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LTE frequencies in the Uk

dv108 said:
I'm thinking of buying a phone from Hong Kong. It's a htc one m8. My concern is with the 4g frequencies used here in the Uk. What it says about the 4g network is: LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700,2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700). Does anyone know if it will work in the UK?

Here's a link to the phone: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/5-Inch-Ne...mera-Silver-/171872914767?hash=item28046c8d4f

Thanks folks
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"We are a big manufacturer in China" ....OK!

Are you sure that's a real HTC One M8? Ebay, shipping from Hong Kong.
 
Put it this way, I wouldn't buy an iPhone or a Samsung this way, i.e cheap from China on Ebay. Even if it is real, EM mentioned a M8x version, there's also a M8t version as well, which is only really any good if your carrier is China Mobile. 2G only service in the UK and completely useless for Three. And we've had posts on here of people buying phones from China, and finding problems like that with them.
 
You can however see from the links that Early posted that it only has one of the bands used in the UK, and that only by one of the networks. So if you are with Vodafone, O2 or 3, or a virtual operator using one of those networks, you will not get LTE coverage, while if you are with EE you will get a reduced LTE service.

That's the best case, assuming everything is legitimate.
 
That's what I needed to know, thanks Hadron. I'm using EE at the moment so I'd be ok, but it does limit things quite a bit
 
EarlyMon said:
The only M8 I could see with those LTE bands is the AT&T version fwiw.

http://www.phonearena.com/phones/HTC-One-M8_id8242/fullspecs
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The same Chinese "angel market" Ebay vendor is also listing exactly the same HTC on the Ebay US site as well. What they've actually got and might send you, may not even be a US, AT&T version either.

And FWIW there's a M8d version as well, exclusively for China Telecom CDMA/EVDO, good luck with that one in the UK or US.
 
They say it's a European version of the phone, not sure which part of Europe they mean. My previous phone was htc one E8, it had bands 1, 3 , 7 and 8. So it would have worked on 3 and 7, this one is reduced to only band 7. I guess that's the issue
 
If it is a European version of the phone then the advert is wrong. 3, 7 and 20 are the commonest European LTE bands, and the phone in the advert only has one of those. Bands 2, 4, 5 and 17 are not used anywhere in Europe. So there is no way that a phone with bands 2, 4, 5, 7 and 17 is a European model.
 
dv108 said:
They say it's a European version of the phone, not sure which part of Europe they mean. My previous phone was htc one E8, it had bands 1, 3 , 7 and 8. So it would have worked on 3 and 7, this one is reduced to only band 7. I guess that's the issue
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I'm thinking, where does one get European or North American versions of new HTC, Samsung, LG and Sony flagship phones from in China, at a price low enough to be able to sell them cheaply through Ebay and still be able to make a profit. There's lot's of PRC versions of those phones here, and a lot of counterfeits as well, especially Samsung flagship devices.




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To dig up a classic Android Forums, China phone thread....
androidforums.com/threads/china-can-my-phone-be-reformatted.910429/
It was about an HTC One M8 bought from China.
 

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dv108 said:
I'm using EE at the moment so I'd be ok
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Maybe aye, maybe nae. ;)

Band 7 (2600MHz) is currently used for capacity in-fill in built-up urban locations, and to provide 4G+ service in double-speed enabled areas. EE's core backbone is still dependant on the 1800MHz (Band 3) spectrum, so without support for that your service may well prove sub-optimal.
 
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