I realize that many phones are multi-band and quite a few in the USA are not, including iPhone. If you look at this page: https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/, you'll see that Apple sells two models of iPhone 6... one will work in Singapore, one will not. But, the one that works in Singapore doesn't support AT&T or T-Mobile, the only GSM carriers. So maybe the OP can see if some of the listed USA phone companies are GSM and compatible with Singtel. But, I agree... just buy it in Singapore.zzm9980 wrote:Actually SE, that data is a bit old. Many modern smart phones have chipsets which will support multiple bands, and they'll all have SIM card slots.
For example, any iPhone 6 or 6+ from the US will work in Singapore. From any carrier. LTE will function also. The only time you'll have trouble is when you go to a country which uses TD-LTE (China, India, a few other obscure ones). And then 3G will still work.
T-Mobile in the US sells all of their phones unlocked (but also at full price). Verizon (at least iPhones) come unlocked, you can put any SIM in. The catch is they only sell it on contract, so if you break it they just go after you financially. AT&T is the only stickler now for keeping their phones locked.
That all said, there is no advantage of buying the phone now in the US and bringing it to Singapore. Just buy it here. Even better, buy it in the airport and get it without GST.
They both work in Singapore. I'm using a US-purchased iPhone 6+ right now. Both models come with GSM Chipsets that work in nearly all of the world. The difference between the two models is that there is a second chipset which either supports CDMA, or TD-LTE. So you get GSM+CDMA or GSM+TD-LTE. The difference only comes into play when you go to countries which *only* support CDMA or TD-LTE, and not GSM (of which there are very few). And *that* only applied to LTE/4G data speeds. Sprint is a CDMA-only carrier, while Chinese use TD-LTE. So if you bring the wrong phone to those places, expect very slow or no data. While we're talking about iPhone, the previous applies to most modern smart phones using these chipsets (pretty much all).Strong Eagle wrote:I realize that many phones are multi-band and quite a few in the USA are not, including iPhone. If you look at this page: https://www.apple.com/iphone/LTE/, you'll see that Apple sells two models of iPhone 6... one will work in Singapore, one will not. But, the one that works in Singapore doesn't support AT&T or T-Mobile, the only GSM carriers. So maybe the OP can see if some of the listed USA phone companies are GSM and compatible with Singtel. But, I agree... just buy it in Singapore.zzm9980 wrote:Actually SE, that data is a bit old. Many modern smart phones have chipsets which will support multiple bands, and they'll all have SIM card slots.
For example, any iPhone 6 or 6+ from the US will work in Singapore. From any carrier. LTE will function also. The only time you'll have trouble is when you go to a country which uses TD-LTE (China, India, a few other obscure ones). And then 3G will still work.
T-Mobile in the US sells all of their phones unlocked (but also at full price). Verizon (at least iPhones) come unlocked, you can put any SIM in. The catch is they only sell it on contract, so if you break it they just go after you financially. AT&T is the only stickler now for keeping their phones locked.
That all said, there is no advantage of buying the phone now in the US and bringing it to Singapore. Just buy it here. Even better, buy it in the airport and get it without GST.
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