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Cellular Phone Forum / Manufacturers / Nokia / November 2007HSDPA phone
Hi, I am looking for a good Nokia WCDMA/HSDPA phone but none are available from my operator in the US (ATT)!! Can anyone recommend one that is available in Europe but which is also a "world phone" (i.e. has all the frequencies for operation in both the US and Europe)? TIA, -GB > Hi, > > I am looking for a good Nokia WCDMA/HSDPA phone but none are available from > my operator in the US (ATT)!! Can anyone recommend one that is available in > Europe but which is also a "world phone" (i.e. has all the frequencies for > operation in both the US and Europe)? Note that you have to distinguish between a quad band, which has all the frequencies to operate as a phone in both the US and Europe, and a phone that works as WCDMA/HSDPA in both the US and Europe. The E90, which I bought and then returned, is quad band, but its 3G connection is only on 2100 MHz, hence not supported in the US. A fact not mentioned in the description on the NokiaUS web site.  Signaturehttp://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/ Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic. Published by Baen, in bookstores now > Hi, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > TIA, > -GB Nokia do a version of the N95 here in Australia, just introduced via the Telstra stores, that is quad band and includes WCDMA 850 MHz, which is the HSDPA network here in Australia called "NextG", otherwise known as 3.5G. The innards are different from the previous model N95 which I owned, but the features are identical, including GPS, etc. The firmware is also a different version number. One can't help wondering why Nokia didn't give this phone a different model number, instead of having TWO versions of the N95? I think this model has the suffix RM-120 - in other words, it's an N95-RM120 - at least that's what comes up in the Software Updater when I checked for newer versions of the firmware. Works fine on our NextG network, and defaults back to 3G or plain GSM when NextG coverage is not available. And it works in the USA and Europe too. SignatureNightStalker > > Hi, > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > when NextG coverage is not available. And it works in the USA and > Europe too. Works as a phone, or works as WCDMA? I thought Europe used 2100 MHz, and that Cingular, at least, used 1900 in the U.S. Signaturehttp://www.daviddfriedman.com/ http://daviddfriedman.blogspot.com/ Author of _Harald_, a fantasy without magic. Published by Baen, in bookstores now > > Works fine on our NextG network, and defaults back to 3G or plain GSM > > when NextG coverage is not available. And it works in the USA and > > Europe too. > > Works as a phone, or works as WCDMA? I thought Europe used 2100 MHz, and > that Cingular, at least, used 1900 in the U.S. Works as a phone in the USA and Europe. It is 850/900/1800/1900 quadband, and I think the 850 is only WCDMA for our NextG network. (The "other" N95 I had was 850 non-WCDMA). Not sure whether it covers 2100, but Europe works fine on 900/1800 I think. My previous N95 (also non- 2100) worked just fine throughout Europe, both east and west (Hungary, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, and England), and 1900 works just fine in the USA on Cingular, and in Canada on Rogers. SignatureNightStalker |
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