[Bossman]

You want to buy a triband or quad band phone if you want to to work in the US. The Razr is quadband. The US bands are 850/1900. Cingular uses both bands in a lot of places. Tmobile is mostly 1900 and 850 roaming in a few places. The rest of the world that uses GSM outside North America uses 900/1800. The triband phones you will see over there are 900/1800/1900. So, if you buy a triband, it will work very well with tmobile here, and okay with cingular(depending on location). A quadband will work very well here and in the other countries that use GSM...It has all the GSM bands! You can buy it there or wait till you get here. Just make sure it's unlocked. There are lots of quad band phones out there (Check ebay). Just note that the triband phones you will see in the US will mostly be 850/1800/1900. Which will give you excellent coverage here, but okay coverage outside the US, because it does not have the 900 band.