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I could not transfer data in Brazil with non of the Brazilian providers. From some countries (Germany, Spain,...) I could not be reached by phone. My home provider is Proximus (Belgium) who has a roaming agreement with most of the Brazilian providers. Who knows the explanation?
cdnbe99 said:
I could not transfer data in Brazil with non of the Brazilian providers. From some countries (Germany, Spain,...) I could not be reached by phone. My home provider is Proximus (Belgium) who has a roaming agreement with most of the Brazilian providers. Who knows the explanation?
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I personally tested my TP (I have Proximus also) in: Germany, Poland, The Netherlands, Denmark, France, Spain and Portugal. All worked fine, recieving and making calls had no issues. I even used 3G on those locations, no probs at all.
It does not surprise me that data connection did not work in Brazil.
If you browse the forums a bit, you will see that in North-America 3G is on a different frequency or band then in Europe. If I'm not mistaking: Its the same for Brazil. So basicly: no 3G in America using EU TP (yet).
Hi XDA Community!
I want to import a Nexus S from the States as soon as it is available there. As I am not totally sure if there can be problems using it in Austria, Europe, I would ask for your expertise.
I will buy the unbranded version without simlock from Best Buy.
Will GSM and UMTS work with the European frequencies?
Is the German language natively supported? I mean all the automatic word completing of the screen keyboard.
I do not care about the power plug, as I can recharge it using USB.
As for the HTC Hero there were two versions, one for Europe one for the States, I am afraid that I can run into problems with the Nexus S.
Thanks for your help,
Burt
burtner22 said:
Hi XDA Community!
I want to import a Nexus S from the States as soon as it is available there. As I am not totally sure if there can be problems using it in Austria, Europe, I would ask for your expertise.
I will buy the unbranded version without simlock from Best Buy.
Will GSM and UMTS work with the European frequencies?
Is the German language natively supported? I mean all the automatic word completing of the screen keyboard.
I do not care about the power plug, as I can recharge it using USB.
As for the HTC Hero there were two versions, one for Europe one for the States, I am afraid that I can run into problems with the Nexus S.
Thanks for your help,
Burt
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I would also like to know about the frequencies as I will be studying abroad in Salzburg next semester and hope to bring this with me. I would assume you could look at what frequencies your carrier operates at in Austria and compare those to what the NS supports, but someone more knowledgeable on this should probably chime in.
I know German is natively supported with dictionary and word completion (at least in 2.2), I use it all the time. I couldn't imagine them removing this in 2.3. In fact I think they added MORE language support, I think it's pretty unlikely they would remove functionality for a language like German.
As for the power plug, couldn't you just use an adapter?
Hello,
I thought Best Buy only ships to US & UK ?(Even not sure for UK) So how do you manage to get from Best Buy?
Thanks!
EleCtrOx666 said:
Hello,
I thought Best Buy only ships to US & UK ?(Even not sure for UK) So how do you manage to get from Best Buy?
Thanks!
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There are options for him, and anyone else outside of the States for that matter.
http://www.aramex.com/shopandship/default.aspx
@burtner22: I'm from Austria too and I think I will wait for the mobile until it's available in Germany, which will be in February (if the rumors are true).
best regards
mike
these are the supported bands:
# Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
# Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700
http://www.google.com/nexus/#!/tech-specs
"Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."
Best Buy, why don't you want my Euros???
I simply can't believe this, it's so dumb.
umbrella42 said:
"Best Buy does not ship to known freight forwarders, and orders to such will be canceled."
Best Buy, why don't you want my Euros???
I simply can't believe this, it's so dumb.
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I'll take your Euros
@Burtner22:
Do you know what frequencies you guys run in Austria?
EDIT: Found this:
Austria (GSM 900/1800/3G)
Source: http://www.cellular-blowout.com/gsmfrbyco.html
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neok44 said:
these are the supported bands:
# Quad-band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900
# Tri-band HSPA: 900, 2100, 1700
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For GSM I am pretty sure there are no problems, we have 900 and 1800 MHz in Austria, depending on the operator.
With UMTS (HSPA) I am a bit suspicious. I "assume" that we use 2100 MHz here, but the network operators seem to make a secret of the frequency.
Burt
That's funny. I've never heard of carrier keeping freq. a secret...
EleCtrOx666 said:
Hello,
I thought Best Buy only ships to US & UK ?(Even not sure for UK) So how do you manage to get from Best Buy?
Thanks!
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A friend will is travelling to the USA.
Burt
I just called the operator (A1.net), not even the second level support could tell me the frequency of their UMTS network.
Strange?!
burtner22 said:
I just called the operator (A1.net), not even the second level support could tell me the frequency of their UMTS network.
Strange?!
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Very. Call them back and give them the answer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks#Europe
shrivelfig said:
Very. Call them back and give them the answer: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_UMTS_networks#Europe
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Perfect, thank you very much.
So it seems that importing the Nexus S will be free of "bad surprises".
Best Regards,
Burt
I'm living in Germany and i will get mine at 20th of December. Can't sleep until this day
a friend will travel to usa for holiday maybe he is lucky and get an s if there is enough stock..
bananenlarry said:
I'm living in Germany and i will get mine at 20th of December. Can't sleep until this day
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Would be great if you could post your experiences using the phone in Germany. Also about the German spell checker and language support. In Austria it will exactly match I suppose.
I will sadly have to wait until the 10th of January.
Burt
bananenlarry said:
I'm living in Germany and i will get mine at 20th of December. Can't sleep until this day
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Ah, spontaneous New York shopping spree?
i think the language support wont be any problem. its android and no iOS as long as you have no asian version there will be german implemented. it will be my first pure android device. had an samsung i9000 before. samsung's android is a shame but now we will have samsung's high-end hardware with google's amazing android know how. this phone will be breathtaking
Nexus s sold in US will be without any logo from the us carriers?
Hi folks,
I've translated the itfunz basebandswitcher. I wassn't happy with the chinese signs in my program store. So I added english and german. The problem was, that the programmer hardcoded some strings, so I've translated those to english only. It's an update.zip which can be flashed via clockworkmod.
Translations available:
englisch
chinese
german
russian (submittet by dab512)
portugese (portugal) (submittet by kadopt)
albanian (submittet by AkkiandDefy)
spanish (submittet by AkkiandDefy)
dutch (submittet by AkkiandDefy)
turkish (submittet by AkkiandDefy)
french (submittet by AkkiandDefy and Epsylon3)
greek (submittet by demolition23)
hungarian (submittet by xanadu)
polish (submittet by pkryger)
romanian (submittet by badeaioan)
brazilian portuguese (submittet by jhowlive)
Basebands available:
South Korea SKT 3.4.2-74 @ 2100MHz
China ME722 1.10 @ 850/1900/2100MHz
US T-Mobile 3.4.2-107-4 @ 850/1700/2100MHz
US T-Mobile 3.4.2-107-9 @ 850/1700/2100MHz
US T-Mobile 6.xx.0 @ 850/1700/2100MHz
Australia Telstra 2.26.0 @ 850/2100MHz
Brazil Claro 3.4.2_107-7 @ 850/2100MHz
Brazil Claro 6.14.5 @ 850/2100MHz
Brazil Vivo 3.4.2_107-9 @ 850/2100MHz
China 2.5.0_2.6.0_2.10.0 @ 850/2100MHz
China RT 0.26.0_1.11.0 @ 850/2100MHz
International RT 2.5x @ 850/2100MHz
Australia OPTUS 3.4.2-145 @ 900/2100MHz
Central Europe Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Poland 2.51.x Arabia 2.54.0 @ 900/2100MHz
Central Europe Hong Kong, Taiwan, Arabia, France, Nordic 3.4.x United Kingdom 4.5.1-85 @ 900/2100MHz
Central Europe RT 2.34.0 @ 900/2100MHz
Europe RT 3.4.2-145 @ 900/2100MHz
France Germany, Austria, Switzerland RT 2.21.0 @ 900/2100MHz
France Orange 3.4.2_164-5 @ 900/2100MHz
France Vodafone 3.4.2_164-3 @ 900/2100MHz
Hong Kong, Taiwan Optus SEA 2.59.0 @ 900/2100MHz
Italia RT 2.51.1 @ 900/2100MHz
Poland Orange 2.51.1 @ 900/2100MHz
Poland Orange 3.4.2-131 @ 900/2100MHz
United Kingdom RT 2.51.1 @ 900/2100MHz
United Kingdom RT 3.4.2-117 @ 900/2100MHz
United Kingdom RT 3.4.3-3 @ 900/2100MHz
United Kingdom RT 3.4.3-11 @ 900/2100MHz
United Kingdom T-Mobile 2.21.0 @ 900/2100MHz
United Kingdom T-Mobile 2.51.1 @ 900/2100MHz
Argentina Claro 3.4.2_107-9 @ 850/1900MHz
Argentina Personal 3.4.2_107-7 @ 850/1900MHz
Argentina RT 6.14.7 @ 850/1900MHz
Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, India, South Africa RT SEA15 3.4.3-331 @ 900/2100MHz
New: Brazil RT 3.4.2-107 @ 850/2100MHz
New: Columbia RT 3.4.2-107 @ 850/1900MHz
New: Brazil Tim 3.4.2-107-9 @ 850/2100MHz
If anybody needs other basebands included, copy the folder /system/etc/motorola/bp_nvm_default from your Defy, zip it, post a zip here and write down out of wich rom it is and for which country it is.
If anybody wants to add new Languages, PM me the translationlist + what Language it is.
Translationlist:
Frequency Bands
You need root permission to use is program.
Select baseband
Change in progress, please wait...
Reboot...
Switch success. Do you want to reboot now?
Check permission
Cancel
Welcome to ITFUNZ Baseband Switcher for Defy, for more information, please visit
Unknown
Current BaseBand Version
South Korea
China
US
Austria
Brazil
International
Central Europe
Germany
Switzerland
France
Hong Kong
Taiwan
Poland
Arabia
Nordic
United Kingdom
Italia
Argentina
Australia
Singapore
Indonesia
Malaysia
Philippines
Thailand
Vietnam
India
South Africa
If you find spelling mistakes, please tell me, I'll correct this.
All credits for creating this tool go to www.itfunz.com. Translation and new Basebands are included by myself. Thanks to all making the translation for me.
UPDATE 20.05.2011 bbsV4mlV0.1
new Basebandversion 4
everything translated to english, also the last questionbox
update file is CWM 3 compatible
UPDATE 22.05.2011 bbsV4mlV0.2
update file is now really CWM 3 compatible... sorry for the wrong script
old basebandswitcherV3.1apk file will be removed on update
UPDATE 24.05.2011 bbsV4mlV0.3
added russian translation. THX to dab512 who made this translation
UPDATE 27.05.2011 bbsV4mlV0.4
added portugese (portugal) translation. THX to kadopt who made this translation
fixed translation errors. Australia isn't Austria any more
UPDATE 01.06.2011 bbsV4mlV0.5
added albanian, spanish, dutch, serbian and turkish translation. THX to AkkiandDefy
added french translation. THX to AkkiandDefy and Epsylon3
added greek translation. THX to demolition23
fixed some small translation errors
UPDATE 07.06.2011 bbsV4mlV0.6
added argentinian RT 6.14.7 baseband (from the old basebandswitcher v3.1)
added SEA15 3.4.3-331 baseband (Singapore, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam)
fixed baseband frequencies for argentinian claro baseband
removed serbian translation, until I have a kyrillic one
added hungarian translation. THX to xanadu
added polish translation. THX to pkryger
added romanian translation. THX to badeaioan
fixed some small translation errors
UPDATE 22.07.2011 bbsV4mlV0.7
added Brazil RT 3.4.2-107 baseband. THX to alexmedeiros
added Columbia RT 3.4.2-107 baseband. THX to johanlh
added Brazil Tim 3.4.2-107-9 baseband. THX to geollucas
added brazilian portuguese translation. THX to jhowlive
fixed brazil provider name "viva" to "vivo"
so... which baseband would you recommend for spain?
Thanks for the tool
nomadbass said:
so... which baseband would you recommend for spain?
Thanks for the tool
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I think I would choose a Central Europe Type...
probably 34.155.2... this is the same I use here in germany.
I use Chinese baseband in Russia. If I choose European baseband my phone works only with 1800 GSM and 3G. With Chinese baseband it works with 900/1800 GSM and HSPDA.
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Valdis1977 said:
I use Chinese baseband in Russia. If I choose European baseband my phone works only with 1800 GSM and 3G. With Chinese baseband it works with 900/1800 GSM and HSPDA.
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Where you can see theese infos?
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Valdis1977 said:
I use Chinese baseband in Russia. If I choose European baseband my phone works only with 1800 GSM and 3G. With Chinese baseband it works with 900/1800 GSM and HSPDA.
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how you can see what band defi use in the moment?
and 2nd - what setting are "chinese" in this version bbs?
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GordOne said:
how you can see what band defi use in the moment?
and 2nd - what setting are "chinese" in this version bbs?
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When you start the tool, you can see "current Baseband:" ontop of the window
This is the baseband you are using right now.
to your 2nd Question...It should all be translated to english but I left the chinese language. So if you set your defy to chinese, you'll see this translation.
If you set your Defy to german, you'll see the german translation I've made
Sqoerk said:
When you start the tool, you can see "current Baseband:" ontop of the window
This is the baseband you are using right now.
to your 2nd Question...It should all be translated to english but I left the chinese language. So if you set your defy to chinese, you'll see this translation.
If you set your Defy to german, you'll see the german translation I've made
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when I start the tool I see Central Europe 34.155.2 - not baseband like 900 or 1800 mhz...
and I asked about "chinese" don't mined language but set...
GordOne said:
when I start the tool I see Central Europe 34.155.2 - not baseband like 900 or 1800 mhz...
and I asked about "chinese" don't mined language but set...
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Sorry dude, I can't get your 2nd sentence. Please explain a lil more, cause I'm really willing to help you.
If you got a chinese Defy and your language isn't shown, I'll have to update this translation. Please supply more information:
- ROM Version
- Defy Version (MB525 or ME525)
- Current Language you are using (eg. English, Chineese traditional...)
all information you think I can use.
Could someone add the fixes found in this thread (if they're really needed...)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944258
I'm interested in the Spain/Vodafone one... though I've installed the baseband switcher and I'm actually using the Central Europe 34.155.2, wich seems to work well enough.
Valdis1977 said:
I use Chinese baseband in Russia. If I choose European baseband my phone works only with 1800 GSM and 3G. With Chinese baseband it works with 900/1800 GSM and HSPDA.
Sent from my MB525 using Tapatalk
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Am in the exact same situation here. Soon I am moving to an area with 3G @ 900 MHz i.o. 850 MHz. Can I enable this without losing reception of GSM @ 900 MHz?
Unfortunaly I've only translated this tool, but I'll have a look if I can integrate more basebands...
Tell me what baseband is missing, so I can try
can you add this?
or you could submit this file to itfunz chinese forum which create this baseband switcher?
this is Baseband for South East Asia,
Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, etc...
900 / 2100
obtained from stock 2.59 SEA Defy.
it could helps people a lot who live in SEA region...
ps:
SEA baseband is different with INDIA baseband.
in 3G fix thread, it considered as a same baseband
and it ruined signal reception when applied in SEA region.
india is 850 / 2100.
Thank you for the translation!
Isn't it possible to just leave the main combinations of frequencies?
For example in Austria I need the same frequencies as marhensa: 900/2100.
SEA baseband
Is the inclusion of the SEA BASEBAND possible? Pls somebody include it. A lot of defy users here in manila have jumped to nordic & uk froyo.so i believe were missing something in our 3g. Though its working,its better if we can have the correct baseband on our defy. Maybe it will be faster,i think.
Can anybody plz help me testing basebands?
Testing condition is average usage of phone, 1hour call, pushmail on, signal umts and hsdpa in change
For now I have tested:
US T-Mobile 6.19.0 - Signal excellent - Battery Life 15hours - Location Austria
Mitteleuropa 2.34.0 - Signal excellent - Battery Life 20hours - Location Austria
Mitteleuropa 34.155.2 - Signal excellent - Battery Life 28hours - Location Austria
EU34.0.145 - Signal excellent - Battery Life test proceeding... - Location Austria
Mitteleuropa 2.34.0 good signal, battery life ~18hrs, location germany
I have a situation going on wich I can't explain. But as you're commenting batteries and basebands...
I've installed the Brazil Retail ROM. I changes the baseband to Central Europe. I'd like to know exactly what that means and how it affects the phone because...
My battery life is currently... 185 hours, and still have 40% left. Yep, almost eight days.
The phone has been tested without data connection and 2G, no calls, no wifi, no nothing... I was performing a test to find a previous bug so the phone has been left unused for the whole test.
New Version with
- much more basebands
- better UI arrived
- full english
- full german except 2 buttons
Hi.
My CM7 DOES work in 2G, but it is kinda lazy to get the 3G connection.
Using baseband to double-check that may improve it or is it unnecessary, since it already "works"?
I'm outside the US so I don't have access to the Google Play store to look at a Nexus 5. Can I buy a GSM version directly from Google Play? Or am I going to have to spend an extra 50 bucks to get it from Amazon?
Thanks a bunch!
kezs said:
I'm outside the US so I don't have access to the Google Play store to look at a Nexus 5. Can I buy a GSM version directly from Google Play? Or am I going to have to spend an extra 50 bucks to get it from Amazon?
Thanks a bunch!
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A GSM Version? Both are GSM:
North America:
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
CDMA: Band Class: 0/1/10
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8/19
LTE: Bands: 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41
Rest of World:
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
WCDMA: Bands: 1/2/4/5/6/8
LTE: Bands: 1/3/5/7/8/20
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A lot of other countries can buy the N5 on the Play Store.
Primokorn said:
A GSM Version? Both are GSM:
A lot of other countries can buy the N5 on the Play Store.
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Cool! So that means I can't even get a CDMA version? That makes things easier, cause my sister in law is buying it.
Whenever I try to access Nexus 5 in Google Play I'm taken to a page that says it isn't available in my country.
Thanks!
kezs said:
Cool! So that means I can't even get a CDMA version? That makes things easier, cause my sister in law is buying it.
Whenever I try to access Nexus 5 in Google Play I'm taken to a page that says it isn't available in my country.
Thanks!
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Nope. The CDMA version is only available for North Americans.
I didn't see that you are living in Brazil... Unfortunately the Nexus 5 is only available in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, India, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.
You have to buy it through Amazon.
Primokorn said:
Nope. The CDMA version is only available for North Americans.
I didn't see that you are living in Brazil... Unfortunately the Nexus 5 is only available in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, India, Japan, Netherlands, Portugal, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States.
You have to buy it through Amazon.
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Actually that's the point... my sister in law is buying it in the US. I'm trying to figure out whether she can get the GSM version from Google Play... I can't look at it myself because it's not available here. I'd ask her to look at it but I'm not sure she'd know where to look (since I wouldn't).
kezs said:
Actually that's the point... my sister in law is buying it in the US. I'm trying to figure out whether she can get the GSM version from Google Play... I can't look at it myself because it's not available here. I'd ask her to look at it but I'm not sure she'd know where to look (since I wouldn't).
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If she is in the US she can only buy the US version. Google Play Store detects your IP to show up the products matching with your localization.
Anyway if you want to use a Nexus 5 in Brazil you need the D821 version so don't buy the device through an US IP address.
Primokorn said:
If she is in the US she can only buy the US version. Google Play Store detects your IP to show up the products matching with your localization.
Anyway if you want to use a Nexus 5 in Brazil you need the D821 version so don't buy the device through an US IP address.
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I'm not sure I follow. Can you not get a Nexus 5 to use with AT&T? AFAIK AT&T uses 850/1900 frequencies for 3G, which is the same as my operator here. I'm not sure about 4G but I'm not really worried about that. Other than that, as long as it's GSM you just snap in your microSIM and you're good, isn't it?
The difference between the the d820 and d821 is simply which LTE (4g) bands they operate on. That's the only difference.
If you're never using 4g on this phone, either will work fine
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So, to sum it all up:
- Every Nexus 5 is GSM and those sold in the US are both GSM (micro SIM) and CDMA capable;
- The US version (D820) supports different LTE bands than the international version (D821).
There's a chance Brazil will start using Band 17 (700mhz) some time soon. In that case the Nexus 5 US (D820) would be LTE-capable here.
Otherwise, both versions will work with 2 and 3G anywhere.
Any mistakes there?
kezs said:
So, to sum it all up:
- Every Nexus 5 is GSM and those sold in the US are both GSM (micro SIM) and CDMA capable;
- The US version (D820) supports different LTE bands than the international version (D821).
There's a chance Brazil will start using Band 17 (700mhz) some time soon. In that case the Nexus 5 US (D820) would be LTE-capable here.
Otherwise, both versions will work with 2 and 3G anywhere.
Any mistakes there?
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Correct.
North American version LTE will not work outside North America... otherwise, everything else will work and vice vera...
I'm looking for a new budget phone and this one seems perfect, but will it be available internationally? If yes, how long will it take?
See Y're from Netherlands, since some important LTE bands for Europe are missing (Band 20), we need a global version made for us.
triovi said:
See Y're from Netherlands, since some important LTE bands for Europe are missing (Band 20), we need a global version made for us.
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There actually is a global version, but I don't know how long it would take to actually get outside of India..
https://www.giztop.com/phones/poco-x2-global-version.html