Budget 25-30k Will Galaxy A52s 5G bought in India work on US carriers?

Stronk · Jul 24, 2022

Hi all,
Looking to purchase a Galaxy A52s 5G, but will be moving to the States fairly soon. But I need a new phone right now since current one is nearly unusable. My question is, will the model sold in India work properly on GSM-based US carriers with proper 4G support, if not 5G?
The model number I could find is SM-A528B/DS, not sure if this one will be able to work fully with US bands. Any help will be appreciated. Thank you.

blr_p · Jul 25, 2022

There used to be a few sites that had this info. Today all I found was just one (!)

Will Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G work in USA?

In this page we are going to show you the compatibility of Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G with the mobile networks of USA and with the telephony operators that provide service in USA.

www.kimovil.com

Better to check with the carriers directly. There are only two GSM carriers in the US, T-mo & AT&T, they want your IMEI to check

USMobile is smaller that also does GSM.

https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/bring-your-own-phone

Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) | AT&T Prepaid

Keep your current phone and pair it with AT&T Prepaid for huge savings! AT&T Prepaid gives you freedom with no annual contract plans and pay as you go.

www.att.com

It really depends where in the US you will be based. If it's east coast up to Chicago, Verizon used to be the one to have if you wanted to receive your calls without them going to voicemail. Sprint is cheaper with coverage only in the main east coast and west cities. Don't travel much then Sprint works. Otherwise not as widespread as Verizon. Sprint & Verizon don't do GSM. They have their own thing.

West of Chicago AT&T was the one. T-mo has coverage all over the place. Going south that's a different story again.

OMEGA44-XT · Jul 25, 2022

It should work on GSM networks like AT&T, likely not on Verizon. There are many small GSM carriers as well with cheaper plans.

AINDRASIS_GUPTA · Jul 25, 2022

Get an iPhone if you want your Indian variant to work flawlessly with the US carriers.

Stronk · Jul 25, 2022

blr_p said:
There used to be a few sites that had this info. Today all I found was just one (!)

Will Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G work in USA?

In this page we are going to show you the compatibility of Samsung Galaxy A52s 5G with the mobile networks of USA and with the telephony operators that provide service in USA.

www.kimovil.com

Better to check with the carriers directly. There are only two GSM carriers in the US, T-mo & AT&T, they want your IMEI to check

USMobile is smaller that also does GSM.

https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/bring-your-own-phone

Bring Your Own Phone (BYOP) | AT&T Prepaid

Keep your current phone and pair it with AT&T Prepaid for huge savings! AT&T Prepaid gives you freedom with no annual contract plans and pay as you go.

www.att.com

It really depends where in the US you will be based. If it's east coast up to Chicago, Verizon used to be the one to have if you wanted to receive your calls without them going to voicemail. Sprint is cheaper with coverage only in the main east coast and west cities. Don't travel much then Sprint works. Otherwise not as widespread as Verizon. Sprint & Verizon don't do GSM. They have their own thing.

West of Chicago AT&T was the one. T-mo has coverage all over the place. Going south that's a different story again.

Thank you so much for the kimovil website! That helps a lot, and this should work for T-Mobile as I was planning to go for a smaller carrier which uses their network.

OMEGA44-XT said:
It should work on GSM networks like AT&T, likely not on Verizon. There are many small GSM carriers as well with cheaper plans.

Ah alright, that's good to know. I also figured that to be the case. I am looking at Mint Mobile since it seems to have good coverage in Chicago area, which I figure is one of the "smaller" GSM carriers with cheaper plans. Two things I will miss the most from India are the super cheap mobile plans and zero-transaction UPI service. Oh well.

AINDRASIS_GUPTA said:
Get an iPhone if you want your Indian variant to work flawlessly with the US carriers.

Yup, I'm aware but iPhones are expensive, at least for me. Plus would like to stick to Android for other reasons too

blr_p · Jul 25, 2022

Stronk said:
Thank you so much for the kimovil website! That helps a lot, and this should work for T-Mobile as I was planning to go for a smaller carrier which uses their network.

If you know what carrier you will be on then the next step is to check with them directly using your IMEI

https://www.t-mobile.com/resources/bring-your-own-phone

What does that say ?

DEVRAJ BARIA · Jul 31, 2022

But first of all you need to activate your any SAMSUNG phone by putting any Indian SIM card in India and then take to foreign countries. Otherwise it will not work even if it supposed to work.