Does the Sonim XP3 work on Free Mobile?

Q: Does the Sonim XP3 work on Free Mobile?

Works with caveats. With 2G being switched off, calls and texts fall back to 3G, which this phone supports (900 MHz, 2100 MHz). Free hasn't announced a 3G switch-off date. We haven't found confirmation that 4G Calling works on Free Mobile. 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3).

Last checked 23 Oct 20267 sourcesWorked out from published specs

It works, with caveats.

Works with caveats

With 2G being switched off, calls and texts fall back to 3G, which this phone supports (900 MHz, 2100 MHz). Free hasn't announced a 3G switch-off date. We haven't found confirmation that 4G Calling works on Free Mobile. 4G data should work (shared bands: 1, 3).

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

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

Free Mobile (France)

3G: On; no switch-off date announced
2G: No 2G of its own: uses Orange's 2G, which is off across mainland France since 20 October 2026 ("white zones" until 1–15 December 2026)

Sonim XP3

2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G: 800 MHz, 850 MHz, 900 MHz, 1700/2100 (AWS) MHz, 2100 MHz
4G bands: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 38, 41, 66 (no band 20)
4G Calling: unknown – Built for US networks.

Other networks in France

Orange Works with caveats
SFR Works with caveats
Bouygues Telecom Works with caveats

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How we decide: our method.