Do Americans use Nokia cellfones or not?

Question

My classmate was leaving Kuwait for USA. When she said that she can't use a Nokia cellfone. Is that true that you can't use one? Only cellfones like Verizon Wireless, AT&Tell, etc.?

Forget the Verizon Wireless, & AT&Tell.. I meant Motorola, Samsung, SonyEricsson

Answer 1

We have lots of Nokia cell phones in America. They are used with various different carriers. If your friend doesn't have one of the carriers we have here, she can get her phone unlocked but she will still have to get service and a SIM Chip from Cingular, Verizon, Sprint, etc. - whichever service she chooses to sign up with. I have a really cool Nokia phone with a keyboard, and I love it!

Answer 2

I have used a Nokia in the USA. The problem is coverage, a lot of the states have 1900 systems so the phone needs to have that facility although you will find some 1800 and the odd 900 system.... The best bet these days is to use a triband phone, no matter who makes it

Answer 3

There are different standards for cellphones in different parts of the world. As far as I know, Nokia supplies cellphones for all of these standards, and a number of Nokia phones can support many of them. Two of the common standards are GSM900 and GSM1800, both widely used throughout Europe and the middle east (ie Kuwait). In the US, one of the standards used is GSM1900. For a Nokia handset to work in both Kuwait and the US it would need to be "tri-band". My Nokia handset (6320i) is in fact tri-band, and works in the US. Your classmate's of course, may not, but she could buy a different Nokia phone which would work in the US.

Answer 4

It doesn't matter which manufacturer the phone has. The phone has to be compatible with the band width of the country and service provider's SIM card.
Sometimes this is to protect a monopoly whereby you have to buy a phone as part of the start up package. So much for free trade!

Answer 5

Why not? my sister and brother in law, even my aunts and uncle in the US uses Nokia because they're of high quality. maybe your friend's cp is into a plan... and none can be found in the US, cause they use those wireless stuffs you have mentioned. My aunt even got her cellphone, changed her sim when she travelled to another country, hers was a Cingular Wireless sim... c",)

Answer 6

Hahaha, I liked your answers, hahaha.
She can't use her Nokia CP in the U.S. maybe because there are features u have to adjust in your cellphones before you leave for abroad, and or come back to your country of origin. To name 2, the " Roaming" which let's u select if you prefer to text messages, or receive texts, or just, no texting, but, thru calling. another is, u can't use your SIM in other countries.

Answer 7

oh my God,that is the wierdest bthing i have ever heard! no offense though but that aint true i have a nokia phone,my brothers have a nokia phones,so do most of my friends,the onlly ones in my family that dont have nokia phones r my mom nd my older sis.
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Answer 8

Not true. I have a Nokia phone and use T-mobile service in the US.

Answer 9

I have a motorola now.. but befor that I used a nokia..

Answer 10

offcourse theres nokia phones in the U.S.A jeesh. and aT&t arent cell phones, they are phone companies, your friend must be confused. her network probably doesnt work in the u.s.a but her phone does.