Quad band

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Checkout the following link, for roaming information:

http://www.gsmworld.com/roaming/gsminfo/index.shtml

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In article <pan.2005.04.12.01.53.53.51200@nospam.yahoo.com>,
Dean <dean119@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> Please forgive me if this is too rudimentary a question:
>
> Is every phone that is advertised as a "quad band" phone truly capable of
> 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz ?
>
> I would like to get my dad a phone, but I don't know a thing about GSM.
> The added twist is that he is Africa a lot. I hear the frequencies used
> there are 900 and 1800 Mhz, but I'd like the phone to work both there and
> here.
>
> It doesn't have to have a camera or calculator or alarm or any of that
> fancy stuff.
>
> If anyone can point me to a location where I can see phones that fit this
> bill, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Dean.

GSM phones that are quad band are 900/1800 (almost everywhere in the
world) and 850/1900 (North America).

Just make sure it's unlocked so you can use other SIM cards with it.

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NEC 515 is a quad band phone. You need to buy it unlocked, or if locked, to
send to an unlocker service



"Dean" <dean119@nospam.yahoo.com> wrote in message
newsan.2005.04.12.01.53.53.51200@nospam.yahoo.com...
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Please forgive me if this is too rudimentary a question:
>
> Is every phone that is advertised as a "quad band" phone truly capable of
> 850, 900, 1800 and 1900 MHz ?
>
> I would like to get my dad a phone, but I don't know a thing about GSM.
> The added twist is that he is Africa a lot. I hear the frequencies used
> there are 900 and 1800 Mhz, but I'd like the phone to work both there and
> here.
>
> It doesn't have to have a camera or calculator or alarm or any of that
> fancy stuff.
>
> If anyone can point me to a location where I can see phones that fit this
> bill, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Dean.

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Deanjay wrote:
> Thanks Everyone for your input.
>
> A buddy is selling me his Sony Erocsson t610 for 30 bucks--since
T-Mobile
> would not unlock it, I'm buying an unlock cable for about 20
bucks...so if
> that all works out, I should be all set for myself.
>
> As a present for my dad, I'm thinking of the following phones:
>
> First choice: Motorola RAZR V3
> Next choice: Treo 600
> Next choice: Nokia 6170
> Cheap Spare: Motorola V60I


I've had good luck with the Motorola V551
It is Quad band.. I got ti for my "infrequent" trips to Europe

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Hi Beth,

Thanks for the advice. Why such low scores for Motorolas? Please provide
some more information on this as I was just about to dole out 400 bucks on a
Razr V3.

A lot of the reviews I read had all good things to say about them, but who
knows, maybe they were all written by Moto' employees...

Holler back.


Dean.


"beth via CellPhoneKB.com" <forum@CellPhoneKB.com> wrote:
: My recommendation would be to stay away from Motorola, particularly the
: razr. Purchase a samsung, ericsson, lg, or preferably a Nokia. These are
: our prominent phones when tested. Are you able to purchase a GAIT phone
: (tdma and gsm)? That would be the ultimate. The 6340 Nokia is a good
: choice.

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Hmm I wasn't sure about what bands. Well if you narrow down some Nokia's
ask and if I've had any experience with them I'll let you know.

We have very expensive testing equipment that tests the phones themselves,
not our network, and there is a very large discrepency with Motorola's
which I can't talk about, other than that I do not recommend them to anyone
I love or care about or know or don't know or well, you get the point.
It's too bad because they have good design ideas and features and are user
friendly, but it doesn't seem they care about performance and sneak by with
customer's assuming it's their provider.

Maybe they should focus all of their efforts on their radios, which is
their forte.

If you love dad, stay away from Moto, and also ask (if you know) the
provider what phone they recommend (not a sales rep, ask to talk to an rf
tech)... each phone will work differently depending on who they use for
switching equipment.

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