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Waiting for V6xx or Razr/V3 with UMTS

Sam K

Dec 29, 2004, 10:35 AM
I have a Motorola V710 and use it to surf the web with my PDA over Verizon's 1xRTT network(i.e. Express Network/NationalAccess). The EDGE capability in the V635 will only give me slightly faster data speeds than 1xRTT (100kpbs vs 60kbps with 1xRTT) but that isn't enough to get me to switch. I'll consider switching to Cingular in August, 2005 when my Verizon contract is up to see how far they've come integrating AT&T into their company and to see if they have launched UMTS in the NYC area. For those that don't know, UMTS is the next upgrade to GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks with speeds up to 2mbps and typical speed of 300kbps. Cingular's (formerly AT&T's) upcoming UMTS network and Verizon's EVDO network will be direct competitors. Verizon will b...
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baller

Dec 29, 2004, 10:59 AM
Is your last name Konja?
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Sam K

Dec 29, 2004, 11:37 AM
baller said:
Is your last name Konja?


No sorry.
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Stevo2k4

Dec 29, 2004, 2:28 PM
Sam K said:
I have a Motorola V710 and use it to surf the web with my PDA over Verizon's 1xRTT network(i.e. Express Network/NationalAccess). The EDGE capability in the V635 will only give me slightly faster data speeds than 1xRTT (100kpbs vs 60kbps with 1xRTT) but that isn't enough to get me to switch. I'll consider switching to Cingular in August, 2005 when my Verizon contract is up to see how far they've come integrating AT&T into their company and to see if they have launched UMTS in the NYC area. For those that don't know, UMTS is the next upgrade to GSM/GPRS/EDGE networks with speeds up to 2mbps and typical speed of 300kbps. Cingular's (formerly AT&T's) upcoming UMTS network and Verizon's EVDO network will be dir
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akaszuba

Dec 30, 2004, 7:00 AM
I really don't think they'd re-release a phone just so it could work on the 2100 MHz band (UMTS)
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Sam K

Dec 30, 2004, 12:21 PM
akaszuba said:
I really don't think they'd re-release a phone just so it could work on the 2100 MHz band (UMTS)

akaszuba, you missed my point. I'm not waiting for them to re-release this phone or the Razr with UMTS, I'm waiting for an upgraded model of either the V600 series or Razr which includes UMTS.

Just like they upgraded the V500 and V600 series phones to include EDGE ( in models V551 and V635), they could easily create a new model in the future based on the Vxxx series or Razr that supports UMTS. That's what I'm waiting for. Before Cingular bought ATTWS, ATTWS was testing UMTS in several markets so they will need more UMTS capable handsets in the future

Also if you goto page 12 of this presen...
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akaszuba

Dec 30, 2004, 1:04 PM
I've already seen plenty of Motorola's UMTS phones.

I suppose I just misunderstood what you were saying that's all. My apologies if you got offended by it.
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mingkee

Dec 30, 2004, 7:36 AM
sadly
ATT/Cingular don't have UMTS, even EDGE in NYC
I even don't believe it
go to Cingular store, pick up a Data Connect brochure to find out
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terryjohnson16

Dec 30, 2004, 9:51 AM
😁 Cingular's website is NOT IN SERVICE!
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AtTheMet

Dec 30, 2004, 12:52 PM
mingkee said:
sadly
ATT/Cingular don't have UMTS, even EDGE in NYC
I even don't believe it
go to Cingular store, pick up a Data Connect brochure to find out


Actually, AT&T had EDGE in their network in NYC. Cingular was in a network sharing agreement with T-Mobile for most if the network properties. Hence no Cingy EDGE in NYC but AT&T had it. 😉
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pcrisp07

Dec 30, 2004, 1:32 PM
generally speaking UMTS phones are much larger than GSM phones. It will probably be a while before any phones that resemble the RAZR will be available on a UMTS network.
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