They're going for $450-$500 on Amazon and eBay. I can't justify spending that much money on a device that will only get 2G at best here in the US unless I traveled to Europe frequently.
Will the unlocked international version get LTE in US?
this question was asked on another thread and someone answered, this was the answer
For the record, Cricket Wireless is not simply an AT&T MVNO, but rather a wholly owned subsidiary of AT&T that operates on the same network. AT&T LTE operates on bands 1, 2, 4, 5, and 17. (This means it operates in the 700 MHz B band, the 1700/2100 AWS-I band, and areas where AT&T has refarmed old GSM 850 and 1900 MHz network spectrum to LTE.) On Cricket Wireless, LTE speeds top out around 10 Mbps (though AT&T's network is not capped, Cricket is). This is comparable to 4G HSPA+ speeds in many areas. Any AT&T phone will work with 4G LTE on Cricket. Any international smartphone that supports HSPA+ in the 850/1900 MHz and 1700/2100 MHz bands will work with full 4G HSPA+ support
HSPA+ is not 4G, it's 3G, though some marketing types call it 3.5G
Don't know about TMO, but on AT&T (which I'm on) the unlocked international will get HSPA+ speeds, no LTE.
Where I'm at I get 10 ~ 13 mps HSPA+ speeds. Others have reported around 8mps (also on AT&T), so it depends some on the area of town.
Fred
Maybe stupid question but is anybody running 930 on TMO? Please share experience.
When did we start calling it TMO all caps like that? Please call it T-Mobile to avoid confusion.
How about T-MO?