AndrewMarilyn

Will our UK mobiles work in Aus (with new SIM cards)?

Any advice on mobiles would be appreciated

Thanks

Alfresco

If they are unlocked then yes except for the Blackberry Pearl 8110. Even though it is unlocked and works in the UK it don't work in Oz.

We bought one for our daughter last Christmas unlocked so it would work here, but it doesn't.

Our Nokia 6300, Samsung Tocco and HTC Desire all work fine.

AndrewMarilyn

Thanks

And best networks?

Alfresco

We're all with Vodaphone pre-paid. They all seemed very similar in packages so can't comment on the rest.

AndrewMarilyn

Thanks

I'm with Vodaphone in Uk too, so will stick with them

iamthecreaturefromuranus

If you plan to move outside of a major city at any point then there is only one network with anything like acceptable coverage... and that's Telstra.

Dorothy

You're right there. We live 45 km outside of Perth in a relatively built up area and no service with Virgin. OH is with Telstra and no problem.

ABCDiamond

How far outside ?

ABCDiamond

You can buy the Blackberry Pearl 8110 here in Australia, so it seems odd that yours doesn't work.

http://au.blackberry.com/devices/com...=705&url=&url=
http://www.zdnet.com.au/blackberry-p...-339289359.htm

Alfresco

That's good to know.

I know. It has completely stumped us and the guys at the phone shops.

Google search has come up with nothing. It could be a faulty handest I guess or Blackberry have some sort of country lock or something.

Anyway we decided not invest any more money with Blackberry and bought her an HTC instead on contract.

It's a way better phone anyway.

iamthecreaturefromuranus

Well I'm about 40k South of the Gong. My wife has 3 and I'm with Telstra. I never seem to have any problem with network coverage, 3 on the other hand is hopeless the min you move away from the coast. From all I hear the same applies to most other networks down this way.
My Telstra phone is supplied by work, we have 4,000 staff based all across Australia and the company will only use Telstra. They don't do that 'cos they are the cheapest.

lapin_windstar

Do a search - there are millions of threads on this topic...

Alfresco

Yes, but not all on this forum.

EvannTel

I sadly have an 8110 as a work phone and confirm it works fine in aus and UK

I reckon you have a dud but better off without it.

Alfresco

Maybe I should advertise it on MBTTUK forum then.