Does the HMD Barbie Phone work on SFR?

Q: Does the HMD Barbie Phone work on SFR?

Works with caveats. With 2G being switched off, calls and texts fall back to 3G, which this phone supports (900 MHz, 2100 MHz). SFR plans to switch 3G off at the end of 2028. It supports 4G Calling, but we haven't found confirmation that it's enabled on SFR. 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3, 7, 20).

Last checked 23 Oct 20267 sourcesWorked out from published specs

Mostly, with a catch.

Works with caveats

With 2G being switched off, calls and texts fall back to 3G, which this phone supports (900 MHz, 2100 MHz). SFR plans to switch 3G off at the end of 2028. It supports 4G Calling, but we haven't found confirmation that it's enabled on SFR. 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3, 7, 20).

Fine for now. The catch is how calls get through: if they ride on 2G or 3G, they stop when SFR switches that off.

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

SFR (France)

3G: On until the end of 2028
2G: Switch-off in two phases: 15–30 November 2026 in big cities (incl. the Paris region, Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Nantes), then everywhere from 1 to 15 December 2026

HMD Barbie Phone

2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G: 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1700/2100 (AWS) MHz, 1900 MHz, 2100 MHz
4G bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41
4G Calling: yes – Listed in HMD's VoLTE-verified product list (TA-1681).

The same applies to networks that run on SFR: RED by SFR. Smaller networks sometimes handle 4G Calling differently, so check with them too.

Other networks in France

Orange Works with caveats
Bouygues Telecom Works with caveats
Free Mobile Works

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How we decide: our method.