Using an American bought phone in Ireland

BrianB4

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!

same ol sh1te

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

pizzahead77

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

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

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?

same ol sh1te

BrianB4 wrote: »

What carrier are you with?

Vodafone, but it will work on any

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.