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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / Cingular / March 2006Best GSM Phone for Cingular Network?
I was an AT&T Wireless customer in Northern California, which then became Cingular. I am trying to identify the best GSM phone currently made for these requirements: 1) I need extremely good reception, and this characteristic is by far the most important feature for me. I have a Siemens S55 now, and the reception is not good. The signal strength fades in an out in areas that should be getting great GSM coverage. I need something at least twice as loud and clear. 2) I need superb support for a bluetooth wireless headset. I find hassling with the wires for a headset to be too difficult in many mobile applications. I would still like the option for a wired headset. 3) I need some simple SMS and paging capabilities, nothing exotic. I definitely don't need to browse the Internet on a cell phone. 4) I don't need fancy colors, or cameras, or any other high end features. What are some candidates based on these requirements, and is there a review that shows reception quality for multiple GSM phones in a consumer reports type tabulation?  SignatureWill I have used 5 cell phones of cingular and I must say that my lg c2000 has the best recption of any I have used! For the exception of my bag phone thats way out dated and still works great as long as I keep my contract! So if you want the best try and set up a bag phone for your auto! Good Luck! Somewhere around Thu, 9 Mar 2006 22:21:19 -0800, while reading alt.cellular.cingular, I think I thought I saw this post from "Will" <westes-usc@noemail.nospam>: >I was an AT&T Wireless customer in Northern California, which then became >Cingular. I am trying to identify the best GSM phone currently made for [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >that shows reception quality for multiple GSM phones in a consumer reports >type tabulation? Nokias are known to generally have good reception quality; I think Motorolas are also generally good. I'm happy with my V3 RAZR reception, and I think the bluetooth is good with the right devices. It's hard to find a bluetooth phone without camera and other high-end features, though. SignatureMarty - public.forums (at) gmail (dot) com "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others." - Groucho Marx >I was an AT&T Wireless customer in Northern California, which then became > Cingular. I am trying to identify the best GSM phone currently made for [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > that shows reception quality for multiple GSM phones in a consumer reports > type tabulation? I have been very happy with both Motorola V551 and V557. I use a Plantronics Discovery 640 bluetooth headset. Bob Just getting a 64k Cingular orange sim will improve your signal. >>I was an AT&T Wireless customer in Northern California, which then became >> Cingular. I am trying to identify the best GSM phone currently made [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > Bob >Just getting a 64k Cingular orange sim will improve your signal. Actually not. The 64K ENS SIM only makes a difference in an ENS capable phone, and even then it only allows Cingular to manually "home" the phone OTA (over the air) to either the "orange" (old Cingular) network or "blue" (old ATTWS) network. With or without ENS, phones homed to either network will roam on the other network. In most cases ENS makes little difference. See the FAQ for more info. SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> For requirement #1, anything from Nokia. We live in a fringe area and tried many different phones here. Most would not work from my house. The only phones we tried that did work (and worked well) were the Nokia 6620, 6230 and Motorola RAZR V3. >I was an AT&T Wireless customer in Northern California, which then became > Cingular. I am trying to identify the best GSM phone currently made for [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > that shows reception quality for multiple GSM phones in a consumer reports > type tabulation? Razr V3!! .. bamp > For requirement #1, anything from Nokia. We live in a fringe area > and tried many different phones here. Most would not work from [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] >> reports >> type tabulation? Hi Will, Why not consider Samsung ZX10 when you are getting it for a low subscriber price? The other applications remain on the phone but what the hell ..... I am getting it for 99$ ...lol Unless Samsung phones have changed substantially, since my wife owned one a few years ago, the ZX10 will not meet his first criteria, a phone with extremely good reception. > Hi Will, > > Why not consider Samsung ZX10 when you are getting it for a low > subscriber price? The other applications remain on the phone but what > the hell ..... I am getting it for 99$ ...lol Current Samsung phones compare well to other major brands, including Nokia and Motorola. >Unless Samsung phones have changed substantially, since >my wife owned one a few years ago, the ZX10 will not [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] >> subscriber price? The other applications remain on the phone but what >> the hell ..... I am getting it for 99$ ...lol SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> The V3 razr and sliver are rated at the top of the list for reception a cingular right now John Navas Wrote: > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > John Navas > <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ The RAZR is great, I agree, but it's no 6230 or 6620. Of course Cingular may no longer sell those for all I know. > The V3 razr and sliver are rated at the top of the list for reception at > cingular right now [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] >> John Navas >> <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> Indeed -- the RAZR is better. :) My only complaints with the RAZR are the form factor (which I find uncomfortable to hold) and the lack of EGPRS(EDGE). >The RAZR is great, I agree, but it's no 6230 or 6620. Of course >Cingular may no longer sell those for all I know. > >> The V3 razr and sliver are rated at the top of the list for reception at >> cingular right now SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> John Navas Wrote: > [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE] > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > John Navas > <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> as to your edge question, the edge only works in areas that have tha tech nology in its towers >John Navas Wrote: >> >> ... My only complaints with the RAZR are the >> form factor (which I find uncomfortable to hold) and the lack of >> EGPRS(EDGE). >as to your edge question, the edge only works in areas that have that >tech nology in its towers. True, but EGPRS(EDGE) is widely available on Cingular. SignatureBest regards, SEE THE FAQ FOR CINGULAR WIRELESS AT John Navas <http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cingular_Wireless_FAQ> I just got my first cell phone, a Nokia 6102, works great. A version with Bluetooth, 6102i, is expected out soon. >I was an AT&T Wireless customer in Northern California, which then became > Cingular. I am trying to identify the best GSM phone currently made for [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > that shows reception quality for multiple GSM phones in a consumer reports > type tabulation? |
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