Chinese mobile phone in Australia

Thank you guys.

I have an Oz sim here with Telstra and works though it is not the same
as being in Oz using GSM global roaming occasionally. Shame about the
international SMSing over here!

I'll sit on it for now watching this thread and consider buying a phone
here.

thanks.



John Henderson wrote:
> asiafreak wrote:
>
> > I'm looking to buy a new mobile phone in China (not HK) simply
> > due to my Nokia 6310 is dying and they're cheaper here though
> > I am weary the new phone may not work in Australia.
> >
> > The phone(s) I am looking at, GSM 1800/1900 but my main
> > concerns are it will be network locked, unable to use data or
> > if I forget a security feature code I'll have to send back to
> > China, for example.
> >
> > Anyone problems with buying a phone that is GSM compatable and
> > using it in Australia? What should I be aware of before buying
> > and using in Oz with an Oz simcard?
>
> Make sure it does 900 MHz, or you'll have very poor coverage
> indeed in Aus (mainly restricted to parts of larger cities
> only). This is especially the case with Telstra, where the
> 1800 cells usually can't be used unless there's a handover from
> 900.
>
> We have no 1900 MHz cells.
>
> John

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It won't be a problem, China uses the same GSM bands as us (900/1800)

asiafreak wrote:
> Thank you guys.
>
> I have an Oz sim here with Telstra and works though it is not the same
> as being in Oz using GSM global roaming occasionally. Shame about the
> international SMSing over here!
>
> I'll sit on it for now watching this thread and consider buying a phone
> here.
>
> thanks.
>
>
>
> John Henderson wrote:
> > asiafreak wrote:
> >
> > > I'm looking to buy a new mobile phone in China (not HK) simply
> > > due to my Nokia 6310 is dying and they're cheaper here though
> > > I am weary the new phone may not work in Australia.
> > >
> > > The phone(s) I am looking at, GSM 1800/1900 but my main
> > > concerns are it will be network locked, unable to use data or
> > > if I forget a security feature code I'll have to send back to
> > > China, for example.
> > >
> > > Anyone problems with buying a phone that is GSM compatable and
> > > using it in Australia? What should I be aware of before buying
> > > and using in Oz with an Oz simcard?
> >
> > Make sure it does 900 MHz, or you'll have very poor coverage
> > indeed in Aus (mainly restricted to parts of larger cities
> > only). This is especially the case with Telstra, where the
> > 1800 cells usually can't be used unless there's a handover from
> > 900.
> >
> > We have no 1900 MHz cells.
> >
> > John

[email protected] wrote:

> It won't be a problem, China uses the same GSM bands as us
> (900/1800)

The OP mentioned 1800/1900. This could be a phone aimed at the
foreign (read US) markets.

John