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Forums › Mobile handsets › Purchasing Nexus 5, or other cellphones from overseas (USA)
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#137934 13-Dec-2013 18:03
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I've been looking at buying a Nexus 5 (unlocked) from Ebay.  I was just wondering if I can just throw a sim card in and use it in New Zealand?   

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  #951800 13-Dec-2013 18:08
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The US model won't work on 4G here, but 3G will be fine.



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  #951867 13-Dec-2013 19:37
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Vodafone NZ, provides LTE in 1800MHz, and Nexus 5 supports 1800MHz LTE Spectrum so I don't see why 4G won't work in NZ.

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  #951871 13-Dec-2013 19:42
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The US model doesn't; it supports bands 1/2/4/5/17/19/25/26/41 (source).

Vodafone is using band 3.



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  #951899 13-Dec-2013 20:53
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VodafoneNZ and TelecomNZ use band3 1800Mhz FDD

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