Buying Torch in Germany - Use in US?

My 8900 drove off in a Czech cab, and I don't have hopes of it finding its way home (Hopefully can get it wiped thanks to SmrtGuard). I'm heading to Nuremberg in a couple days, and looking to purchase an unlocked pre-paid Torch from T-Mo there if I can.

What issues am I likely to encounter coming back? I know those who unlock AT&T phones and use a US TMo sim lose their 3G service, but would that be the case with a German Torch? What other issues should I consider here?

Originally Posted by burbunny

My 8900 drove off in a Czech cab, and I don't have hopes of it finding its way home (Hopefully can get it wiped thanks to SmrtGuard). I'm heading to Nuremberg in a couple days, and looking to purchase an unlocked pre-paid Torch from T-Mo there if I can.

What issues am I likely to encounter coming back? I know those who unlock AT&T phones and use a US TMo sim lose their 3G service, but would that be the case with a German Torch? What other issues should I consider here?

don't think that you will have 3G here in the US if you use t mob, other than that on the physical keyboard you might get the Z on the place of the Y i used to have a german 8900 when they first came out, and that was the only issue it worked normally.

Originally Posted by Royer66

don't think that you will have 3G here in the US if you use t mob, other than that on the physical keyboard you might get the Z on the place of the Y i used to have a german 8900 when they first came out, and that was the only issue it worked normally.

Interestingly, it was Tmo who suggested I purchase something here. I asked about a phone not currently supported by them, and they said shouldn't have any problem. Sounds like I need to query further about that.

Thanks for the reminder about the keyboard. TMo.de lists it as a "qwerty" keyboard, so might not have looked closely.