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Really disappointed with 8525
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Posted by: lostinvt

I just had to voice my opinion...
I got an 8525 and was excited to upgrade from my 3125. I wasnt too crazy about the form factor of the 8525, but that's another story...the performance really disappointed me. I live about 8 miles from NYC and appearantly am not in a 3g coverage area yet. So the EDGE performance was so dog slow I was floored....and on the way to work as I approached the 3g coverage in NYC, the phone kept switching between the networks, each time dropping connections. So once I got to work and stayed in the 3g coverage, it was definitely better, but it still took a good ten seconds to start to open a page, even after putting in DNS servers, etc.

So back its going..

Posted by: conqoror

Wirelessly posted (HTC-8500/1.2 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows CE; PPC; 240x320))

I know what you mean about switching networks. I've been sitting here at work in the same spot and it's been going U and G . It's still better than using that blacbberry browser. I've used the sprint 6700 with evdo reva it's not that much better in regards to surfing speeds.

Posted by: importluva

I've been getting really bad connections and timeouts when using my 8525 with wap.cingular (MediaMax). With isp.cingular, all of those issues went away. Go figure.

Posted by: mferni

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Originally Posted by lostinvt

....and on the way to work as I approached the 3g coverage in NYC, the phone kept switching between the networks, each time dropping connections.

So back its going..

I know what you mean, I experience the same thing. It really stinks if the traffic is slow moving and then you have to deal witht he fluctuations possibly 1/2 hr - 1 hr.... I wonder if the slow moving traffic crawl has something to do with the GSM/UMTS handoff's not working correctly....

Posted by: conqoror

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Originally Posted by importluva

I've been getting really bad connections and timeouts when using my 8525 with wap.cingular (MediaMax). With isp.cingular, all of those issues went away. Go figure.

What data plan do you have? I can't make a connection to isp.cingular.

Posted by: importluva

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Originally Posted by conqoror

What data plan do you have? I can't make a connection to isp.cingular.

oh right, forgot to mention that I upgraded to PDAconnect. I used 300mb of data in less than 2 weeks so I figure I need to upgrade anyways to be fair.

Posted by: cjmedina

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Originally Posted by conqoror

Wirelessly posted (HTC-8500/1.2 Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows CE; PPC; 240x320))

I know what you mean about switching networks. I've been sitting here at work in the same spot and it's been going U and G . It's still better than using that blacbberry browser. I've used the sprint 6700 with evdo reva it's not that much better in regards to surfing speeds.

you could set it to utms always on or set it to gsm always on, i have mine set to utms/hsdpa always on

Posted by: argoldst

I'm with you. I also in in NY and came from Verizon 6700 (where I always had evdo).

Without 3g, this phone is a big disappointment. The only question is do I keep the phone and hope 3g will be up soon, or do I stay with verizon? Got 30 days to figure it out.

Posted by: lmychajluk

I'm looking to switch from a VZW i730 to a Cingular 8525 in the NYC area (I live near the Meadowlands). Can anyone from the area comment about voice coverage in this area with this phone? I haven't had a landline in over 5 years, so it's important to me to have decent voice coverage, even if 3G is still spotty.

Thanks!