Bands Question

[Doboji]

I've carried CDMA for a long time now, and am in process of (at least) getting GSM capability for international service. I really had my heart set on switching over to T-mobile and getting the HTC Sensation on release... However I've heard chatter suggesting that the US version of that phone isn't going to support all the Bands of GSM that I would need for data and voice overseas... is this true? And furthermore I've heard that the Europe version of that phone wouldn't support more than 2G data here in the states... can someone help provide some clarity?

Thanks!

 

[alent1234]

here in the US T-Mobile has some off the wall frequencies. mostly because they were one of the last carriers to set up here and got sloppy seconds in the frequency auction

 

[vshah]

this is untrue. tmobile / the sensation both support 2100mhz 3g which is used almost everywhere in the world. i've gotten 3g on my g1 and nexus one in the UK, france, and india.

to be sure though, look up the specs of the phone, and do a bit of googling to see what frequencies some different carries support in your destination countries. wikipedia pages for the carriers usually have this information.

 

[s44]

The band problem isn't overseas (only need 2100 except in Canada/Aus/a few other places) but at home: I believe no Tmo phone before the Hercules will be compatible with AT&T 3g bands if/when the merger hits.

 

[alent1234]

by the time the merger finalizes smart phones will be cheap enough that at&t will have a so so selection of free phones so no one can sue to block them reconfiguring the network