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Z1010 - Triband GSM/UMTS or not?? |
frankie_c
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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Can anybody please tell me if SonyEricsson Z1010 3G phone will also support tri-band GSM, specifically, 1900 MHz GSM for the USA? Should I bother waiting for this phone?? Somebody said it was only dual band....I hope it's tri-band...Sony Ericsson Site doesn't say much except that it will be UMTS/GSM phone....Thanks. |
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jplacson
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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From: Philippines
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no it isn't. It's a dual-badn 900/1800 and UMTS phone. US 1900 band is not supported. |
frankie_c
Joined: Oct 21, 2002
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Arghh....that's disappointing...But thanks for the info anyway..
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fijbert
Joined: Dec 26, 2002
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does anyone know y it isnt tri?
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chanmhg
Joined: Dec 05, 2002
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It is because it is mainly design for 3g(wcdma) which will be avilable all over the world.it also its pimary network for roaming. Gsm1900is only used in the us and i am sure that it will be one of the first to have wcdma.
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shawnmccall9
Joined: Apr 21, 2002
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yes, it will be triband and dual mode. HOWEVER, the third band is for WCDMA which is currently on 2100 mHz in Japan
GSM 900/1800
WCDMA 2100
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simon69c
Joined: Feb 24, 2003
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Well triband in the traditional sense means that it uses three GSM bands (usually 800/1800/1900MHz). The Z1010 does not. The fact that it uses UMTS as well is why it is described as dual-mode. Therefore it is dual (GSM) band and dual mode but not tri-band. If you start mixing up definitions then phone specs will start to become very unclear.
There are tri-band, dual mode handsets (like the motorola A830) which do use 800/1800/1900MHz and UMTS so lets not confuse the matter by trying to describe phones like the Z1010 as tri-band - it will clearly be misleading. |
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Posted: 2003-03-17 04:36
