Nokia 800 Tough In Canada

[zacforan]

Hey folks,

Looking to use PublicMobile, and was wanting to use a Nokia 800 Tough for my phone. I was wondering if anyone has done this before, as it says that the Nokia 800 Tough does not work on CDMA networks. I am not the most savvy with cellular technology, and wanted to make sure this would work before ordering the phone. I was looking to order this one from this link: https://www.amazon.ca/Nokia-2100mAh-Rugged-Factory-Unlocked/dp/B07X63JCWT (not sure if it matters where I get it from, again just wanting clarification to make sure this would work). Any help and clarification on if I would be able to do this with public mobile would be great!

Thanks so much in advance!

[darlicious]

@zacforan 

I don't recommend the sonim series of tough phones. They did not pass the bf test....barely made it 4 months.....

[sheytoon]

@LurganIeUk @AE_Collector maybe you are confusing WCDMA with CDMA. They are completely different technologies, and incompatible with one another.

@Anonymous @softech thanks for the kind words!

[AE_Collector]

The TELUS network hasn’t been CDMA for years… and years now.

AE_Collector

[softech]

@Anonymous .. yup.. my comment earlier wasn't targeting to your comment 🤣

and yes.. I trust sheytoon fully and learned a lot from him.. he is the PMikipedia here..  if he said yes.. i will go out and put it without a 2nd thought.

(hey.. same goes to your comment.. i trust you too.. if you said yes.. I will buy  🙂 ) 

[Anonymous]

 @softech : Of course we need to be sure. But when someone like sheytoon steps in - that becomes the mic drop. He opines that the phone would not be entirely ideal but that it could barely work. He suggests continuing shopping. I would listen. Note: I'm not doing the mic dropping here. If sheytoon had not replied I would have said as much without the mic.

Terminology gets mixed up out in the wilds. There's a separation between CDMA and others. Others start with GSM. If you see "doesn't work with CDMA" then you know you can dig deeper.

[softech]

honest, we have to be extra careful in concluding if a phone will work or not on PM.  Someone might go out and order a new phone for couple hundred bucks based on our comment..    🙂

[softech]

@Anonymous .. you forgot to tag him with @  😀

[Anonymous]

So let me introduce to you
The one and only ...sheytoon.

Our resident expert.

[LurganIeUk]

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@sheytoon wrote:

Assuming it's this version:

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-800-tough/specs

It is not ideal in terms of band support. It's missing 3G WCDMA B2 (1900) and LTE B2, 4, 12.

Network bands (LTE):

(excluding USA and Latin America) 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38/41 (120MHz), 39, 40;

(Europe) 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20

Network bands (WCDMA):

(excluding USA and Latin America) 1, 5, 8;

(Europe) 1, 5, 8

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No assuming....look at what @zacforan said "the Nokia 800 Tough does not work on CDMA networks"

And look at what the ad says.....

[LurganIeUk]

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@Anonymous wrote:

yes will working with public mobile

visit Here to see your phone

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@zacforan  says  that the Nokia 800 Tough does not work on CDMA networks...so it is GSM. 

And when Googling Telus they say:

No GSM device will work on the Telus network. Only Rogers. GSM also has horrible speed and reception as it's decades old.

So as @softech says...it WON'T work!!

[sheytoon · Accepted solution]

Assuming it's this version:

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-800-tough/specs

It is not ideal in terms of band support. It's missing 3G WCDMA B2 (1900) and LTE B2, 4, 12.

Network bands (LTE):

(excluding USA and Latin America) 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38/41 (120MHz), 39, 40;

(Europe) 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20

Network bands (WCDMA):

(excluding USA and Latin America) 1, 5, 8;

(Europe) 1, 5, 8

[softech]

NO, it won't work.  It is  for European and Asian market which use different frequencies.

[Anonymous]

yes will working with public mobile

visit Here to see your phone

[Triguy]

PM uses these bands and does not use CDMA.

Public Mobile frequency
3G HSPA+ B2(1900), B5(850) (Fallback for calls & 3G data)
LTE B2 (1900)
LTE B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1)
LTE B5 (850)
LTE B7 (2600)
LTE B12(700)
LTE B13(700)
LTE B17(700)
LTE B29(700)