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Old 12-22-2005, 04:34 PM
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Question Cingular GSM Frequency
Guys, I'm in the market for a cellphone. I'm also looking at European market phones. My concern is that some of them are GSM900/1800/1900 . I have Cingular service; would I be ok with a phone that operated on those frequencies? Is my knowledge accurate in that Cingular primarily operates on 1900?
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Old 12-22-2005, 04:46 PM
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yes... just make sure your phone is unlocked so you can put in a different carrier's sim chip while traveling...
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Old 12-22-2005, 04:53 PM
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yes... just make sure your phone is unlocked so you can put in a different carrier's sim chip while traveling...
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Old 12-22-2005, 04:55 PM
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I'm only looking at candy-bar phones. What sucks is that there are very few phones that strike a balance in the three dimensions. If it's really thin, then its much longer and wider, etc.
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NO!!!!! Cingular's primary frequency is 850Mhz. If you don't get a phone that works in that frequency then you are going to have really crappy service in many many areas!!!

1900 Mhz is a secondary frequency and is used only as a last resort by Cingular where it doesn't have an 850Mhz license.
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Heres a phone that is compatible in GSM networks in most North American, European, and Asian GSM markets, provided the phone unlocked.http://www.mobiledia.com/reviews/mot...-l7/page2.html
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Heres a phone that is compatible in GSM networks in most North American, European, and Asian GSM markets, provided the phone unlocked.http://www.mobiledia.com/reviews/mot...-l7/page2.html
OOps sorry about that. The phone does not need to be unlocked in order for you to use it while traveling. I used my cheap earlier model Samsung in italy. Just had to ask the provider to turn on international calling. I could have bought a sim card while there but for the few calles I was going to make the rates were good enough that I chose not to go that route.
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OOps sorry about that. The phone does not need to be unlocked in order for you to use it while traveling. I used my cheap earlier model Samsung in italy. Just had to ask the provider to turn on international calling. I could have bought a sim card while there but for the few calles I was going to make the rates were good enough that I chose not to go that route.
i had a nokia and needed to be unlocked so i can use it overseas with International roaming enabled with Tmobile.
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NO!!!!! Cingular's primary frequency is 850Mhz. If you don't get a phone that works in that frequency then you are going to have really crappy service in many many areas!!!

1900 Mhz is a secondary frequency and is used only as a last resort by Cingular where it doesn't have an 850Mhz license.
Really? my tri-band 900/1800/1900 works fine with cingular .... maybe I'm missing out on some reception..
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Really? my tri-band 900/1800/1900 works fine with cingular .... maybe I'm missing out on some reception..
See this post on HowardForums for more info on this topic - http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?t=660124
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