Motorola E815 / E816 Hollywood
Tri-mode
No, it will not be tri-mode, strictly digital, but will still have the pull-up antenna? It will do CDMA 850 / 1900. According to many sources after 1/1/2006 there will be no more analog signal anyway, so the tri-mode of V710 will not help.
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FCC mandates that all carrier must maintain analog until Feb 2008, not sure what date it was set in Feb, but they can't just pull the plugs. I don't know what will happen after Feb of 2008 especially with small towns that has analog towers to support maybe a few hundred people. I think wireless phone manufacturers are getting us ready by producing less tri-mode phones, but it's definitely not going completely away yet, they just manufacture fewer and fewer phones with tri-mode. I just hope all towers will be converted to digital by then, otherwise they will be leaving people without wireless service. 😢
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the thing with analog is yes some areas arent digital and are tri-mode but what happens when you hit analog reception? You lose your call almost all of the time. These days its almost a useless feature digital is so upbeat now its unreal and i heard that as of 1/1/2006 analog will be unplugged its just has done its time and no carrier really uses it you go into a store and ask for a tri-mode phone they laugh at you which is rude and tell you they have 2 or 3 tri-mode phones to choose from out of 25 phones to choose from its just reality. And i am someone that prefers tri-mode because i feel a safety net with a backup there.
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Ah, I use analog everytime I go "upnorth." It is the only service available. The Goverment says that analog must not be turned off untill 2008.
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Yea i know it puts a lot of people in a lot of bad situations because the tri-mode phones they offer arent worth anything to anyone. And ones tri-mode is gone we wont have a back up mode which will really suck but all that the cell phone reps tell us is what happens when you get a analog call you cant hear anything or you lose it. Well than i ask why do you still have analog/tri-mode coverage on your map!
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motoman82 said:
Yea i know it puts a lot of people in a lot of bad situations because the tri-mode phones they offer arent worth anything to anyone. And ones tri-mode is gone we wont have a back up mode which will really suck but all that the cell phone reps tell us is what happens when you get a analog call you cant hear anything or you lose it. Well than i ask why do you still have analog/tri-mode coverage on your map!
I don't understand your post. My tri-mode is worth it to me because when I am in upper Michigan there is no digital CDMA, no GSM, only analog.
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What i meant is that all of the Verizon sales reps at least are trying to switch people over to pure digital/digital PCS cell phones thats why you only see like 3 tri-mode phones out of 20 cell phones verizon offers when you walk into their store which is wrong. Its not fair to the customer because i feel a lot safer with tri mode but depending on where you are up north i dont know if u mean UP up north in Michigan or like Alpena up north in Michigan but Verizon dont have the best coverage UP wise in Michigan and i am also from Michigan and im hoping for better coverage in the UP it would be really nice its a beautiful place up there. But anyways im very leary about switching to all digital phones but it seems thats all they are making be...
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