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what carrier best for GSM phone in the US?
i'm a little confused about all this. if the phone supports GSM 900...
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i think cingular is the best in the united states.. (not tmobile)
verizon and sprint arent gsm either.
i dont mind waiting, i was planning on waiting untill january to do this anyway. sprint/nextel renewed my contract without telling me so i'm kinda stuck with them for a while, plus i think the price of that phone is gonna drop at the beginning of next year so plus everyone knows i've been lookin at it maybe i'll get it for x-mass who knows?
That is why there are trial policies for one to try out to see if it fits your needs.
Well, not sure, if you remember but cingular bought out att wireless and they have been in the process of the integration of the networks to combine them into one. Whenever you have integration, you have to be worried about capacity, coverage and decommissioning of cell towers, which impacts coverage in those markets. I would wait until it will be completed until you go to cingular because customers I have been talking to that have cingular have had problems, I also had problems when I had them, with them.
They renewed your contract without ...
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the phone i want is a SE w800i. its gotta be the best phone/camera/mp3 player i've seen, although the nokia n80 might be up there as well, not sure tho, its not out yet. i'm hoping that the n80 wil drive the price of my phone down a little. i wonder how the reception is going to be on the w800 though. i havent heard any complaints about it and i've read lots of reviews.
yeah i got a new rate plan, but i asked the lady on the phone "does this renew my old contract?" and she said "i dont think so." sigh. i should've known that really meant "no but, now you're bound to a new one" but i also didn't know i was going to want to change carriers a couple months later, so i really didnt care. blah. i'm s...
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Problems customers have had, have deminished quite a bit. People were dropping calls (due to tower handoffs when it involved a cingular-att tower, or vice versa) this has largely been fixed with the newer sim cards.
Other than that, I'd agree with him, use the trial periods with each carrier to see which one would fit you best.
Cingular doesn't make you sign a new contract (or an extension) if you change your plan.. not sure about tmobile on that front.
Cingular has T-mobile beat hands down with the coverage aspect, so it really depends where your going to be when you use your phone.
While on paper it looks massive, in reality, it is just time consuming.
Cingular has also cut back their advertising budget until they feel comfortable that they are able to deliver better services for the dollar.
As a Cingular customer, I can attest to the fact that there have been problems, but I was on Verizon when that company was formed and they had just as many if not more problems with building out their network. Difference is that you now have internet experts that point every flaw and w...
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Cingular is 850/1900 but the phones work best with reception when the have both frequencies.
I unlock phones and put on the various carriers. When we unlock a phone with only the 1900 and not the 850 for Cingular they have less reception.
http://www.wirelessconsultant.net »
i just meant to tell him that cingular is the best gsm carrier here becuase of the things i mentioned, but duly noted.
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tell your post to scp becuase i am not the one who started this thread.
my recomendation DO NO GET THAT PHONE!!!
if you get a phone that only does 1900 mhz you are cutting your reception in half! with tmob you would get ok local reception but when you travel it would greatly decrease your coverage. if you were to go with cing for get about makeing a call any where cing has very little 1900 mhz coverage they are prodominately 1900 mhz.
in the us it is stupid to buy any phone that only does 1900 mhz. do your self a favor and do not buy this phone.
I love sprint and would recomend it to any one but if you choose to go gsm atleast do your self a ...
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