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BUC · 07-09-2010, 11:03 AM

The Storm 2 9550 is a Dual Band phone, that means it has a CDMA and GSM chip at the same time...
The problem is that the 3G capability for GSM remains only on 2100 frequency band

I am from Venezuela and I recently unlocked my verizon phone to use it over here... and while it works great, it will not give me 3G over Movistar Venezuela (which is my provider) since they use 1900 frequency band

I am guessing that for Argentina would be the same case since Brazil is the only one using 2100 here at South America...

For my needs its fine, and the phone is great... and is good to know that if I go to Europe or Asia I could take full advantage of 3G being a World phone

As MidnightDraven suggested the Storm 2 9520 would offer full 3G for GSM carriers and it would suit you better, but in my case I was using it with Verizon first, thats why I took this direction

07-09-2010, 11:03 AM	#4
BUC Talking BlackBerry Encyclopedia Join Date: Jan 2009 Model: 9000 OS: 5.0.0.681 Carrier: Movistar Posts: 386	The Storm 2 9550 is a Dual Band phone, that means it has a CDMA and GSM chip at the same time... The problem is that the 3G capability for GSM remains only on 2100 frequency band I am from Venezuela and I recently unlocked my verizon phone to use it over here... and while it works great, it will not give me 3G over Movistar Venezuela (which is my provider) since they use 1900 frequency band I am guessing that for Argentina would be the same case since Brazil is the only one using 2100 here at South America... For my needs its fine, and the phone is great... and is good to know that if I go to Europe or Asia I could take full advantage of 3G being a World phone As MidnightDraven suggested the Storm 2 9520 would offer full 3G for GSM carriers and it would suit you better, but in my case I was using it with Verizon first, thats why I took this direction Last edited by BUC; 07-09-2010 at 11:05 AM..
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