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Nokia N90
Dumb Dumb Dumb
No need to be rude -
No one said you *need* 850 MHz towers to get service. Cingular operates in both frequency bands, and access to either will provide access to the network.
All he's saying is that a lot of areas have either only 850 or only 1900, and cutting out either would mean a huge reduction in the phone's ability to adequately use the service.
regenesis said:
Dude.
No one said you *need* 850 MHz towers to get service. Cingular operates in both frequency bands, and access to either will provide access to the network.
All he's saying is that a lot of areas have either only 850 or only 1900, and cutting out either would mean a huge reduction in the phone's ability to adequately use the service.
Exactly... and if I'm head of purchasing for Cingular Wireless, I don't buy/sell a phone that won't be able to access large chunks of my network. Sure, the phone could roam over to T-mobile, but remember, Cingular customers don't pay roaming. Moral of story: If I'm Cingular, I don't sell a phone that could force my customers to roam onto another net...
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Right on the mark, the gentleman with the 1900 mhz phone in central bumf%%%, Egypt (Oklahoma), may well be singing a far different tune down the road. Cingular HAS SOLD or is in the process of selling off ALL it's 1900 mhz towers (T-mobile is the luck recepient), will be converting most of the exisiting towers (as well as building new ones) on the 850 mhz. 3G is in the works, but will only be available in certain markets, not sure if OKLAHOMA will make this list??????? The USA410 MNC is up and running in a couple small markets, but is in process of conversion in others. If you look at the new SIM their ICCID shows 0410 indicating this "Standardization" for the National Network.
😁 WHATS GREAT ABOUT THIS PHONE IS GOING TO BE PART OF TMOBILE, A COOL ASS PHONE THAN ANY OTHERS! IF U HAVE CINGULAR AND R PLANNING ON BUYING THIS PHONE NOKIA N90, U CANNOT DOWNLOAD RINGTONES OR GAMES, SO SORRY!! AND THE GUY WHO WROTE THIS DUMB DUMB DUMB, UR DUMB. I DONT MIND IF CINGULAR GETS THIS PHONE BUT I HEARD THEY R NOT CARRYING THIS PHONE AND THEIR NET...
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Nokia will release two versions of this phone - the first is the one that's advertised - tri band without the 850 freq. when avail. in the states, they'll remove the 900 mhz and put in the 850 freq. A world Tri-band phone is different than a U.S. Tri-band phone.
I have customers come in all the time with a tri band phone (especially those from Asia) and it has the 1900, 900, and 1800 frequencies. They come to the states and can only use their phones in the city (1900 mhz) (850mhz in the country). Now if you look at any triband phone in the US, it'll have the 850/1900 and either the 1800 or 900 band. A customer from Thailand had a nokia 3100 from over there with only the 1900 freq., our 3100 was missing the 900 freq. ...
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For example, person buys a world phone that only has 1900mhz for US roaming and can't use phone in their house but can outside. Reason being that the lower (cellular) frequencies are better at pentrating walls, which is why analogue had great service inside buildings. So that's why any phone (or network) worth anything has both a high and low frequency (900/1800 or 850/1900).
And getting back to the point, I predict Cingular will get a dual band ...
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