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How will it work on a carrier's 3G network? My understanding was that even most tri-band GSM phones have a custom chip from the carrier in order to work on the
by kgrin 17y ago
How will it work on a carrier's 3G network? My understanding was that even most tri-band GSM phones have a custom chip from the carrier in order to work on their particular 3G network. Is that incorrect? If not, how will a phone not tied to a carrier work on, say, T-mobile 3G?
- eli 17y agoYou're more or less correct. Unless they're going to come out with a different "edition" of the phone for each carrier's flavor of 3G, I don't see how this can work.
- robk 17y agoThere are two things to consider 1) SIM lock that ties a phone to a particular carrier. A Google phone wouldn't have a SIM lock unless it were subsidized by a particular carrier. 2) GSM bands. The phone could be quad-band GSM and work on any 3G network. Some recent GSM handsets omit one of the four bands to prevent roaming inside the US between T-Mob and AT&T.