Why Not Always Purchase a Quad-Band Phone?

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Quad band phones are expensive. Significantly more expensive then a tri-band and especially a dual-band phone. Quad-band phones are ideal for frequent travelers. People who often require a cell phone worldwide. If you need the added service capabilities from a quad-band phone, then it is worth the purchase. However, infrequent travelers and people primarily using their phone from one location, should not bare the extra expense.

The chart below displays countries and the frequency of GSM service they offer.

Country	900	1800	800/850	1900
Afghanistan	X	X
Albania	X	X
Algeria	X	X
Angola	X
Anguilla			X	X
Antigua & Barbuda	X		X	X
Argentina			X	X
Armenia	X	X
Aruba	X	X	X
Australia	X	X
Azerbaijan	X
Austria	X	X
Bahamas			X
Bahrain	X	X
Bangladesh	X
Barbados	X	X	X
Belarus	X	X
Belgium	X	X
Belize			X
Benin	X	X
Bermuda			X
Bolivia			X
Bosnia & Herzegovina	X
Botswana	X
Brazil	X	X
British Virgin Islands	X		X
Bulgaria	X	X
Burma/Myanmar - 900 planned
Cambodia	X	X
Cameroon	X
Canada			X	X
Cayman Islands	X	X	X	X
Chad	X
Chile			X
China	X
Colombia			X	X
Congo	X
Congo, Democratic Rep of	X	X
Costa Rica		X
C�te d'Ivoire	X
Croatia	X
Cuba	X
Cyprus	X	X
Czech Republic	X	X
Denmark	X	X
Dominica	X		X	X
Dominican Republic		X	X
Ecuador				X
Egypt	X
El Salvador	X		X	X
Eritrea	X
Estonia	X	X
Ethiopia	X
Fiji	X
Finland	X	X
France	X	X
French Polynesia	X
French West Indies (incl St Barts)	X	X
Georgia	X	X
Germany	X	X
Ghana	X
Greece	X	X
Greenland	X
Grenada	X	X
Guam			X
Guatemala			X	X
Guinea	X
Haiti				X
Honduras			X	X
Hong Kong	X	X
Hungary	X	X
Iceland	X	X
India	X	X
Indonesia	X	X
Iran	X	X
Iraq	X
Ireland	X	X
Israel	X	X
Italy	X	X
Jamaica	X	X	X
Japan	No GSM Service
Jordan	X	X
Kazakhstan	X
Kenya	X
Korea (South) - CDMA not GSM	No GSM Service
Kosovo	X
Kuwait	X	X
Kyrgyzstan	X
Laos	X	X
Latvia	X	X
Lebanon	X
Liberia	X	X
Libya	X
Liechtenstein	X	X
Lithuania	X	X
Luxemburg	X	X
Macedonia (former Yugoslav rep)	X
Madagascar	X
Malawi	X
Malaysia	X	X
Maldives	X
Mali	X
Malta	X	X
Mauritius	X
Mexico			X
Moldova	X
Monaco	X
Mongolia	X
Morocco	X
Mozambique	X	X
Myanmar - 900 planned
Namibia	X	X
Nepal	X	X
Netherlands	X	X
Netherland Antilles	X	X
New Zealand	X
Nicaragua			X
Nigeria	X	X
Norway	X	X
Oman	X
Pakistan	X	X
Panama				X
Papua New Guinea	X
Paraguay			X	X
Peru			X
Philippines	X	X
Poland	X	X
Portugal	X	X
Qatar	X	X
Romania	X	X
Russia	X	X
Rwanda	X
Samoa - no service
Saudi Arabia	X
Senegal	X
Serbia/Montenegro	X	X
Seychelles	X	X
Sierra Leone	X	X
Singapore	X	X
Slovakia	X	X
Slovenia	X	X
South Africa	X	X
Spain	X	X
Sri Lanka	X	X
St Lucia	X	X	X	X
St Kitts & Nevis			X	X
St Vincent / Grenadines	X	X	X	X
Sudan	X	X
Sweden	X	X
Switzerland	X	X
Syria	X	X
Taiwan	X	X
Tajikistan	X	X
Tanzania	X	X
Thailand	X	X	X
Togo	X
Tonga	X
Trinidad & Tobago		X
Tunisia	X
Turkey	X	X
Turkmenistan	X
Turks & Caicos				X
Uganda	X
Ukraine	X	X
United Arab Emirates	X
United Kingdom	X	X
U S A			X	X
Uruguay		X	X
Uzbekistan	X	X
Venezuela	X
Vietnam	X	X
Yemen	X
Zambia	X
Zimbabwe	X