Lumia 800 and AT&T

[Pulsewave]

So long story short, I'll lose my unlimited data if i switch to an LTE device and I really like the Lumia 900, the 800 is basically the 900 minus the LTE (and a smaller screen but whatever) but it also lacks the 3G 850 band.

Has anyone tried this phone stateside on AT&T, and if so did you get alright 3G coverage?

 

[anseio]

I've been using the UK unbranded Cyan 800 since Jan on AT&T in Seattle. I, too, am not willing to lose my unlimited data plan for $20/mth. Coverage is good. Would really love to have 850 3G coverage though, as the 1900 is spotty. It performs well though.

Do what you can to find an RM-819 device somewhere. You can spend an arm and a leg and get it from MSFT bundled with accy's. Or, you can import one from another country.

 

[Pulsewave]

Awesome! Now if I could only find what band covers the western New York area I'd be half tempted to sell off my Radar

And thanks for the tip about the RM-819, just checked telus's site and it looks like their 800 supports the 850 band so I might not need to see which band covers my area

 

[jenesuispasbavard]

So long story short, I'll lose my unlimited data if i switch to an LTE device and I really like the Lumia 900, the 800 is basically the 900 minus the LTE (and a smaller screen but whatever) but it also lacks the 3G 850 band.

Has anyone tried this phone stateside on AT&T, and if so did you get alright 3G coverage?

I, too, was looking for an RM-819 for a decent price, but I haven't had much trouble with the RM-801 in Austin on AT&T's 3G. Some places where I would normally have 3G, this phone gets EDGE, but that's an acceptable compromise for having this phone.

 

[Insert_here]

Just get one off Ebay they have plenty there and some are going for cheap

 

[hawc1506]

You can get an RM-801 or RM -819 on Amazon. Amazon doesn't tell you which one is which, but I bought both and returned one of them.

The one labelled "Nokia Lumia 800 black 16GB -FACTORY UNLOCKED" is an RM-801, and it's a German T-Mobile/Vodafone branded phone that has been unlocked. $439.99

The one labelled "Nokia Lumia 800 NK-800 Windows Unlocked Phone-International Version" is an RM-819 and it's an unbranded Puerto Rico variant, which is what I have. $491.88

 

[patrick_dube]

Try omegacell.com.

They are in Alberta. The guy have quite a réputation. Bought mu rm-801 from Jim. Je do have rm-819 in stock now.

 

[nikatnight]

a word of warning

Remember that manufacturers are terrible at providing accurate statistics about their phones. Remember when Nokia's own website said 850 band was include? The same was true for newegg.com and plemix and many others. So regardless of which say 850 band is include understand that they're most likely wrong unless it is in the place of the 900 band. Or it specifically says rm819.

Another note, that htc radar will work on at&t if it is (A) unlocked and (B) the t-mobile usa model. The same is true for the Lumia 710. T-mobile was bad ass about that and included some of at&t's 3g bands.

 

[hondasr]

You can get an RM-801 or RM -819 on Amazon. Amazon doesn't tell you which one is which, but I bought both and returned one of them.

The one labelled "Nokia Lumia 800 black 16GB -FACTORY UNLOCKED" is an RM-801, and it's a German T-Mobile/Vodafone branded phone that has been unlocked. $439.99

The one labelled "Nokia Lumia 800 NK-800 Windows Unlocked Phone-International Version" is an RM-819 and it's an unbranded Puerto Rico variant, which is what I have. $491.88

How I unlock the Lumia 800 from puerto rico locked to Claro?

Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2

 

[DoogieDC]

Just to be explicit here - there are TWO versions of he Lumia 800. RM-801 is the original European release. Microsoft now sells RM-819 in its Microsoft Stores, which adds the AT&T 850 band and does HSPA+ (which shows up on the phone as "4G").

Long story short: US buyers avoid the original model and insist on getting the RM-819 for AT&T use.