So is it a world phone?

[Ekreed]

A couple of questions: Is the droid 3 a world phone? And, if it is, does this make it possible to buy it without a verizon contract and use it in europe with a european sim card? (I expect the phone will need unlocking to do this, if it's possible how difficult/costly would that be?). I hope it's possible, it seems like the phone I've been waiting for, but there doesn't seem to be any plan to release the milestone3 over here.

 

[akronevan2]

It is a world phone for sure. That is the only part I can answer, sorry.

 

[freshnezzz#AC]

Not sure about how well it will work in Europe but mine did come with a sim card

 

[Payne78]

Should be able to stick a vodafone sim card in it and have it working without a hitch. Least that's how its worked with other phone I've taken across the seas. It may need unlocking though.

 

[mupi]

The pictures they took in the initial hands-on show a vodaphone sim in it. FWIW.

Mine hasn't come yet (according to fedex, it's at the local facility just waiting for tomorrow to come ont he truck), but if I can dig up a SIM card I fully intend to see if I can do an AT&T sim card, and see if it works; and if not to call and try to get an unlock code.

 

[YourMobileGuru]

You can get it unlocked and use it in most of the rest of the world, but like other CDMA/GSM world phones they do not support the same 3G bands as AT&T so to it would be limited to EDGE here.