exstatica
17th November 2005, 06:43 PM
The universal may come to a point of not working at all in the US market. This is for information use only....
1. Cingular is launching their 3G network by the end of the year which looks like will only run on umts 1900, but there are talks that it might also run on umts 850. The universal only supports umts 2100. Currently in the us 2100 is reserved for military satellites, but the fcc has said that it will try to open the band. But to me that means even if the open the band cingular isn't going to change thier network. They'd rather people buy phones from them.
2. ATT ran on mostly 1900, and Cingular mostly 850, now the universal is a tri band phone 900/1800/1900. Cingular is moving most of its phone network to 850 wich the universal doesn't support. But some areas will have 1900 support
So just a warning, If you want the universal you may be limited. And you won't get the highspeed 3G which was the main reason i wanted the phone. Plus you loose out on reception.
hope that helps people who thought about buying the phone.
1. Cingular is launching their 3G network by the end of the year which looks like will only run on umts 1900, but there are talks that it might also run on umts 850. The universal only supports umts 2100. Currently in the us 2100 is reserved for military satellites, but the fcc has said that it will try to open the band. But to me that means even if the open the band cingular isn't going to change thier network. They'd rather people buy phones from them.
2. ATT ran on mostly 1900, and Cingular mostly 850, now the universal is a tri band phone 900/1800/1900. Cingular is moving most of its phone network to 850 wich the universal doesn't support. But some areas will have 1900 support
So just a warning, If you want the universal you may be limited. And you won't get the highspeed 3G which was the main reason i wanted the phone. Plus you loose out on reception.
hope that helps people who thought about buying the phone.