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Using an American bought phone in Ireland

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  • 08-07-2014 10:00am
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    BrianB4
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭


    Hi,
    I was looking into buying the Google Nexus 5 from the Google Store.
    My mobile network is Three and heres the information i have so far.

    Under the "Networks" section of the tech specs of the Nexus 5 is as follows:

    NETWORKS
    2G/3G/4G LTE

    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

    On the Three networks wikipedia page it says that in Ireland the UTMS/HSPA/3G frequency is 2100 MHz and LTE/4G is 1800MHz

    Does this mean that if i bought the phone it would only work on 4G here because theyre the only matching frequencies?

    Help much appreciated thank you in advance!


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    #2
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    I have a USA Nexus 5, it does not work with LTE here but works fine otherwise


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    pizzahead77
    Registered Users Posts: 2,262 ✭✭✭pizzahead77


    You should be able to buy the "European" version of Nexus 5 in the Irish Google Play Store


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    #4
    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    pizzahead77 wrote: »
    You should be able to buy the "European" version of Nexus 5 in the Irish Google Play Store

    You mean the "Rest of World" version listed above, there is no European version


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    BrianB4
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭BrianB4


    same ol sh1te wrote: »
    I have a USA Nexus 5, it does not work with LTE here but works fine otherwise

    What carrier are you with?


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    same ol sh1te
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,837 ✭✭✭same ol sh1te


    BrianB4 wrote: »
    What carrier are you with?

    Vodafone, but it will work on any


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    srsly78
    Registered Users Posts: 7,157 ✭✭✭srsly78


    3 do not officially support phones not purchased from 3. That isn't to say it will not work, but you may experience problems switching from 2g<->3g (like MANY others). It's not a problem with the phone, but more with 3s lousy setup.


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