I've been using this phone for about a week or so, and count me as unimpressed. The 3G is pretty weak, it really isn't noticeably faster than the EDGE speeds I get on my N80. It's just as slow/undermemoried as every other S60 phone, complete with crashing applications.
Another extremely annoying issue is the new spring loaded SIM latch. The battery somtimes strikes it and causes your SIM to dismoount while you have the phone on. You then need to power down the phone, remove the battery, click the SIM back into place and put it all back together.
Back to the 3G . . . the phone also drops calls when it loses the 3G signal here in San Francisco. It hands from 2G to 3G OK, but not back.
All in all I think UMTS sucks . . . and the phone should never have been launched without HSDPA.
In the end, it's nice that there is an approved S60 device for AT&T and hopefully that will drive more usage of S60 by US users, but this phone feels like it's nine months too late.
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I've been using this phone for about a week or so, and count me as unimpressed. The 3G is pretty weak, it really isn't noticeably faster than the EDGE speeds I get on my N80. It's just as slow/undermemoried as every other S60 phone, complete with crashing applications.
Another extremely annoying issue is the new spring loaded SIM latch. The battery somtimes strikes it and causes your SIM to dismoount while you have the phone on. You then need to power down the phone, remove the battery, click the SIM back into place and put it all back together.
Back to the 3G . . . the phone also drops calls when it loses the 3G signal here in San Francisco. It hands from 2G to 3G OK, but not back.
All in all I think UMTS sucks . . . and the phone should never have been launched without HSDPA.
In the end, it's nice that there is an approved S60 device for AT&T and hopefully that will drive more usage of S60 by US users, but this phone feels like it's nine months too late.