Thinking of N93: would it be fine without GSM850 in S.F.?

[britt. (:]

I don't know -- to me, the purpose of a tri-band phone is unclear. I can understand dual-band and I can understand quad-band. A tri-band phone is just like a car with three regular wheels and a spare -- it works well at home (parked in the garage) and sucks on the road...

[Essaj]

I don't think that makes sense? The purpose of a car is to drive.

[Pizzt]

I was exaggerrating a bit. You can drive with a spare on the city streets and won't even notice, try getting up to a freeway speed and it'll become noticeable right away.

The purpose of the car is to drive -- on all roads available. The purpose of the phone is to connect to networks -- all that are available.

[Tommy Flynn]

the analogy and the subsequent response made me laugh.

[Beckii]

Well, we don't really get to connect to "all available roads" either. We're only talking about GSM. Both the US and Europe are mostly CDMA (Verizon here). A phone that connects to all 4 GSM signals, all 3G signals, iDEN towers, all CDMA towers, and all TDMA towers would really be the "lambourgini" you're talking about.

Like I said, we're lucky we can use European phones in the US at all.

[reissholt]

I believe that spot for any cellular isnt great, (i used to live nearby, work a few blocks away) cept ATTWS TDMA or VZ AMPS is your only hope or else get a reapeter, its SF it isnt gonna be filled in 100% precent

[SakruaWolf]

i understand wat ur saying is , i would like to have quadband on my 8800 as well but the thing is not many ppl in the US are willing to pay the price for a 8800 or premium nokia phones, while in countires that use 900 ppl are willing to pay , so to the manufacture it makes sense in putting in a triband with 900 on it instead of putting in a bit more expensive quadband antenna when they know that most of their sales gona be in 900 area where ppl dont care abut quadband.

[madieg]

Interesting thread. Who has purchased the phone in the SF area? What are your thoughts on service/coverage? I'm considering purchasing it but I hope that I wouldn't encounter any problems with the service (TMobile).