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[Trevor]

I have an LG Telecom, Anycall phone, that was manufactured by Samsung. Will it work in NZ? If not, what kind of phone that can be purhased in Korea will work in NZ?

[seonsengnimble]

I'm guessing no, but take my speculation with a grain of salt. Cell phones and cell phone technology have been changing pretty rapidly.

My understanding is that New Zealand is a GSM country, and Korean phones operate on CDMA. I don't know enough about 3g/4g phones and networks to give a truly accurate answer, but I'm pretty sure you'll still be limited by this major fact.

I suggest a few searches to find an accurate answer. First, find out the bandwidth your phone operates on. Then find find out what bandwidths(oops, I mean frequency, and that should have been wavelength not bandwidth) are used in New Zealand. Finally, search to see if New Zealand has a CDMA network.

If everything looks like it will work, then the fun part begins where you need to get your carrier to unlock your phone for use on other networks.

[lice83]

I am on a contract with SK Telecom and got a Korean friend of mine to ring and set my phone up for roaming. I have used it while I have been on vacation in both Kuala Lumpar and in New Zealand without any problems.

[blackjack]

[Horangi Munshin]

Yeah I asked if I could use my Korean CDMA phone on the NZ network, they said I can't.

[kiwigirl :O)]

I bought a new cell phone in Korea (in 2008) that has a sim card slot (for 3g Show.KTF) and I was assured by the cell phone store in gangnam that it would work in NZ with a NZ sim card...(I was with my Korean friend at the time and she specifically asked for me about this)

Roaming around the world and in NZ has not been a problem....

as for using my vodafone NZ sim card...it does not work...the phone only recognizes the contact numbers stored in that phone and nothing else

So if I had known a NZ based sim card would not work...I probably wouldn't have bought the phone

good luck