Does the emporia SIMPLICITY-LTE work on MEO?

Q: Does the emporia SIMPLICITY-LTE work on MEO?

Works. Calls and texts work over 2G, which MEO keeps running for voice now 3G is gone, and 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3, 7, 20).

Last checked 22 Oct 20264 sourcesWorked out from published specs

Yes, it should.

Works

Calls and texts work over 2G, which MEO keeps running for voice now 3G is gone, and 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3, 7, 20).

Calls, texts and data should all work with a MEO SIM.

We worked this out from the phone's published bands and MEO's own published network facts (see How we check). Nobody has confirmed it for this exact pairing yet.

MEO (Portugal)

3G: Switched off (completed 31 January 2024)
2G: 2G stays on for voice calls nationwide

emporia SIMPLICITY-LTE

2G: GSM 900 / 1800 (emporia manual)
3G: 900 MHz, 2100 MHz
4G bands: 1, 3, 7, 8, 20
4G Calling: unknown – emporia's manual lists the 4G bands but doesn't mention VoLTE, and we haven't found it on a network's VoLTE list.

Other networks in Portugal

NOS Works
Vodafone Portugal Works

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How we decide: our method.