Originally Posted by
Merlin666
I will be travelling to Bangkok and Hongkong and thought that rather than starting a new thread I'll bring this one back for updates. So, how would Hongkong compare to Singapore and Bangkok, and where would one go to get an unlocked phone that will work well in North America (Canada)?
Depends what you're looking for. A quad band phone will work in the US as well as Asia. But 3G is different depending on where you are (same in Thailand as in the US, but different in Europe). So if you expect to use data on it, you need to research which bands it offers and which bands you'd need at home. That's where phones differ a lot, and quad-band doesn't tell the whole story.
Also, look out for copy phones. I was looking for a Nokia N8 in Thailand, and they had loads of them, cheaply. I played around with one. It looked identical to an N8, until you realized it had a resistive screen and crap camera. Loads of Iphone copy phones too. They run Windows CE!!!! I think there's an Iphone lookalike running Android that's probably out now too..