UMi have listed full
specifications for both of their up coming
quad-core MT6589 phone complete with
network support
details for the
UMi X2 and
X1s.
One of the most requested features we are asked to list is what networks
Chinese phones support. Unfortunately this isn't always possible as
Chinese manufactures don't always make the
details known, or
specifications change without notice.
Thankfully Umi, the manufacturers of the much talked about UMi X2 have published full specifications for the X2 and X1s complete with details of the frequencies both of the new MT6589 phones will work on.
According to the table shown above, the
X2 and
X1s will both support
GSM 850/800/1800/1900 and
WCDMA 2100. As both phones are dual-sim models they will be able to accept both a WCDMA and
GSM sim at the same time.
After a quick Google search we can see that both UMi phones should be compatible with 2G GSM networks in the following countries and networks:
- France: Bouygues, Orange, SFR GSM, Virgin
- UK: MCom, T-Moblie, TeleWare
- Ireland: Vodafone, O2, Meteor, Tesco
- Spain: Orange, Movistar, Vodafone, Simyo, Yoigo
- Portugal: Vodafone, TMN, Optimus
- USA: AT&T, T-Moblie, Fido, Suncom, Airvoice, CTC, Edge, Indigo, Tuyo, 7-Eleven, Callplus, O2, Lucas, Suncom
- Canada: Rogers, Fido
- Australia: Optus, Telstra, Vodafone, Virgin
- Italy: TIM, Vodafone, Wind
As for 3G any
carrier offering UMTS 2100 should be compatible with these phones.
GSM Arena have a handy tool to see which networks your country supports
here.
FYI these details are just here for reference and while we have found the details to be true via web searches, we have not tested them for ourselves. We suggest you contact your carrier to confirm support before buying any Chinese phone.