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statikjolt
Posts: 3 |
 
Sun Jan 02, 2005 10:07 pm |
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Hello, I'm a real newbie to phones and hope you can help me out. My phone carrier is AT&T Wireless in America, and was looking to get the Nokia 7600 which is not offered here. I was wondering if the phone would work with the GSM/GPRS bands that AT&T has, or would unlocking solve my problem. Thank you for your help!
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rock_26iin
Posts: 22
Phone Model:
Nokia 7600 |
Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:05 am |
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AFAIK, the 7600 does not support the bands in America. Its a WCDMA but only works on teh 1800/1900 Mhz frequency. Sorry mayte, not possible
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Bjoern
Posts: 3611
Phone Model:
Nokia E61
Service Provider:
o2 Germany |
Mon Jan 03, 2005 5:18 am |
First: unlocking won't do anything. It has nothing to do which frequencies the phone can use.
Second: nope, won't work in the USA. The phone supports only GSM 900/1800, in the USA GSM 850/1900 is used (GSM 1900 mainly).
The only way would be by using it with UMTS (3G/WCDMA), but the network is quite bad everywhere in the world (from what I would say).
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statikjolt
Posts: 3 |
Mon Jan 03, 2005 8:41 am |
I contacted At&t and they said they use gsm bands 900/1800. Does that mean I can use it?
And what is WCDMA?
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Bjoern
Posts: 3611
Phone Model:
Nokia E61
Service Provider:
o2 Germany |
Mon Jan 03, 2005 12:51 pm |
GSM 900/1800?
Can't be. In the USA only GSM 850/1900 are used.
Or do you live in any other country? "America" is a vague term.
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statikjolt
Posts: 3 |
Wed Jan 05, 2005 9:23 pm |
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No, I live in USA. I tried to ask at&t if the 7600 could work, but they said no even though they support GSM 900/1800. Do they just want me to buy a phone from them or does it really not work.
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rock_26iin
Posts: 22
Phone Model:
Nokia 7600 |
Thu Jan 06, 2005 12:49 am |
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I really don't think the 7600 will work in the US coz its not a gsm tri-band.
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Bjoern
Posts: 3611
Phone Model:
Nokia E61
Service Provider:
o2 Germany |
Thu Jan 06, 2005 3:57 am |
I guess what they meant is that they support GSM 900/1800 in foreign countries.
In the USA definitivly GSM 850/1900 is used (GSM 1900 mainly).
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Ratsky
Posts: 8
Phone Model:
Sony Erisson T230
Service Provider:
Sun Cellular (Phils) |
Sun Feb 27, 2005 9:13 am |
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How much is this cellphone anyway?
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