Buying a phone in Ireland that is compatible in different countries.

aoibheaibrean · 23-01-2013 02:50AM #1

Hi, my phone is dying a slow death and I would like to know if new mobiles bought in Ireland can be used in different countries? I will probably be immigrating to England or Australia in the next couple of months so I would like to know can I buy a phone in Ireland that can be used in these countries also? Thank you.

Danger781 · 23-01-2013 02:51AM

aoibheaibrean wrote: »

Hi, my phone is dying a slow death and I would like to know if new mobiles bought in Ireland can be used in different countries? I will probably be immigrating to England or Australia in the next couple of months so I would like to know can I buy a phone in Ireland that can be used in these countries also? Thank you.

As long as you buy it SIM free. As in not locked to a specific network.

Captain Chaos · 23-01-2013 02:54AM

Danger781 wrote: »

As long as you buy it SIM free. As in not locked to a specific network.

It has to be a quad band phone too, but I think all are at this stage. You can get any phone unlocked for about a tenner anyway.

aoibheaibrean · 23-01-2013 03:05AM

Thanks. So having a mobile bought in Ireland that is unlocked to different networks is the same as having a mobile unlocked to different countries too?

Danger781 · 23-01-2013 03:06AM

aoibheaibrean wrote: »

Thanks. So having a mobile bought in Ireland that is unlocked to different networks is the same as having a mobile unlocked to different countries too?

Pretty much yes. You can't have a country lock, per se. As long as it is a quad band GSM unlocked phone, you're golden.

aoibheaibrean · 23-01-2013 03:15AM

Thank you!

StaticNoise · 23-01-2013 11:03AM

The best option for you is to visit https://store.meteor.ie/phones, and under the 'Features' checkbox, select 'Quadband' and figure out what phone you have, or what phone you want.

For example, 30 out of 36 phones listed there are Quadband. It is usually the lower end devices are not enabled to work all over the globe.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock · 23-01-2013 11:05AM

aoibheaibrean wrote: »

Thank you!

As long as it's unlocked, you can just buy a local sim card when you get to your new country and it'll work fine.

aoibheaibrean · 23-01-2013 01:53PM

Thanks guys!

Buying a phone in Ireland that is compatible in different countries.

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