New BestBuy V551's have 32K SIMs

Just got 3 V551's with BestBuy. (They have sale with 2 for $50)
They all have 32K sims.

I thought I read that they 551s should have 64K SIMs.
Will this be a problem in North Carolina?

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On 2004-12-11, N Hamilton <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:
> Just got 3 V551's with BestBuy. (They have sale with 2 for $50)
> They all have 32K sims.
>
> I thought I read that they 551s should have 64K SIMs.
> Will this be a problem in North Carolina?

I just asked this question, so I'll try my hand at answering it. The best
summary I was pointed to was this one:
http://www.howardforums.com/archive/topic/492681-1.html

The short answer is that it probably won't matter to you. The reason for
the added intelligence is to benefit Cingular by doing better load
balancing on their networks. So, yeah, you could end up on a more crowded
network and that could impact performance somewhat, but you'll probably
never notice. And what little difference there is for the end user will go
away over time as the multiple networks end up getting merged anyway.

The one case where it seems it might make a difference is international
roaming. If you're going to do international travel and plan on using your
current phone/sim on the road, I'd ask Cingular about the newer one.

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PO Box 23523, Rochester, NY 14692, (585) 359-8695
Airigami: The art of folding air in specially prepared latex containers.

A little off topic, but this phone has a flaw: if you use the phone as a BT
modem and forgot to disconnect, the next time you'll have to power cycle the
BT to get the BT back to work. This flaw destroys all the beauty of BT.

Just let those who are going to use this phone for this purpose to know
about this.

"N Hamilton" <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> Just got 3 V551's with BestBuy. (They have sale with 2 for $50)
> They all have 32K sims.
>
> I thought I read that they 551s should have 64K SIMs.
> Will this be a problem in North Carolina?
>
>

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In <[email protected]> on Sat, 11 Dec 2004
17:23:32 GMT, "N Hamilton" <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:

>Just got 3 V551's with BestBuy. (They have sale with 2 for $50)
>They all have 32K sims.
>
>I thought I read that they 551s should have 64K SIMs.
>Will this be a problem in North Carolina?

Best Buy is selling them with 32K SIMs here in California as well, simply
because these Best Buy stores only have 32K SIMs in stock.

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

According to my Best Buy salesman, when I complained about the 32K sims,
they were delivered that morning by a man from Cingular.

"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 11 Dec 2004
> 17:23:32 GMT, "N Hamilton" <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:
>
>>Just got 3 V551's with BestBuy. (They have sale with 2 for $50)
>>They all have 32K sims.
>>
>>I thought I read that they 551s should have 64K SIMs.
>>Will this be a problem in North Carolina?
>
> Best Buy is selling them with 32K SIMs here in California as well, simply
> because these Best Buy stores only have 32K SIMs in stock.
>
> --
> Best regards, HELP FOR CINGULAR GSM & SONY ERICSSON PHONES:
> John Navas <http://navasgrp.home.att.net/#Cingular>

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In <[email protected]> on Tue, 14 Dec 2004
00:29:43 GMT, "N Hamilton" <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:

>"John Navas" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>news:[email protected]...
>> [POSTED TO alt.cellular.cingular - REPLY ON USENET PLEASE]
>>
>> In <[email protected]> on Sat, 11 Dec 2004
>> 17:23:32 GMT, "N Hamilton" <no_spamham@no_spamnc.rr.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Just got 3 V551's with BestBuy. (They have sale with 2 for $50)
>>>They all have 32K sims.
>>>
>>>I thought I read that they 551s should have 64K SIMs.
>>>Will this be a problem in North Carolina?
>>
>> Best Buy is selling them with 32K SIMs here in California as well, simply
>> because these Best Buy stores only have 32K SIMs in stock.

>According to my Best Buy salesman, when I complained about the 32K sims,
>they were delivered that morning by a man from Cingular.

Why would you believe anything from a Best Buy salesman?

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