Question re Cingular & SIM cards

Thread view:

Enable EMail Alerts

Start New Thread

Thread rating:

Rosso81 - 30 Aug 2005 23:12 GMT

sjwilson Wrote:

> It is also important to make sure the
> phone & system are compatible (cingular uses 850/1900 freq, a 190
> only
> phone might not work as well in your area whether it is unlocked or
> not)....

Thanks for the reply. So you are saying that if I buy an unlocke
phone on eBay say that is Triband GSM 900/1800/1900 it will work bu
the signal may not be as strong as if I was buying a Cingular unlocke
phone that was operating on a quad-band/850 frequency

--
Rosso81

Reply to this Message

Joseph - 31 Aug 2005 01:25 GMT

>Thanks for the reply. So you are saying that if I buy an unlocked
>phone on eBay say that is Triband GSM 900/1800/1900 it will work but
>the signal may not be as strong as if I was buying a Cingular unlocked
>phone that was operating on a quad-band/850 frequency?

You may be able to get by with a 1900 only handset since AT&T Wireless
who cingular took over ran 1900 in all their markets. However, for
optimum performance it's best to have a handset that is capable of 850
and 1900.

- -

Reply to this Message

John Navas - 31 Aug 2005 22:39 GMT

>sjwilson Wrote:
>> It is also important to make sure the
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>the signal may not be as strong as if I was buying a Cingular unlocked
>phone that was operating on a quad-band/850 frequency?

It's more a matter of coverage than of signal quality.

Signature

Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

Reply to this Message

Question re Cingular &amp; SIM cards

Question re Cingular & SIM cards