| As an AT&T customer... ...I'm glad to see this. Anything to add competition to the market is a good thing.
However, I wish this didn't have to be on the 1700/2100 AWS band. We can't even get phone manufacturers to include 850/900/1800/1900 GSM and 850/1900/2100 WCDMA on many of their phones now. How likely is it that we'll see a 850/900/1800/1900 GSM and 850/1700-2100-U.S./1900/2100-Euro WCDMA handset? Hell, some manufacturers still seem to think that the phones they sell abroad don't even need the 850 band for roaming here. Hello! GSM is on both 850 and 1900 here, and the 850 signal is usually superior. |
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| It wasn't too long ago that most GSM phones were Tri-band and excluded the 850 MHz band.
Chips are getting smaller and cheaper and it's becoming much easier to integrate several bands and multiple technologies in one.
Unfortunately, what we want and the time capable hardware comes to market is not always fast enough for the gadget nerds among us.
Just give it a year or so. You'll start to see more and more manufacturers placing more and more bands on new hardware. |
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patcat88
join:2002-04-05
Jamaica, NY
kudos:1 | reply to ISurfTooMuch
said by ISurfTooMuch:...I'm glad to see this. Anything to add competition to the market is a good thing. However, I wish this didn't have to be on the 1700/2100 AWS band. We can't even get phone manufacturers to include 850/900/1800/1900 GSM and 850/1900/2100 WCDMA on many of their phones now. How likely is it that we'll see a 850/900/1800/1900 GSM and 850/1700-2100-U.S./1900/2100-Euro WCDMA handset? Hell, some manufacturers still seem to think that the phones they sell abroad don't even need the 850 band for roaming here. Hello! GSM is on both 850 and 1900 here, and the 850 signal is usually superior. Never. Frequency bands are the new cellphone locks. ATT wont sell any phones with WCDMA 1700, and Tmobile USA wont sell any phones with WCDMA 800/1900, and Tmobile Europe wont sell any WCDMA America phones. You can use their phone rental service if your traveling to the USA.
So no manufacturer will make a phone that no carrier will carry by policy. |
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