My how quickly we forget that GSM/UMTS 850 DIDNT EVEN EXIST 5 YEARS AGO!
And you wanna sit here and complain that 1700GSM/UMTS is some fancy spectrum? Ironically, for someone thinking that 1700 is "nonstandard", you should do more research to know that majority of North and South American countries are clearing out 1700 to use for networks themselves.
Additionally, 1700 and the 2100 T-Mobile purchased are the MOST SIMILAR MATCHED 3G spectrum to European 3G. Do research on Phonescoop. Im not going to explain it.
So before you talk about how fantastic another networks 3G is, know that the 3G phones we currently have on "AT&T" are lacking a ton of things (not to mention speed), that T-Mobile and Manufacturers are bringing to the table soon enough.
That may be true for the future, but right now, the other poster is correct. 1700 is nonstandard. Most 3G phones don't even have that band as an option. And the US T-Mobile 2100 is supposedly not the same as the Europe/Asia one.
Many people are thinking about what's out there NOW, and what's out there now are barely any AWS capable handsets. Perhaps that will change by next year.
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My how quickly we forget that GSM/UMTS 850 DIDNT EVEN EXIST 5 YEARS AGO!
And you wanna sit here and complain that 1700GSM/UMTS is some fancy spectrum? Ironically, for someone thinking that 1700 is "nonstandard", you should do more research to know that majority of North and South American countries are clearing out 1700 to use for networks themselves.
Additionally, 1700 and the 2100 T-Mobile purchased are the MOST SIMILAR MATCHED 3G spectrum to European 3G. Do research on Phonescoop. Im not going to explain it.
So before you talk about how fantastic another networks 3G is, know that the 3G phones we currently have on "AT&T" are lacking a ton of things (not to mention speed), that T-Mobile and Manufacturers are bringing to the table soon enough.
That may be true for the future, but right now, the other poster is correct. 1700 is nonstandard. Most 3G phones don't even have that band as an option. And the US T-Mobile 2100 is supposedly not the same as the Europe/Asia one.
Many people are thinking about what's out there NOW, and what's out there now are barely any AWS capable handsets. Perhaps that will change by next year.