Hey,
First of all thanks for having me in the forum! I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the right place but I'm looking for any help or ideas here(this was the top forum listed but if this should be in another I can repost it).
I'm in the US but will leave for England soon. After about 9 months there I'll be off to some African countries, bouncing around for the next few years in Africa, maybe the middle east, and visiting the US occasionally.
I want to get a phone that can travel with me but have no idea about the different SIMs/networks in different countries. If anyone could lead me to some good info or has ideas about phones I'd appreciate the help!
I had a phone for the last two years in Thailand, a simple Sony/Ercsn that could swap SIMs easily, but when I traveled to Nicaragua recently and put in a SIM there it didn't work. This is why I wonder about buying a phone and just switching SIMs in different countries- it didn't work the last time that I tried it.
Before that my phone from Japan wouldn't work anywhere else either.
I saw a phone on CNET called the Duet which can carry 2 SIMs at once. It got me thinking that I could take a good phone abroad, but then I began to wonder about the logistics.
Finally, service. Seeing as I won't be in the US very much, maybe only visiting yearly for xmas, I wonder about keeping my Verizon service here. I probably don't need it and if I kept it would pay crazy roaming charges in different countries just for getting texts or receiving calls. Would there be a way to switch my Veriz number to a pre paid US SIM or something like that?
I was thinking that a GOOGLE number would be a good way to get people to leave voicemails without having to pay to call me in Timbuktu.
Again thanks for pointing out good resources for me to further investigate, or giving me any ideas!
Emmett
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elmo01 Posts: 2341
Phone Model: Samsung SPH-M510
Service Provider: Bell Canada
Tue Aug 18, 2009 6:42 am
what it boils down to is the capabilities of the phone.USA and Canada are 850/1900 MHZ most other countries are 900/1800 MHZ. Japan and S Korea are 2100 MHZ. check your specs on the phone. check the network frequency at gsm world
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