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Snuggles

Aug 4, 2006, 5:05 PM
If I was to join Cingular and lived in NC which phone would be best for signal strength, reception and call quality. I'd need to get service in a basement apartment as well as other low lying areas. I'd like this phone to have a good camera as well. Thanks
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chainsaw

Aug 4, 2006, 6:04 PM
nokia 6682
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ralph_on_me

Aug 4, 2006, 7:42 PM
Great phone, but discontinued. I think you can still snag it online though.
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jramossteel

Aug 4, 2006, 6:14 PM
I personally like the Nokia 6682 as well as the Cingular 8125. Both get great signal, but I don't live in NC so I cna't tell you for sure that they will work best for you.
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AshDizzle

Aug 4, 2006, 7:19 PM
Most phones in North Carolina will give you the same reception quality, since you have both 850 and 1900 MHz working for you. In my experience I have always noticed the Sonys to have a very exceptional signal strength. The W600 is probably the best reception phone Cingular carries right now.

Maybe its just where I used it, but I found the 8125's antenna to be relatively weak. My V3 could pull more bars at the store I used to work at. I haven't had much experience with it.

But then again, if you have UMTS/HSDPA coverage in your location, get one of those phones. The signal is unbelievable. I went from 2-3 bars at my house on GSM to full bars non-stop with my CU500 on UMTS/HSDPA.
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ralph_on_me

Aug 4, 2006, 7:46 PM
I bought the 807 when it came out. I love the features but the reception blew. Then I bought the CU500 when it came out, and I've been impressed so far. I don't worship the damn thing, but the call quality is very nice, and sometimes I forget I've put my phone on speaker because the background noise is so low.
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sangyup81

Aug 4, 2006, 8:11 PM
Are you serious Ash? UMTS towers are not located any differently than the GSM towers so does this mean that UMTS, which is based on CDMA is superiour for signal strength? And if it is, does that mean CDMA is better?
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RUFF1415

Aug 4, 2006, 11:53 PM
I believe the signal strength indicators are based on slightly different factors on each GSM and CDMA, so perhaps the HSDPA signal indicator uses the same factors as straight CDMA. That would be a reason for the signal strength difference from GSM to HSDPA.

That is purely just a guess though.
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cloud2819

Aug 10, 2006, 9:08 AM
i live in NC and i have a V557 and an ipaq dont buy the ipaq so for my V557 has had great signal never had a problem with it anywhere ihave been
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AshDizzle

Aug 9, 2006, 10:00 PM
No, it means UMTS is better than GSM and CDMA.

Nice try though. Jerk. 😛

Kidding...
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agostinod

Aug 9, 2006, 11:13 PM
Wowowo, which phones use UMTS?

I also found that PDA phones always get good signals as well possibly due to a larger antenna built in.
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mistercrinkles

Aug 9, 2006, 11:43 PM
Not true, the Treo sucks for signal.

And the 8125 isn't all too great either.
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agostinod

Aug 9, 2006, 11:47 PM
ok, maybe just the HP's then, lol...
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sangyup81

Aug 10, 2006, 8:10 AM
hahaha

for those out there that are confused..... UMTS is a CDMA technology
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AshDizzle

Aug 11, 2006, 4:02 AM
Not completely true.

Check out the wiki on UMTS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS

"UMTS combines the W-CDMA air interface, GSM's Mobile Application Part (MAP) core, and the GSM family of speech codecs."

1 part WCDMA (which is not even your conventional CDMA that Verizon/Alltel/Sprint deploys) and 2 parts GSM.

GSM is still the very dominant factor in UMTS. And, above all, still uses the SIM card, the one thing than can and will always put a GSM system above CDMA, in my opinion.
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