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will the nokia 8800 work in the united states, I was wondering because it only has one United States frequency which is 1900.

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Originally Posted by kpnate012

will the nokia 8800 work in the united states, I was wondering because it only has one United States frequency which is 1900.

I would not recommend buying a phone for use on Cingular if it lacks the 850mhz band. Cingular does use 1900 in some parts of the country, but they use 850 in others, and you will not get the same level of service as you would with a phone that has both bands.

Originally Posted by kpnate012

will the nokia 8800 work in the united states, I was wondering because it only has one United States frequency which is 1900.

The Nokia 8800 comes with the 900 mHz band in place of the 850, unless you're going to strictly use it with T-Mobile then it will work, just don't expect to be able to roam on it.

so how will it work with cingular?

Originally Posted by kpnate012

so how will it work with cingular?

If you are in a part of the country where Cingular uses the 850mhz band exclusively, it will always be roaming wherever you go. You'll only have a Cingular tower in their 1900mhz areas, and you won't be able to go into an 850mhz-only area unless there is a tower you can roam on with 900mhz (that would be T-Mobile towers).

so id get roaming charges??

Originally Posted by kpnate012

so id get roaming charges??

Depends on your plan, if your plan charges extra for roaming, then I definitely would not get this phone. I have free roaming on my Sprint plan, but I don't know much about Cingular plans or how they charge for roaming.

Originally Posted by Brad729

If you are in a part of the country where Cingular uses the 850mhz band exclusively, it will always be roaming wherever you go. You'll only have a Cingular tower in their 1900mhz areas, and you won't be able to go into an 850mhz-only area unless there is a tower you can roam on with 900mhz (that would be T-Mobile towers).

900 mhz is for European GSM carriers. in the US, T-Mo uses only the 1900 mhz band, so the 900 mhz band does nothing in the US.

if you're on cingular, find a phone with 850/1900 mhz. i've heard a lot of unhappy users who got european model phones lacking the 850 band. most of them end up selling the phone.

My apologies! Nic is correct about the 900mhz band! I forget that T-Mobile is available in so many countries, and everywhere I was reading that T-Mo uses 900mhz was in reference to Europe. So listen to Nic and not me

T-Mobile is in the USA exclusively 1900mhz. As I have been saying all along from the beginning, this phone is not going to work very well for you. I'd advise against buying it. You want a phone with 850/1900mhz.

although t-mo is 1900 mhz, the 850 mhz band on your t-mo phone is beneficial. t-mo and cingular have roaming agreements, and not having the 850 band cuts you out of some of the roaming coverage areas. if my phone didn't have the 850 band, i wouldn't have coverage within an hour of my parents' house.

Originally Posted by n1ckel5

although t-mo is 1900 mhz, the 850 mhz band on your t-mo phone is beneficial. t-mo and cingular have roaming agreements, and not having the 850 band cuts you out of some of the roaming coverage areas. if my phone didn't have the 850 band, i wouldn't have coverage within an hour of my parents' house.

so basically what i said on my previous post..

thanks for all the info you guys its greatly appreciated, I think i'm going to go with the american verision the 8801

Originally Posted by Tony E!

so basically what i said on my previous post..

pretty much. but brad and i started talking about something and i kinda reiterated the point. no harm intended or done.

Originally Posted by n1ckel5

pretty much. but brad and i started talking about something and i kinda reiterated the point. no harm intended or done.

not at all N1ckel5, good job.

thanks man. i know how frustrating redundancy can be.