Motorola v1075 in USA

maryc84 · **Motorola v1075 in USA -** 18-01-2007, 23:08

Hi
My sister is going to live near Seattle.
She has an italian mobile-phone: Motorola V1075, which is triband and edge (and Umts, but I think it's not important).
Can she use this mobile-phone there? Can she use it with every American carrier? If not, which operators?

Effendi · 19-01-2007, 09:50

Surely she can use T-Mobile (and MVNOs using T-Mobile network, i.e. Túyo Mobile only, by now) since it uses GSM 1900 only (even if maybe they are implementing GSM 850 as well now...), but probably an 850/1900 handset would offer better coverage and many more offers with Cingular and its many MVNOs...

So, the V1075 works in GSM (no UMTS), but she won't have the best coverage.

maryc84 · 19-01-2007, 11:31

ok thank you!
I think that she wants to use an italian mobile-phone only in the first period there... then she will use an American mobile-phone...

Effendi · 19-01-2007, 11:35

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Originally Posted by maryc84

I think that she wants to use an italian mobile-phone only in the first period there... then she will use an American mobile-phone...

Maybe she can take a look on eBay for a cheap dual band (850/1900) phone or buy one with a prepaid card (mostly MVNOs offer only phone-kits).

Bossman · 19-01-2007, 12:39

Tmobile is primarily a 1900 ONLY carrier with roaming on the 850 band in some remote areas. So, I would say she is okay. Actually, most of the people that I know on tmobile have only the 1900 band. They use the 900/1800/1900 phone, which was all tmobike used to carry until recently. I have a tmobile payg sim in an eurasian nokia 3120 without any problems at all.areas.

maryc84 · 19-01-2007, 13:55

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Originally Posted by Effendi

Maybe she can take a look on eBay for a cheap dual band (850/1900) phone or buy one with a prepaid card (mostly MVNOs offer only phone-kits).

ehe.. yes but in the first period she doesn't want to use an American mobile-phone but an Italian one.. I think it's only a "psychological problem": she wants her own italian things in a foreign country...

maryc84 · 19-01-2007, 13:57

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Originally Posted by Bossman

Tmobile is primarily a 1900 ONLY carrier with roaming on the 850 band in some remote areas. So, I would say she is okay. Actually, most of the people that I know on tmobile have only the 1900 band. They use the 900/1800/1900 phone, which was all tmobike used to carry until recently. I have a tmobile payg sim in an eurasian nokia 3120 without any problems at all.areas.

Thank you! And (in general), is Tmobile a good and convenient carrier?

Effendi · 19-01-2007, 14:23

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Originally Posted by maryc84

ehe.. yes but in the first period she doesn't want to use an American mobile-phone but an Italian one.. I think it's only a "psychological problem": she wants her own italian things in a foreign country...

So don't tell her that Motorola is American!

Anyway you can find T-Mobile's tariffs here on PrepaidGSM, just click on "National Operators" up above on the menu, and then choose America, USA.

andy · 19-01-2007, 15:31

Will the phone need to be unlocked, or do I remember reading that Italian phones are not locked?

Effendi · 19-01-2007, 15:58

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Originally Posted by andy

Will the phone need to be unlocked, or do I remember reading that Italian phones are not locked?

V1075 is a Vodafone IT phone, so it's not locked. Only "3" locks the phones (much less now...)

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maryc84 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 6 Join Date: 07 Jan 2007 Country:	Motorola v1075 in USA - 18-01-2007, 23:08 Hi My sister is going to live near Seattle. She has an italian mobile-phone: Motorola V1075, which is triband and edge (and Umts, but I think it's not important). Can she use this mobile-phone there? Can she use it with every American carrier? If not, which operators?

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Effendi (Offline) The great Dictator! Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,487 Join Date: 13 Jan 2004 Location: Trieste/Trst Country:	19-01-2007, 09:50 Surely she can use T-Mobile (and MVNOs using T-Mobile network, i.e. Túyo Mobile only, by now) since it uses GSM 1900 only (even if maybe they are implementing GSM 850 as well now...), but probably an 850/1900 handset would offer better coverage and many more offers with Cingular and its many MVNOs... So, the V1075 works in GSM (no UMTS), but she won't have the best coverage. Working Prepaids: IT: Wind, Vodafone IT, UNO Mobile; SM: Prima; UK: 3, Virgin; INT: TravelSIM, Truphone. Deceased Prepaids: CZ: Oskar, Eurotel; SK: Orange; DE: E-Plus, Aldi, Simyo; GE: Geocell; AM: Armentel; PL: Heyah, Plus; LT: Tele2; LV: Amigo; EE: Elisa; UA: Kyivstar; NZ: Vodafone; INT: UM, UM+, ICQSim. GSM/3G Phones: Nokia Lumia 630 dual sim

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maryc84 (Offline) Junior Member Newbie Posts: 6 Join Date: 07 Jan 2007 Country:	19-01-2007, 11:31 ok thank you! I think that she wants to use an italian mobile-phone only in the first period there... then she will use an American mobile-phone...

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Bossman (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Professionist Posts: 1,257 Join Date: 22 Apr 2005 Location: Chicago Country:	19-01-2007, 12:39 Tmobile is primarily a 1900 ONLY carrier with roaming on the 850 band in some remote areas. So, I would say she is okay. Actually, most of the people that I know on tmobile have only the 1900 band. They use the 900/1800/1900 phone, which was all tmobike used to carry until recently. I have a tmobile payg sim in an eurasian nokia 3120 without any problems at all.areas. Phones: Xiaomi Mi Mix 2, Samsung Galaxy A50, ASUS zenfone 3, Sim cards: AT&T (Contract), 3 UK, Piranha Mobile

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andy (Offline) Senior Member Prepaid Prophet Posts: 2,128 Join Date: 10 Dec 2004 Country:	19-01-2007, 15:31 Will the phone need to be unlocked, or do I remember reading that Italian phones are not locked?