Cellphone for India

I have 2 cell phones that I use here in the USA. I want to know if they
would work in India since I will be travelling there for a short trip.

Motorola : T 8097
Verizon : LG VX4400

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<[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I have 2 cell phones that I use here in the USA. I want to know if they
> would work in India since I will be travelling there for a short trip.
>
> Motorola : T 8097
> Verizon : LG VX4400

I think the T8097 is TDMA, so you'd be out of luck with that. The Verizon
phone might be compatible with India's CDMA service, Reliant, but not sure.
Your best bet is to get an unlocked GSM phone that has both the 900 & 1800
MHz bands. Then get an Indian prepaid SIM that has national roaming.

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On 15 Nov 2005, at 21:10:06 [GMT -0800] (16:10:06 Wednesday, 16 November
2005 where I live) "[email protected]" wrote:

> Will Nokia 3595 work in India (GSM 800 / GSM 1900) ?

No. You need 900/1800, plus a roaming agreement.

No luck on the Verizon phone, I took mine to a Reliance (not Reliant)
store and they said only Reliance phones would work with their service.
Although, you would think that CDMA technology would allow a software
change of some sort to allow to switch providers. On that note, I read
a few months ago that Nokia asked Reliance to switch to WCDMA (a
variant of GSM and *not* associated with the CDMA standard), because
the CDMA standard was approaching the end of its evolutionary life.

On 20 Nov 2005, at 19:53:12 [GMT -0800] (14:53:12 Monday, 21 November 2005
where I live) "[email protected]" wrote:

> No luck on the Verizon phone, I took mine to a Reliance (not Reliant)
> store and they said only Reliance phones would work with their service.

CDMA on the whole, with only a few rare exceptions, does not allow roaming
overseas.

<[email protected]> wrote:

: No luck on the Verizon phone, I took mine to a Reliance (not Reliant)
: store and they said only Reliance phones would work with their service.
: Although, you would think that CDMA technology would allow a software
: change of some sort to allow to switch providers...

It would be convenient if one phone worked everywhere and it happened
seamlessly. As soon as I have to struggle with it, the charm is gone.

I decided long ago that it was best for me to have one phone for the
USA, another one for Europe and India, and none in Japan. :-)

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, at 16:08:03 [GMT GMT] (03:08:03 Tuesday, 22 November
2005 where I live) "Newbie" wrote:

> I decided long ago that it was best for me to have one phone for the
> USA, another one for Europe and India, and none in Japan. :-)

Why not get a tri or quad band GSM, change your USA carrier to a GSM
provider, enable global roaming, and then you only need one phone (except
for Japan & Korea).

Dogfart wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, at 16:08:03 [GMT GMT] (03:08:03 Tuesday, 22 November
> 2005 where I live) "Newbie" wrote:
>
>
>>I decided long ago that it was best for me to have one phone for the
>>USA, another one for Europe and India, and none in Japan. :-)
>
>
> Why not get a tri or quad band GSM, change your USA carrier to a GSM
> provider, enable global roaming, and then you only need one phone (except
> for Japan & Korea).

That would work except out in the boonies. Then you need a phone with
AMPS. Even in California, I often travel to areas that aren't terribly
far from urban areas, where AMPS is the only service.

On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, at 14:32:40 [GMT -0800] (09:32:40 Tuesday, 22 November
2005 where I live) "SMS" wrote:

> That would work except out in the boonies. Then you need a phone with
> AMPS. Even in California, I often travel to areas that aren't terribly
> far from urban areas, where AMPS is the only service.

Isn't AMPS being generally dumped now?

BTW Google for a Nokia N80, may even work in Japan?

Dogfart wrote:
> On Mon, 21 Nov 2005, at 14:32:40 [GMT -0800] (09:32:40 Tuesday, 22 November
> 2005 where I live) "SMS" wrote:
>
>
>>That would work except out in the boonies. Then you need a phone with
>>AMPS. Even in California, I often travel to areas that aren't terribly
>>far from urban areas, where AMPS is the only service.
>
>
> Isn't AMPS being generally dumped now?

In 2008 carriers will be _permitted_ to turn off AMPS. However in areas
with no other service, AMPS will remain. It's waste of bandwidth to keep
AMPS running in urban areas, but in rural areas, AMPS is very efficient
because it covers far more area per tower than any other technology.

Most highway call boxes are still AMPS, but they are being converted to
digital.