Does the TCL Flip 2 (US model) work on Bouygues Telecom?
No, not any more.
Doesn't workIts 4G bands (2, 4, 5, 12, 25, 26, 41, 66, 71 (US bands)) don't match Bouygues Telecom's, and it has no matching 3G to fall back to.
We wouldn't buy the TCL Flip 2 (US model) for a Bouygues Telecom SIM.
We worked this out from the phone's published bands and Bouygues Telecom's own published network facts (see How we check). Nobody has confirmed it for this exact pairing yet.
Bouygues Telecom (France)
- 3G: On until the end of 2029
- 2G: Switch-off on 15 November 2026 in Brest, Guipavas, Nancy and Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, then everywhere from 1 to 15 December 2026
TCL Flip 2 (US model)
- 2G: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G: 850 MHz, 1700/2100 (AWS) MHz, 1900 MHz
- 4G bands: 2, 4, 5, 12, 25, 26, 41, 66, 71 (US bands)
- 4G Calling: unknown – Built for US networks.
The same applies to networks that run on Bouygues Telecom: B&You. Smaller networks sometimes handle 4G Calling differently, so check with them too.
Other networks in France
- Orange Doesn't work
- SFR Doesn't work
- Free Mobile Doesn't work
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Sources
How we decide: our method.