# Will these phones work in the USA?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [June 25, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731 "2018-06-25T19:51:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731/1 "2018-06-25T19:51:49Z")

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I don’t care what anyone thinks. I like my flip phone.

If I buy one of [these](https://www.ebay.com/itm/LG-Wine-Smart-Jazz-F610-Beige-Silver-4GB-3-2-1GB-RAM-Phone-By-FedEx/222229104894?hash=item33bde308fe:g:CPIAAOSwGBhaXbFo) from overseas and put a “bring your own phone” sim card in it from Straight Talk, will it work?

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731/2 "2018-06-25T20:04:22Z")

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[This page](https://www.gsmarc.com/lg/wine-smart-jazz/) says the LG Wine Smart Jazz supports a whole bunch of bands like GSM 850/900/1800/1900, HDSPA, and LTE, so I’d say you shouldn’t have a problem (according to [this map](https://www.cellularmaps.com/st.shtml))

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**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731/3 "2018-06-25T20:09:19Z")

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A quick web search shows it will work with US Cellular, they sell it.

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**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731/6 "2018-06-26T02:28:31Z")

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[This site](https://www.gsmarena.com/search.php3?s4Gs=38) will tell you all models that will work on your network. All you have to do is check the appropriate boxes under the Network pulldown. It showed me that the very cool [Honor 10](https://www.etoren.com/products/huawei-honor-10-col-al10-dual-sim-128gb-blue-6gb-ram) would not work with my carrier.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-these-phones-work-in-the-usa/816731/7 "2018-06-26T05:49:31Z")

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You shouldn’t have any trouble bringing an unlocked phone to Straight Talk. I bought an unlocked phone and popped my Straight Talk sim card from another phone into it and it got on the network as soon as I turned it on. I didn’t even have to set anything up.