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  1. #16
    Ajanta
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    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    Joseph <[email protected]> wrote:

    : >: Nokia 3210, 3310, 3410 or 3510.
    : >
    : >None seem available at ebay.
    :
    : You must have a faulty browser. I tried each of the above using the
    : search "unlocked Nokia XXXX" and found some for each on eBay.

    I finally managed understand what the problem is. I was searching for
    US postings, where I am. Most of these models are listed from UK.



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  2. #17
    SMS
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    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    Donald Newcomb wrote:
    > "Ajanta" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:091120050056179677%[email protected]...
    >
    >>I need a gsm phone for use in UK and India. (Last time I had a Nokia
    >>6610 which served well but I no longer have it.)
    >>
    >>I simply need a phone for voice and text messaging. Camera, web, email
    >>are not required. It will not be used in the US.
    >>
    >>Please suggest the "best value" models I can look for used.

    >
    >
    > Actually, you only *need* a single-band GSM-900 phone but these days you
    > might as well get a dual-band 900/1800 model, since this will give you a
    > better choice of prepaid and roaming carriers. The base phone to meet your
    > requirements might be an old Nokia 6150 or Motorola 8900 bought off ebay.
    > But look at it this way. If you buy a used phone you'll probably have to
    > replace the battery, which might cost as much as the phone. Tiger Direct
    > sells new cheapie unlocked tri-band GSM phones for as little as $70 with
    > just about zero risk to the buyer.


    The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    Mhz. This isn't suitable as a travel phone for Europe and Asia. You
    really want to have 900/1800 Mhz for use in India, as with only 1800 Mhz
    your coverage will suck. It's very strange that Nokia made a tri-band
    phone with those three bands. It's fine for the U.S., but it really
    limits the use outside North America to not have 900 Mhz.

    There are probably thousands of Motorola tri-band phones around that are
    900/1800/1900, from when the U.S. had no 800 Mhz GSM. These are of
    limited use in the U.S. (except with T-Mobile) but very useful in Europe
    and Asia.

    I.e. see: http://sentimentalgift.com/mott2gsm90mh.html, but there were
    some earlier versions of this phone that will work equally well.



  3. #18
    SMS
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    Ajanta wrote:
    > I need a gsm phone for use in UK and India. (Last time I had a Nokia
    > 6610 which served well but I no longer have it.)
    >
    > I simply need a phone for voice and text messaging. Camera, web, email
    > are not required. It will not be used in the US.
    >
    > Please suggest the "best value" models I can look for used.
    >
    > I understand that my phone should be "triband" but not quite sure which
    > three bands are needed. Please point me towards those numbers so I can
    > scrutinize the ebay ads.
    >
    > Thanks.


    See "http://sentimentalgift.com/mott2gsm90mh.html"

    You are probably better off with a new unlocked phone. Just replacing
    the battery in a used phone will be an expense, and you won't be sure
    that the phone is really unlocked.



  4. #19
    John Navas
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    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.gsm - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:12:03
    -0800, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:

    >The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    >Mhz. This isn't suitable as a travel phone for Europe and Asia. You
    >really want to have 900/1800 Mhz for use in India, as with only 1800 Mhz
    >your coverage will suck. It's very strange that Nokia made a tri-band
    >phone with those three bands. ...


    Not strange at all (as I've told you before): Tri-band phones are cheaper to
    make than quad-band, and the easy switch is between 900/1800/1900 (non-US) and
    850/1800/1900 (US).

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  5. #20
    Donald Newcomb
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)


    "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    news:[email protected]...
    > The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    > Mhz. This isn't suitable as a travel phone for Europe and Asia.


    The models they offer change from hour to hour. They have sold a number of
    900/1800/1900 tri-bands for less than $70. Right at this moment they have a
    couple of "Hop On" tri-bands for $69.99. And no, they are not the only place
    you can get a good deal on an unlocked GSM phone.

    --
    Donald R. Newcomb
    DRNewcomb (at) attglobal (dot) net





  6. #21
    SMS
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    Donald Newcomb wrote:
    > "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    >>Mhz. This isn't suitable as a travel phone for Europe and Asia.

    >
    >
    > The models they offer change from hour to hour. They have sold a number of
    > 900/1800/1900 tri-bands for less than $70. Right at this moment they have a
    > couple of "Hop On" tri-bands for $69.99. And no, they are not the only place
    > you can get a good deal on an unlocked GSM phone.
    >


    Yes the Hop-On would be fine for India. I don't know why the Tiger
    Direct site keeps referring to their phones as "SIM-Free."

    The Nokia 6010 is a very misleading product, as there is no reason to
    include 1800 Mhz and not 900 Mhz. It'd be much more useful for the phone
    to be 800/900/1900 since in most countries, including the U.S., the
    higher frequency is the "expansion" frequency, with poorer coverage.



  7. #22
    SMS
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    Donald Newcomb wrote:
    > "SMS" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    >>Mhz. This isn't suitable as a travel phone for Europe and Asia.

    >
    >
    > The models they offer change from hour to hour. They have sold a number of
    > 900/1800/1900 tri-bands for less than $70. Right at this moment they have a
    > couple of "Hop On" tri-bands for $69.99. And no, they are not the only place
    > you can get a good deal on an unlocked GSM phone.
    >


    BTW, Amazon also sells the Hop-On 1806, and it includes free shipping,
    and Amazon has a much better reputation than Tiger Direct.



  8. #23
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.gsm - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 07:38:04
    -0800, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Yes the Hop-On would be fine for India. I don't know why the Tiger
    >Direct site keeps referring to their phones as "SIM-Free."


    Because they aren't carrier subsidized.

    >The Nokia 6010 is a very misleading product, as there is no reason to
    >include 1800 Mhz and not 900 Mhz. It'd be much more useful for the phone
    >to be 800/900/1900 since in most countries, including the U.S., the
    >higher frequency is the "expansion" frequency, with poorer coverage.


    The reason are cost and the availability of chipsets (as I've tried to explain
    to you a number of times) -- cheap tri-band chipsets started with
    900/1800/1900 (non-US market with original US PCS added), followed by
    850/1800/1900 (current US market, cheaply derived from 900/1800/1900). The
    next step up is more expensive quad-band (850/900/1800/1900). There's no real
    market for new tri-band 800/900/1900, since it's no better than 850/1800/1900
    for the US market, and isn't as good as 900/1800/1900 for the non-US market.
    Got it now?

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  9. #24
    SMS
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    Joseph wrote:
    > On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:12:03 -0800, SMS <[email protected]>
    > wrote:
    >
    >
    >>The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    >>Mhz. This isn't suitable as a travel phone for Europe and Asia. You
    >>really want to have 900/1800 Mhz for use in India, as with only 1800 Mhz
    >>your coverage will suck. It's very strange that Nokia made a tri-band
    >>phone with those three bands. It's fine for the U.S., but it really
    >>limits the use outside North America to not have 900 Mhz.

    >
    >
    > Sorry, The Nokia 6010 is a *North America* only handset. It
    > supports GSM 850 and GSM 1900. It does not support GSM 1800.


    Yes, sorry. I think the Nokia at Tiger was the Nokia 3100 (it's no
    longer on their site).

    The problem with a lot of tri-band phones is that the manufacturer took
    a 900/1800/1900 Mhz model, that was fine for the U.S. prior to the
    conversion of TDMA 800 to GSM 800, and simply changed the 900 Mhz to 800
    Mhz. This is fine for a U.S. phone, but it sucks for a "World Phone"
    since you really want 900/1800 for a world phone, and India is no exception.

    The older tri-band phones, the ones with 900/1800/1900 are perfect for
    outside the U.S., and are pretty cheap nowadays since no on in the U.S.
    wants anything without 800 Mhz GSM.



  10. #25
    John Navas
    Guest

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    [POSTED TO alt.cellular.gsm - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]

    In <[email protected]> on Fri, 11 Nov 2005 09:13:38
    -0800, SMS <[email protected]> wrote:

    >Joseph wrote:


    >> On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 17:12:03 -0800, SMS <[email protected]>
    >> wrote:
    >>
    >>>The Tiger Direct phone for $70 is the Nokia 6010, which is 800/1800/1900
    >>>Mhz. ...

    >>
    >> Sorry, The Nokia 6010 is a *North America* only handset. It
    >> supports GSM 850 and GSM 1900. It does not support GSM 1800.

    >
    >[SNIP]


    >The older tri-band phones, the ones with 900/1800/1900 are perfect for
    >outside the U.S., and are pretty cheap nowadays since no on in the U.S.
    >wants anything without 800 Mhz GSM.


    Wrong again. T-Mobile is 1900 only in the USA, and even sells an
    "international" dual-band 900/1900 handset (Samsung x475
    <http://www.t-mobile.com/products/overview.asp?phoneid=245625&class=phone>).

    --
    Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
    John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>



  11. #26

    Re: Need recommendation for a travel phone (UK, India)

    I'm listing three Europe phones on eBay 13NOV 19:30PST.

    The auction numbers will be

    5829875620 Siemens A57
    5829862567 Nokia 5110
    5829885598 Siemens S46

    All auctions start at $9.99

    Tom




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