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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / November 2005Comparing Nokia 6010 to Motorola v551
A buddy of mine let me use his old Nokia 6010 for a few days. The reception on this plain-jane phone is 10 times better than my Motorola v551. Not near as many dropped calls either. Hard to understand why this older phone would outperform this newer ( more expensive ) one. Called Cingular, and they swapped phones with me for no charge. The Rep. couldn't seem to understand why I wanted to swap, but I finally convinced him to . Nokia vs Motorola, no contest. Nokia ( even an older one ) wins hands down. >A buddy of mine let me use his old Nokia 6010 for a few days. The >reception on this plain-jane phone is 10 times better than my Motorola >v551. Not near as many dropped calls either. Hard to understand why >this older phone would outperform this newer ( more expensive ) one. >[SNIP] Likely homed on different networks. Compare the phones with the *same* SIM and you'll find that there isn't a significant difference.  SignatureBest regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> MY HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES: <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > Likely homed on different networks. Compare the phones with the > *same* SIM and you'll find that there isn't a significant difference. Agreed. I have a family plan. I use a 6010 and my wife has a V551. We use our phones in the same areas. There is no difference in reception. >> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >Agreed. I have a family plan. I use a 6010 and my wife has a V551. We >use our phones in the same areas. There is no difference in reception. I would have to give the 6010 a slight edge in marginal areas, like in the mountains, but they are so close as to not matter. I do think the audio quality inbound on the Nokia is better than that on the V551 which sounds a little tinny to me. I sure wouldn't trade my V551 for my wife's 6010. Dick >>> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] >>> [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > >Dick I used the chip from the 551 in the Nokia 6010. Same chip >>>>>A buddy of mine let me use his old Nokia 6010 for a few days. The >>>>>reception on this plain-jane phone is 10 times better than my Motorola [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >>which sounds a little tinny to me. I sure wouldn't trade my V551 for >>my wife's 6010. >I used the chip from the 551 in the Nokia 6010. Same chip Then the V551 may have been defective. SignatureBest regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > SIM > and you'll find that there isn't a significant difference. Not what I've seen. I went through several v400 then a v551. Swapped the sim to a Nokia 6230 and the performance was much better. Same SIM same area. Don >> In <cgbvn19cnrheqhglrd8gpm43ignrb4g04h@4ax.com> on Sat, 19 Nov 2005 >> 23:02:12 [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> Likely homed on different networks. Compare the phones with the *same* SIM >> and you'll find that there isn't a significant difference. >Not what I've seen. I went through several v400 then a v551. Swapped the >sim to a Nokia 6230 and the performance was much better. Same SIM same >area. [shrug] I've tested the V551 against the 6230, and found the performance to be roughly the same. Regardless, this thread is about the 6010, not the 6230. SignatureBest regards, FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> > Not what I've seen. I went through several v400 then a v551. Swapped the > sim to a Nokia 6230 and the performance was much better. Same SIM same > area. I've found the same thing with the newer GSM Motorola phones, they aren't nearly as good as the newer GSM Nokia phones. I also have an older GSM Motorola, tri-band, that is fine, but it lacks 800 Mhz, so it isn't much good in the U.S. anymore. As far as CDMA goes, Nokia isn't much of a player in CDMA, so it's tougher to compare. I have a niece with a CDMA Nokia and it seems okay. She got it because she likes the bowling game! > A buddy of mine let me use his old Nokia 6010 for a few days. The > reception on this plain-jane phone is 10 times better than my Motorola [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > convinced him to . Nokia vs Motorola, no contest. Nokia ( even an > older one ) wins hands down.\ haha, you swapped out a 200$ V551 for a 25$ 6010? or did you mean 6101? >> A buddy of mine let me use his old Nokia 6010 for a few days. The >> reception on this plain-jane phone is 10 times better than my Motorola [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >haha, you swapped out a 200$ V551 for a 25$ 6010? or did you mean 6101? I got the 551 for free with activation. Lost no money on the swap. Nokia products seem to be better ( reception ) wise than the Motorola products. I went through 3 551 phones before finding something with much better reception. > I got the 551 for free with activation. Lost no money on the swap. > Nokia products seem to be better ( reception ) wise than the Motorola > products. I went through 3 551 phones before finding something with > much better reception. You got this phone? http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-NOKIA-6010-CELL-PHONE-UNLOCKED-T-MOBILE-CINGULAR_W0QQite mZ5831916869QQcategoryZ64355QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Buy it now for 55 bucks free shipping, and all you had to do was give them a v551 that you could have sold for 190 plus shipping http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-MOTOROLA-V551-CAMERA-GSM-PHONE-FREE-HS820-BLUETOOTH_W0QQ itemZ5830400725QQcategoryZ64355QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem It must be nice to be so oblivious. Bernard |
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