My friends, I am new in this forum, in fact I have just registered having read some important post. I want to ask if any one has an idea on whether a Motorola A1000 used in UK can work in Nigeria.

For those who are not familiar with the features of this mobile phone, it has:
[list][li]Tri-band: GSM / GPRS 900/1800/1900 MHz, WCDMA 2100 MHz[/li]
[li]Enabling technologies: Symbian OS v7.0, J2ME (MIDP 2.0 + APIs)[/li]
[li]UI: UIQ 2.1[/li]
[li]Display: 208x320 pixels[/li]
[li]Color depth: 65K full colors, TFT touch-screen[/li]
[li]Email protocols: IMAP4, POP3[/li]
[li]Messaging: SMS, MMS and email[/li]
[li]Integrated VGA camera with a 1.2-megapixel sensor with 4x digital zoom[/li]
[li]Document viewing via Microsoft Word®, Microsoft Excel®, Microsoft PowerPoint®, PDF®[/li]
[li]Multimedia:
- multimedia streaming, capture and playback with MPEG4 and MP3 files and dual-audio speakers
- two-way video conferencing
- supports MPEG4, WMV, WMA and MP3 functionalities[/li]
[li]Browsing: HTML with Small Screen Rendering[/li]
[li]Connectivity: Integrated USB and Bluetooth® technology[/li]
[li]Memory: 24 MB built-in memory[/li]
[li]Memory card: Supports Removable Memory (Triflash-R)[/li][/list]

My Answer:
Yes, Frank, your Motorola A1000 phone will work in Nigeria since MTN/Vmobile/MTEL/Glo will let you use their SIMs on any GSM-compatible phone. Welcome to Nairaland.

I've seen the phone with someone in Lagos about 2 weeks ago. He brought it from Uk, and it is working with our network here. Just know that the phone's memory is not much, and you may have to wait a little while before you a purchase a T-Flash Memory here, in case you want to upgrade.

Is this phone better than Sonyericsson P910i?

as long SIM can go in, it will work.

not always, here one providor's sim cards don't work in any other phones than the ones they came in due to some wierd formatting that is apparantly common amount countries like korea.

the GSM band also matters. It has to be compatible with the band been used in Nigeria.

Hot-angel be corrected, Not all fone works here in nigeria, inspite of putin sims inside, some fones are are coded.

Thanks for your guidance. This will definately help me.
Cheers!

Okay debugger.

frank o, na wa for u o. u be 419? i see another post about tv, now na A1000.
For the record, the a1000 is a 3g phone. not sure it will work with 2nd generation sim card. i have both the a1000 and the p910 in the UK, but i dont want 2 risk swapping d cards as the instruction say i shouldn't. On the othe hand when i was in nigeria 2 mths ago i saw a friend using an NEC 3g fone on MTN. So it may work after all. keep us posted

Ladies & gentle men, as long as it has a long standby time like Nokia 1100-400hrs, 3100-410hrs, 3120-410hrs, 6310i-480hrs, 6610i-432hrs, Philips 639-400hrs, 855-400hrs, Siemense SF 65-400Hrs, Sony Ericsson K750i-400hrs, P900-400hrs, P910i-400hrs, I for one do not care about its level of suffistication as long as it gives me the obvious basisc services.

JC.ozochi:

I for one do not care about its level of suffistication as long as it gives me the obvious basisc services.

Exactly!!!!

whoa A1000 is the best phone now for me sha,i have one right here too.the girls here can,t get enuogh of it.

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