell the dude "I just want a phone to put my card in" and he's like "you sure about that?" OH YEAH please sell me a plan and rip me off, since Tmobile has ****ty signals here in the US -- you want to go to other states and get coverage outside of cities, or even up to Orr for Ice races with Tmobile? Fat chance. Lord, I hate them) Also, since I do phones for a living now, here's a nice site that will help choose one http://www.phonescoop.com/
So, how do you really feal??? Where do you "do phones for a living"? (what do you do?) And to clarify, believe me it DOES matter what type of phone you have! If it's a Motorola Q, I would assume it is quad band, however, if it is some Euro phone or Korean phone then there is a definite chance that the phone could be only 900/1800 mhz which would NOT work in the states. T-Mobile primarily uses 1900 mhz as stated above, but roaming agreements on 850 mhz exists and also some additional 3G frequencies, but that will just open a whole other can of worms! Good luck on your search ej20!
Did you read the original post?! "Will T-mobile work with a phone that has DualBand, 900/1800MHz?" Um, no, THAT phone will not work on a network that only uses 850/1900. A quad band phone will work because it has both US and European/Asian frequencies. My last 2 phones were from Asia (I travel there and up until recently, they always had better phones) so I had to verify that they were quad band....
