Cell Phone in VN Options

[got_rice604]

hey, does it work if I bring a cell phone over here to VN?

Do I need to unlock the phone before I can use it?

What type of cell phone will work in VN?

[AnhJohn]

Roaming fees gonna skyrocket!! 2

[vIeTpRidEs_wOrLd...]

yeah , buy a sim card in Vietnam

[Her0]

usually t-mobile phones work over at vn. i just came back from vn. so id know. ahha

[BabiCu]

hey, does it work if I bring a cell phone over here to VN?

Do I need to unlock the phone before I can use it?

What type of cell phone will work in VN?

What kind of cell phone you bring to VN ? tell me with the picture of your cell. ill answer your question.

[xxxSFxxx]

Any phone that uses GSM 900 will work in vietnam.

This post has been edited by xxxSFxxx: Aug 20 2005, 04:51 PM

[smarterchild]

u can bring any GSM tri-band(900/1900/1800) phone back to vietnam, they will unlock for u with cheap price, then get a prepaid sim for around $1-$3 .

Vietnam use ALOT of Nokia, which is ridiculous. those are too expensive and doesnt have enough feature to go with it.

[got_rice604]

u can bring any GSM tri-band(900/1900/1800) phone back to vietnam, they will unlock for u with cheap price, then get a prepaid sim for around $1-$3 .

Vietnam use ALOT of Nokia, which is ridiculous. those are too expensive and doesnt have enough feature to go with it.

how much wil it cost for them to unlock for me?
the price of cell phone in vietnam is ridiculous.

[smarterchild]

unlock is anywhere from $5 - $10 depend on where u would get. and the prepaid card is around $10.

but i would suggest u get it unlock here because they think u rich because u American and will rip u off alot. If u use Cingular, call them and ask them to unlock u for free if u been a customer for more than 90 days. or u can get cheap unlock service from moms and pops shop around town.

vietnamese in VN would spend lots of money on cellphone, thats why many vietnamese in America use the trick of report a "lost" phone, so the service would get them a new phone, then bring it back to VN and sell for double the price. lol

[supernovasp]

unlock is anywhere from $5 - $10 depend on where u would get. and the prepaid card is around $10.

but i would suggest u get it unlock here because they think u rich because u American and will rip u off alot. If u use Cingular, call them and ask them to unlock u for free if u been a customer for more than 90 days. or u can get cheap unlock service from moms and pops shop around town.

vietnamese in VN would spend lots of money on cellphone, thats why many vietnamese in America use the trick of report a "lost" phone, so the service would get them a new phone, then bring it back to VN and sell for double the price.    lol

YES LOL. Viet Kieu CAN make a lot of money by selling americna phones in vietnam haha

[got_rice604]

unlock is anywhere from $5 - $10 depend on where u would get. and the prepaid card is around $10.

but i would suggest u get it unlock here because they think u rich because u American and will rip u off alot. If u use Cingular, call them and ask them to unlock u for free if u been a customer for more than 90 days. or u can get cheap unlock service from moms and pops shop around town.

vietnamese in VN would spend lots of money on cellphone, thats why many vietnamese in America use the trick of report a "lost" phone, so the service would get them a new phone, then bring it back to VN and sell for double the price.    lol

I am Canadian so I think its around 200 to unlock phone here...
so 5-10 bucks will be okie to unlock it in vietnam..
I don't mind paying that price rather than $200...

This post has been edited by got_rice604: Aug 20 2005, 07:34 PM

[Kenji shinoda]

LOL, Viet kieu Can bring phones from Can to sell in Vietnam ? LOL, seriously.who would buy those phones ? Farmers ? 2 2


Vietnamese people are very up-to-date when it comes to cellphones 2 When I visited Vietnam last month, i got myself a sick one - samsung SGH D500. It's SAMSUNG's top dog at that time; It has all the features that i was looking for: video camera ( up tp 1 hour), emailing, voice recoreder.... etc. Here's a pic of that cellphone



I also saw alot of VIetnamese using high class phones like Nokia 7280, nokia 8800, motorola V3 when i went into cafe or bars.

What you said...., supernova, is very hard to believe 2

[smarterchild]

American service provider get $hitty phones and always the SLOWEST compare to overseas countries... lol i still see people use nokia 3390 in cali..!!

and vietnam get good phones because their service not strict and subsidy like ours, they all get nicely new unlocked phone from korea and europe.

and lol didnt u know the Nokia 8800 cost around $1,000 in america ? it cause it cover in all steel aluminum inside out. Wonder how much people in VN paid for it lol ~ 50 millions VND ?

This post has been edited by smarterchild: Aug 21 2005, 03:31 AM

[Nghia]

don't usually post threads on here but yeah ^_^,you guys are over exagerating about cell phones prices in vietnam.vietnam prices in phone are hell alot cheaper in vietnam compared to here.. in north america, some of the phones we can't even get in north america unless it was imported over, tends to be pricier here than over there. here we buy phones that are offered by service providers. or if you if you have a unlocked phone which hasn't been restricted. the price you pay for a phone in vietnam is cheaper in many ways, unless you're comparing the Yearly contracts than the phone would be cheaper yes.... but if you're talking about a straight out buy.... with no contracts, than cell phones in vietnam would be cheaper by a hundred or so depends on the model you're looking at. and the nokia 8800, is going for around 14 million dongs.... which would come to be less than a 1000 U.S Dollars. and would be slightly over a 1000 Canadian dollars. haha it's amazing to see how much the canadian dollar gone up compared to that of the US now ^_^

but yeah, any phone dual band or tri-band will work in vietnam , but only a couple conditions apply, any gsm cell phone would work, but it has to have the gsm 900 :Band, like the samsung e715, it's a dualband 900/1900 but it has capabilites of being changed into a 900/1800 band

haha gotta love cell phones ^_^

[vIeTpRidEs_wOrLd...]

LOL, Viet kieu Can bring phones from Can to sell in Vietnam ? LOL, seriously.who would buy those phones ? Farmers ?  2  2


Vietnamese people are very up-to-date when it comes to cellphones  2 When I visited Vietnam last month, i got myself a sick one - samsung SGH D500. It's SAMSUNG's top dog at that time; It has all the features that i was looking for: video camera ( up tp 1 hour), emailing, voice recoreder.... etc. Here's a pic of that cellphone



I also saw alot of VIetnamese using high class phones like Nokia 7280, nokia 8800, motorola V3 when i went into cafe or bars.

What you said...., supernova, is very hard to believe  2

my friend bought a razor V3 and since then, he got 3 phones from motorola (reported lost or stolen or fell in the water) sent back to Vietnam to his relatives. I myself have a razor and it SUCKS, just the thinness, nothing else if good about this phone

[Kenji shinoda]

American service provider get $hitty phones and always the SLOWEST compare to overseas countries... lol i still see people use nokia 3390 in cali..!!

and vietnam get good phones because their service not strict and subsidy like ours, they all get nicely new unlocked phone from korea and europe.

and lol didnt u know the Nokia 8800 cost around $1,000 in america ? it cause it cover in all steel aluminum inside out. Wonder how much people in VN paid for it lol ~ 50 millions VND ?

NO. 14 500 000 VND to be exact ( check nokia.com.vn if you don't believe), which is cheaper than$1000 2 We got 8800 before the Americans did 2

[dadio]

In January I bought a low end cell in Sai Gon for U$100. Then you can buy lots of minutes for $20. That is much cheaper than in Canada. And receive air time is free.

[smarterchild]

anyone live in Vietnam know how much the Motorola Black V3 worth right now ?

i have a brand new one and planning to send back to sell but dont know how much is it in vietnam..

cam on.!!!

[Kenji shinoda]

anyone live in Vietnam know how much the Motorola Black V3 worth right now ?

i have a brand new one and planning to send back to sell but dont know how much is it in vietnam..

cam on.!!!

6 700 000 dong

[ArchKnight]

I think Nokia 8800 suck compare to Sharp 903 in performance+feature and 903 is like 500$ phone. I prefer US rather than Vietnam cause I can get free phone from T-Mobile Sharp TM150, T-Mobile Nokia SGH-d415 all 1 year or Motorala V3 free with something selective in the contract? But yeah I think the US phone company is trying to catch up. The phone I have is Sharp 902 and TM 150 which is comparable to Sharp 902 except it lack bluetooth/mp3.