I'm in the Army and I've using a quadband RAZR that I bought here in Germany for almost a year. When I move back to the states will I still be able to use the phone in the States eventhough it's a prepaid phone which for right now you have to put Euros (European currency) on?
2006-10-25 00:16:14 · 5 answers · asked by Lou 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Cell Phones & Plans
the european cell phones are totally different...there bandwith is still another standard then here in the US....I got a 4 band world phone...I can use here and in Germany!
2006-10-25 00:39:54 · answer #1 · answered by Rosie 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes you can. There are a couple of GSM operators in the US including T-Mobile. The rest are CDMA and your phone won't work with these.
If you use your German SIM card, you will pay roaming rates and it will also be difficult to top-up. Buy/acquire a new prepaid SIM card when you get to the states
2006-10-25 01:12:23 · answer #2 · answered by amania_r 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quad band actually ability 4 (4) bands. A quad-band cellular telephone is used to designate a telephone which could function contained in here GSM frequency bands: 850 MHz (U.S.) 900 MHz (Europe/Asia (ex Japan and S. Korea)) 1800 MHz (Europe) 1900 MHz (U.S.) some companies communicate with this selection as "international telephone", because of the form of bands a quad-band telephone helps.
2016-12-08 20:53:11 · answer #3 · answered by bremmer 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course you can ... I (coming from Germany) use my RAZR when I visit the States all the time.
2006-10-28 02:51:09 · answer #4 · answered by pquaky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if you get t-mobile the rest of cell phones company's will not accept open cells :(
2006-10-25 00:26:49 · answer #5 · answered by jem 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋