[VIVAPANAMA]

Hello.
Please help a nOOb! I am planning on buying a Storm 2 (9550). I am trying to find out if 3G will work in my country.

All i can find from my carrier is that it supports the following frequencies.

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Mhz

Will that give me 3G speeds or is GSM only for EDGE?

Thanksss

[GingerSnapsBack]

What's your country and carrier?

[VIVAPANAMA]

my country is PANAMA in CENTRAL AMERICA.

carrier is CABLE & WIRELESS.

I know they offer 3G because my friends use it, I have seen it on their Bolds 9700. Also I know the storm 2 obviously supports 3G. Can I just add 2 and 2 together and assume it should work? Or does it depend on certain frequencies ? ? ? I am suspicious because they offer the bold 2 and 3 and new torch but no Storm.

thanks

[VIVAPANAMA]

any1?
please help!

[MrHelyar]

Not sure if it matters where you are but I had one here in Canada and it didn't support 3g

[dougsorensen]

Hello.
Please help a nOOb! I am planning on buying a Storm 2 (9550). I am trying to find out if 3G will work in my country.

All i can find from my carrier is that it supports the following frequencies.

GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Mhz

Will that give me 3G speeds or is GSM only for EDGE?

Thanksss

The 9550 only supports WCDMA/UMTS(3G) on the 2100MHz band.
Research In Motion BlackBerry Storm2 9550 Specs, Features (Phone Scoop)

C&W Panama supports 3G, but only on the 850MHz band.
Mobile World Live - Coverage Maps

I'm afraid you will only get EDGE(2G) with that phone in Panama.

[VIVAPANAMA]

geesh....that sucks!

Thanks guys!

[VIVAPANAMA]

On that note, I am going with the BOLD 9700. That 1 should work 3G for me right?

BOLD 9700 BANDS
Modes GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
WCDMA 850 / 1900 / 2100
(T-Mobile USA version has WCDMA 1700 & 900 in place of WCDMA 850 & 1900)

[grahamf]

Providing it isn't an AWS Bold, you'll be fine.

[Rootbrian]

It's an ATT specific one. You'll get 3G on it and EDGE on t-mobile.

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[VIVAPANAMA]

hmmmm....I really want the storm.

I was doing some research and it appears that the storm 2 has another version called the Storm 2 (9520) which is basically the same phone but made to work on GSM networks, so that should give me 3G.

Is this correct?

[habicht]

Storm 9520 is fine for 3G GSM/UMTS

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[VIVAPANAMA]

Ok, just talked to my service providers at Cable & Wireless.

They said that they operate 3.5G on GSM 850MHz.

Does that mean that I can use 3G with the 9550? Or Can I only get 3G with 9520?

[grahamf]

hmmmm....I really want the storm.

I was doing some research and it appears that the storm 2 has another version called the Storm 2 (9520) which is basically the same phone but made to work on GSM networks, so that should give me 3G.

Is this correct?

9520... I do believe that is the European modle of the 9530, which is identical except the CDMA chip is disabled.

I think it doesn't support 850, but I can't confirm.