08-05-2014, 06:37 PM
davester wrote:
[quote=silvarios]
[quote=sekker]
It's the last iPhone to use a normal-sized SIM. I keep mine for international travel.
The phone was purchased for international travel and didn't work in the couple countries it was used. SE Asia I believe. While I understand the sentiment, it isn't perfect as a travel phone.
That probably means that it isn't unlocked (or it isn't a GSM phone)...easy enough to remedy (the locked part....nothing can be done if its CDMA)..
There isn't a CDMA iPhone 3GS and I already popped a non AT&T SIM into it to test. That SIM worked fine. Maybe it was simply the 3G wasn't working? The countries use 900/1800 and I don't think the 3GS works on both frequencies. Edit: I think 900 and 2100 is used for 3GS, so maybe some carrier 3G works, but not in any spots that require 900 MHz.
EDGE probably worked, so I'm willing to concede operator error. Like I said, I got it from a friend, I never tested it myself in the countries visited.