Posted by santa
Hi all -
First let me thank all of you who've posted to Estato. I've been reading for a couple of months and found the information very helpful.
I'm an AT&T subscriber, and am planning on moving to a p800 as soon checkbook balance matches the price. Based on all I've read on this board, this is my plan:
Get a Siemens S46 GSM/TDMA phone from AT&T. I should be able to get this for free (haven't gotten a new phone for 2 1/2 years)
When I can afford it, buy an unlocked P800.
This would solve many of the problems ID'd on this board:
1) AT&T GSM coverage. Switch to the Siemens when I'm in Cincinatti or wherever else AT&T GSM doesn't work.
2) Unlocking. Would use the AT&T sim for the p800 in the US. Could switch other sims when outside of the US.
3) "club phone" - While not particularly cool looking, could bring the S46 with me into dangerous environments... not risking my primary toy.
Any thoughts?
Thanks
Posted by multipurpose workermonkey
sounds good, i'm going to try something of the same thing but try and get a t68 involved. i'm really sick of waiting for a p800 in the US.
Posted by contaygious
I take my p800 to clubs all the time, why would u want to switch phones all the time? i don't think that's even possible is it because they make your service specific to one fone not just the sim card. they have u tell them the numbers off the back of your p800.
Posted by ThEvil0nE
Some people just want to get the coolest gadget they can ever put their hands on. I must say, I'm one of the "gadget freaks" or as they always say... "the boys with all their toys"
I know it would sound crazy but here's just a quick run down of the phones I got...
Nokia:7
Ericsson/SE: 4
The newest phone I got right now is the nokia 7210 and I'm again aching to get the P800. It do sound stupid but what can you do
not to forget, I ahve 3 active lines... 2 from T-Mobie and 1 from AT&T.
BUT... the good things is... the TRI-band phones are really getting in the act (pointing spclly to NO-KEY-YAH!)
TC all
Posted by isyoox
I have AT&T, and I am planning on getting a P800 as soon as it is released and swapping b/w it and my t68i (if I can't sell my t68i, that is). Right now, AT&T handles GSM and TDMA accounts seperately, with seperate plans, so you're not going to be able to switch networks back and forth with one plan. With strictly GSM phones and a GSM plan, it is just a matter of swapping out your SIM card. Tried out my cousin's GSM Nokia this weekend, as a matter of fact (tiny little sucker).
That puts a little kink on TDMA usage...
Posted by santa
I'd need to get a one of their multi-band plans... that let you use both TDMA and GSM with the same phone number (only works with the S46).
I don't really want to switch phones all the time. The problem is that AT&T GSM has big huge chunks of the country that it doesn't cover. I need to be able to travel to places in the US that aren't covered by AT&T's GSM network... thus the need for the multi-band and S46. But when I'm in their GSM network, which will be most of the time, then I'd like to be able to use a P800.
Posted by snap-hiss
Where I'm at in Central PA the GSM service is great, and my plan works just fine for me ;P
!snap
[ This Message was edited by: snap-hiss on 2003-03-01 19:23 ]