bought a german black berry storm from vodefone, moving back to the states, would the storm work on the verizon networks? they are sister/parent companies. sure the networks are different but should i sell the phone here in germany or keep it and use it in the states? i like the phone, so please dont tell me to sell it and get a "name your favorite phone/company here".
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It depends, because the US uses a different mobile phone frequency than Europe so you should check what band it is. Quad-band works in all countries but you may have to change the frequncy settings on you're phone and im pretty sure tri-band is supposed to work in the states but be a bit careful because my phone is tri-band and didnt work when i went to the states last october. i found this info on wikipedia so you might want to read this, "The BlackBerry Storm is available through Vodafone in the UK, Germany, France, Italy, Ireland, Australia, South Africa (VodaCom), The Netherlands and India; [7] Verizon Wireless in the United States; Telus, Bell, and SaskTel in Canada; Iusacell in Mexico.[8] and on bmobile and Digicel in Barbados and other parts of the Caribbean.[9] "The BlackBerry Storm 9530 is an international and worldwide electronic communicating device, featuring CDMA with EV-DO Rev. A data, UMTS with HSDPA, and quad-band GSM with EDGE data access speed. The BlackBerry Storm 9500 does not include the CDMA module and is destined for use outside North America. However, the BlackBerry Storm only has European, Oceania, Asia and Brazil UMTS and HSDPA frequency bands. Therefore if the BlackBerry Storm is used with GSM wireless carriers in North America, the BlackBerry Storm will only be able to access wireless internet at EDGE data speed maximum. This is because GSM carriers in North America, namely AT&T, T-Mobile, Rogers and Fido do not operate on the same frequency bands for 3G as the rest of the world. If BlackBerry Storm is used in Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania or Brazil, HSDPA wireless data speed can be achieved, provided that the local GSM network supports it.[10] The phone will use the primary network technology of its intended carrier (Verizon) when traveling domestically in the US, and rely upon the GSM/UMTS/HSDPA networks of Vodafone mainly when traveling abroad. There are currently no unlocked and unbranded versions available for the GSM Blackberry Storm however unlocking the phone will allow it to be used with any GSM service provider." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Storm Also i advise that you go check with your service provider aswell just incase. Hope this helps :)
