Nokia Lumia 720 carrier in South Korea

[prabuddha gupta]

Hi,

I belong to India. I recently shifted to South Korea. I have nokia lumia 720. I went to get a new korean sim card, the service provider told me that the Nokia lumia is not supported by any service provider. He told me to buy new cell phone instead. Kindly guide me, should I buy new phone or can I continue with my nokia lumia phone.

 

[unstoppablekem]

If your carrier in South Korea has different bands than what your 720 you bought has, then he's right.

 

[prabuddha gupta]

Nokia 720 RM-885. works on folowing bands

General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100

where as following are the carrires in korea

KT Corporation South Korea 900 8 FDD September 2013 [270][271][272] (↓) 950 ? 960 MHz / (↑) 905 ? 915 MHz
KT Corporation South Korea 1800 3 FDD January 2012 [270][273][274] (↓) 1830 ? 1850 MHz / (↑) 1735 ? 1740 MHz, 1745 ? 1755 MHz
(1740 ? 1745 MHz reserved for public purpose)
LG U+ South Korea 850 5 FDD July 2011 [270][275][276] (↓) 884 ? 894 MHz / (↑) 839 ? 849 MHz
LG U+ South Korea 2100 1 FDD July 2013 [270][277][278] (↓) 2110 ? 2120 MHz / (↑) 1920 ? 1930 MHz
SK Telecom South Korea 850 5 FDD July 2011 [275][270] (↓) 874 ? 884 MHz / (↑) 829 ? 839 MHz
SK Telecom South Korea 1800 3 FDD June 2013 [279][280][270] (↓) 1850 ? 1860 MHz / (↑) 1755 ? 1765 MHz
(1725 ? 1730 MHz reserved for public purpose)

Kindly know if this can still be used

 

[unstoppablekem]

That's a lot, and I'm overwhelmed right now. It seems like some of those might work, but not work very well.

 

[anon(8150199)]

Hey, don't carriers in South Korea use CDMA instead of GSM?