will a Canadian HTC phone work with a UK SIM?

spaceboy

My sister in Canada just replaced her HTC with an iPhone and I'm wondering if I could use her HTC here with GiffGaff? She says she's not sure because they use difference frequencies there?

grumbler

Check your model. E.g. for the Desire:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_desire-3077.php

2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America

spaceboy

It's called HTC Panache in Canada. I believe it's the myTouch 4G here.

grumbler

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_panache-4070.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM

Most 3G networks in Europe operate in the 2100 MHz frequency band.

With regard to the sim, the phone has to be unlocked. Don't know if they lock mobiles over there.

spaceboy

Seems very similar to the Desire S

Is it easy to unlock these phones?

spaceboy

Can anyone actually confirm it will work ok?

Rusty!

spaceboy wrote: »

It's called HTC Panache in Canada. I believe it's the myTouch 4G here.

It is indeed a myTouch 4G, however, that is a T-Mobile US phone, we don't have an equivalent here.

spaceboy

Rusty! wrote: »

It is indeed a myTouch 4G, however, that is a T-Mobile US phone, we don't have an equivalent here.

It seems to be very much like a repackaged Desire S though. Just one or two minor differences.

lil.smartie

Check what bands it uses but if it's the same as a Mytouch 4g then it should be fine, I had an LG Optimus T from TMobile USA and it worked fine in the UK with Orange.

My Blackberry storm was a Verizon USA phone, they partner with Vodafone in the UK but again fine on Orange here & AT&T in the US!

Kate

mrochester

The HTC Panache apparently supports 3G networks on both the 1700mhz and 2100mhz bands. The 2100mhz band is what 3G networks in the UK use, so as long as the phone is unlocked to accept a sim from any network, it'll work on both 2G and 3G networks in the UK.

spaceboy

Cool. Any idea how easy they are to unlock?