Telstra 850/851 phones are that new ZTC brand

[Ext User(Emjaye)]

Just spoke to the local telstra dealer. All the info was released in one
hit to him and all other dealers. He's ordered the phones, but only 3
models are currently available. The Telstra 850, and two Samsung models.

The Telstre 850 is that new Chinese mob that people have been talking
about. I compared the 850 and 851 specs. Each has things that the other
doesn't, such as Bluetooth on one and IR on the other. I need to use
both.

Typical.

Anyway, the guy reckons to hold off as being a new system it's bound to
have its share of bugs. Coverage cannot be fully guaranteed at this
stage. ie; I'm on CDMA, so if I switch to 850 3G there's a good chance
that I will be without coverage in some areas. It will improve with
time, of course.

I wonder when Nokia will release its phones for this service. Hopefully,
soon. Last time I dived in like this, it was when CDMA started. I bought
an LG phone. What a piece of crap it was. Nokia at the time didn't have
any CDMAs. So when it released the 6385 I dumped the LG and went for the
Nokia. This time, though, I think that I'll wait.

[Ext User(Michael)]

"Emjaye" <emjaye_t@yarwho.com.au> wrote in message
news:4525e9f0.0000608e.bm000@yarwho.com.au...
> Just spoke to the local telstra dealer. All the info was released in one
> hit to him and all other dealers. He's ordered the phones, but only 3
> models are currently available. The Telstra 850, and two Samsung models.
>
> The Telstre 850 is that new Chinese mob that people have been talking
> about. I compared the 850 and 851 specs. Each has things that the other
> doesn't, such as Bluetooth on one and IR on the other. I need to use
> both.
>
> Typical.
>
> Anyway, the guy reckons to hold off as being a new system it's bound to
> have its share of bugs. Coverage cannot be fully guaranteed at this
> stage. ie; I'm on CDMA, so if I switch to 850 3G there's a good chance
> that I will be without coverage in some areas. It will improve with

Coverage is never guaranteed, but this is NOT like the AMPS/CDMA rollout,
EVERY CDMA base station has a 3G 850 cell on it.

Now.

[Ext User(Paul Day)]

On Fri, 06 Oct 2006 10:07:13 GMT Michael may have written:
> Coverage is never guaranteed, but this is NOT like the AMPS/CDMA
> rollout, EVERY CDMA base station has a 3G 850 cell on it.
>
> Now.

A little like this network was being launch back in July? ;)

So the Telstra NextG coverage map tells us that the coverage it shows
includes cells _to be commisioned in the month after launch_ for... no
particular reason at all then if they're all already on?

Interestingly, compare the CDMA and NextG maps next to each other and
it's obvious they're all the same sites, but the footprint of each NextG
site is bigger than it's CDMA footprint. Wonder if that's really the
case.

PD

--
Paul Day
Web: http://www.enigma.id.au/

[Ext User(Emjaye)]

Paul Day wrote:

> Interestingly, compare the CDMA and NextG maps next to each other and
> it's obvious they're all the same sites, but the footprint of each NextG
> site is bigger than it's CDMA footprint. Wonder if that's really the
> case.

By "footprint" do you mean range? If so, I hope so. There are places
that I visit that have marginal CDMA coverage, and others none at all.
Hopefully, neighboring cells on the new system will be able to reach
there. But when this will occur, that's the question, I s'pose.

[Ext User(Paul Day)]

On 9 Oct 2006 05:30:03 +0200 Emjaye may have written:
> Paul Day wrote:

> > Interestingly, compare the CDMA and NextG maps next to each other and
> > it's obvious they're all the same sites, but the footprint of each NextG
> > site is bigger than it's CDMA footprint. Wonder if that's really the
> > case.

> By "footprint" do you mean range?

Correct. Compare two large country areas and you'll see the equipment
appears to be in the same spots (as you'd expect), but the footprint of
coverage covers a larger area on the NextG map.

PD

--
Paul Day
Web: http://www.enigma.id.au/