If you have AT&T, this phone is near useless for calls (or any other means of communication) because it primarily uses the 850 band (in certain areas, at least, NYC being one) and this only packs 1900, meaning little to no signal. I should be ranting over no US 3G coverage--not to say that doesn't grind my gears--not crappy US *GSM* coverage.
We live in such a global world, why do they still make phones like this triband? It'd be understandable if this were just an entry level phone and they were just trying to cut costs, but this is an installment on their highly sucessful CyberShot line. What is a CyberShot phone without a signal? A camera. For that just buy a damn CyberShot camera. But then again, this comes from a person who bought a Nokia 6170 for looks.
“There's a certain feeling of wading through water with this phone, as every time we went exploring the menus, we were met with a delay long enough to make us doubt our keystrokes registered.”
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If you have AT&T, this phone is near useless for calls (or any other means of communication) because it primarily uses the 850 band (in certain areas, at least, NYC being one) and this only packs 1900, meaning little to no signal. I should be ranting over no US 3G coverage--not to say that doesn't grind my gears--not crappy US *GSM* coverage.
We live in such a global world, why do they still make phones like this triband? It'd be understandable if this were just an entry level phone and they were just trying to cut costs, but this is an installment on their highly sucessful CyberShot line. What is a CyberShot phone without a signal? A camera. For that just buy a damn CyberShot camera. But then again, this comes from a person who bought a Nokia 6170 for looks.