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Thursday, December 11, 2008
Nokia N97: Will it Have NAM 3G?
In yet another moment of pondering over the N97 there is the concern of compatibility with the AT&T 3G network in the US. As far as I have read from online previews, only the UMTS frequencies of 900, 1900 and 2100 are to be supported, so where does that leave the NAM Nokia customers? I believe I read somewhere that AT&T uses the 850 and 1900 bands, but I am not 100% certain of this. If this is the case, there may be a partial chance that the N97 will have 3G access to the network. In my opinion, a partial chance is not worth paying top dollar when purchasing ANY kind of recent mobile device. If there is a variant of the N97 made for the NAM UMTS frequencies I would not hesitate to give the N97 a fair chance as my permanent phone, otherwise I most likely will have to settle for a review unit from WomWorld if at all possible.
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from what i've seen, the 1900MHz band will provide UMTS service for at&t in usa.
like the rest of the gsm network, you only use one frequency at a time - so if the 3g in your area uses 850, you're out of luck.
i've got an n95-1 here in the states, and i've always been pretty happy with at&t edge -- i get 150kbps, which is about the same as an iphone 3g (granted, it sucks for 3g, but my point is edge is still usable).
i too am looking forward to this pohone. i can't make up my mind: either i know i want it and i'm looking for a reason to not buy it; or i'm eager to wait for the next nokia and looking for validation that the n97 would suite me (and dammit i don't want ANY MORE APPS CLOSING due to lack of ram)
I have N95 8GB-2 And EDGE sucks i live in CT, i like to listen to internet radio while driving and some of the stations are 128kbps so its useless. I have pre-ordered N97 on mobilecityonline.com but they wont charge my CC until they get them in stock so i am trying to figure out the 3G and i confused as ever. On Nokia's official website it states:
http://www.forum.nokia.com/devices/N97
Frequency Band
GSM 1800
GSM 1900
GSM 850
GSM 900
WCDMA 1900
WCDMA 2100
WCDMA 850
WCDMA 900
Data Bearer
EGPRS
HSDPA
WCDMA
http://2009.nseries.com/specs.aspx
But on Nseries website it only shows:
System:
WCDMA 900/1900/2100 (HSDPA)
EGSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz
so if anyone can confirm if it will work with AT&T 3g Please do so.
;-D
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