What happens to a TD-SCDMA phone in USA?


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I have a Hongmi that I'll be taking on vacation with me. What will a TD-SCDMA/GSM phone be able to do on, for example, T-Mobile? Can it make phone calls and send SMS? Or will it just degrade to 2G networking? Does it matter which of the two slots you use for the SIM card?
 
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Generally, the supported CDMA flavour doesn't matter for GSM. As long as the phone supports all GSM bands (I /assume/ the Hongmi does, as this is standard for all newer phones), it will just work on 2G (or, "2.5G" aka Edge if supported by the network).
 
Assuming your carrier's 3G data works on WCDMA networks, you will be restricted to 2G. You will be able to make calls though, via your carrier's GSM network.
 
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