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And like i said, in the last sentence, i have already checked. It is compatible.
Because you bought your phone in the USA, and because "international" phones are not sold by USA carriers because that is how manufacturers create separate markets for smartphones and connected devices, you are very unlikely to have a phone that can work at all in Asia, Australia, half of Europe, South America, and Africa. There are even some incompatible bands between Canada and USA.
What people are trying to tell you is that unless you bought an explicitly "international" smartphone, your phone will be locked at the baseband level, meaning it won't connect in the above mentions regions over LTE.
That means you'll be likely restricted to WiFi only in those areas.
US phone users in the US dont have to buy international phones just because someone is visiting outside of the country.
They do work overseas; if you buy the right phone plan. Most of us use the option to buy an international plan from a carrier (Verizon, Tmobile, AT&T).
I can also get a local sim or buy an international esim/sim for data. Wifi would only be for calling. We do have options, we just gotta pay attention to what we pick depending on what we are trying to do outside of the country and what the phone is.
This is annoying, you don't seem to understand what you're being told.
Again, the SIM only grants token access, it has nothing to do with your phone's localization. Your equipment needs to conform to local standards, and your LTE radio is likely locked to certain channels. For example:
These are the LTE bands for North America.
These are the LTE bands used in Asia.
They aren't the same. If your phone is baseband-locked to the USA, you aren't getting on certain LTE networks no matter what esim or SIM you have.
I hope you encounter no problems.