Different carriers

[Chevyman1580]

I know some phones can be unlocked. I would love to stick with AT&T all the phones on eBay are little over my price range. Just wondering like if I buy a verzion phone can it be unlocked in the future to use it with AT&T. Thanks for ya time and help.

 

[lennydude]

No..............VZW is a CDMA phone and AT&T, Tmobile are GSM phones.
They operate on different frequencies.

BTW.............you can buy a AT&T phone and unlock it to work on Tmobile. They are both GSM phones. You just remove the lock AT&T puts on the phone.

 

[Rxpert83]

As lenny describes, it's different technology.

You could grab an unlocked tmobile one.

 

[Chevyman1580]

So I can go either t-mobile or AT&T ok thank youn for the help

 

[Rxpert83]

So I can go either t-mobile or AT&T ok thank youn for the help

I have always had CDMA devices, so double check with another source.


Calling ATT would be a great idea

 

[Chevyman1580]

Ya they said stick with AT&T so the hunt continues

 

[averagewonder]

if you get either a T-Mobile or att you could always go to straight talk and use either network or if you get an unlocked phone you can choose between The networks.

 

[Chevyman1580]

Very true. Still on the hunt. Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[Chevyman1580]

Think I got one on Craig'slist if he don't sell it by this evening

 

[Chevyman1580]

Once again they cancel out at the end

 

[funkylogik]

Dont think ill EVER understand US carriers lol.

Am i wrong or will the global s3 work on any carrier since its gsm same as nexus'

 

[jhawkkw]

Dont think ill EVER understand US carriers lol.

Am i wrong or will the global s3 work on any carrier since its gsm same as nexus'

It should allow for voice, text, and EDGE data on both AT&T and T-Mobile (and any MVNO running on those networks) and I believe it has compatibility with AT&T's 3g and HSPA+21. I'm not sure about T-Mobile's HSPA+42 though. It will not work at all on Verizon or Sprint's network because they are CDMA without any GSM compatibility on those networks. It's stupid, I know.

 

[Joshb101]

The international version will only get EDGE on T-Mobile except where the 1900 band has been refarmed which is actually quite a few areas now.