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will those work in Canada

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Sep 15, 2007
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will those work in Canada

nokia 8810 with any carrier
nokia 8910 (8910i) with any carrier
nokia 8855 with any carrier
benq-siemens s68 with any carrier


if you could also tell me if those would work on Orange network in Easter Europe.
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Apr 7, 2008
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Before I answer the question, here is some info you might find helpful.

-The only providers in Canada capable of GSM standard (a.k.a. sim card) is Rogers and Fido.

-There are so called "GSM bands". In basic English, there are 4 GSM bands. They are: 850MHz/900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz. Think of them nothing but numbers.

-North America uses 850MHz/1900MHz bands. Europe and rest of the world use 900MHz/1800MHz bands.

-There are phones which support all 4 bands which work everywhere in the world.(a.k.a. quad-band phones). There are phones which only support 3 bands which also work everywhere in the world, but there might be some areas where you will not have signal (a.k.a. tri-band). There are very few rare phones that only support 2 bands (dual-band). And there used to be phones with only 1 band but nobody makes them anymore.

Now your question:

1) Nokia 8810
Will it work in Canada?
---No, it only has 1 European band (900MHz) and will only work in some countries in Europe

2) Nokia 8910i
Will it work in Canada?
---No, it only has 2 bands both of which are European bands (900MHz/1800MHz). This will work in all of Europe.

3) Nokia 8855
---Same as above

4) Siemens s68
Will it work in Canada?
---Yes, this one is a tri-band phone (900MHz/1800MHz/1900MHz) and it will work in all of Europe, and in Canada. However, it only has 1 North American band (1900MHz) and might not work in everywhere, especially basements, buildings and elevators.

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