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w890 first 3g phone for the US?
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Posted by: ken.vs.ryu

http://www.phonearena.com/htmls/Son...one-p_2421.html

* Type
o GSM Quad-band phone capable of global roaming ( 850/900/1800/1900 MHz)
UMTS single-band American 3G ( 850/2100 MHz)
* Data
o GPRS/UMTS/HSDPA 1.8 Mbit/s
* 3G Support
o Yes

It also looks like there will be a w880 with video calling.

Posted by: RoyleMoyle

Eh, I'm not that impressed. Sony Ericsson has a problem of including certain features in phones that cannot be used to their full potential because certain other features are not included. For example, what's the point of using a 3.2 megapixel sensor without auto-focus and flash?

Posted by: chanman87

well if its sapposed to be an upgrade to W880
all new W series other than W960 dont have autofocus

Posted by: ace587

not bad at all

Posted by: aw614

i guess the 850 is probably for the aussies rather than the US...

Posted by: Baldilocks

Yes, the first 3G phone for the U.S. will be the z750a.

Posted by: Roundhouse

my w900i has 3G

Posted by: bodeh6

Quote:

Originally Posted by Roundhouse

my w900i has 3G

But not in America.

First SE USA 3G phones are the Z750i/a and the K850i, both due out this month.

Posted by: chanman87

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hopefully i dont have to wait anymore for both those phone because it was sapposed to come out during Q3

Posted by: Nacron

They should clarify that it's 3g for at&t

Posted by: darkninja

Like mentioned earlier if the phone is listed as 850/2100 for UMTS then the 850 band is intended for the folks down under in australia

. Unless the phone sports both 850 and 1900 for UMTS it is not meant for US shores

Posted by: ace587

has to be 1900mhz for most places

still z750a is gnna be first

it prob is destined for telstra

Posted by: darkninja

Quote:

Originally Posted by ace587

has to be 1900mhz for most places

still z750a is gnna be first

it prob is destined for telstra

Good point ace i don't even think at&t has any 850 UMTS operational yet do they? Only 1900 UMTS if you want fast 3g with at&t

Posted by: ace587

yeah mostly 1900 afaik

Posted by: ThorBlaze Dragon

first SE phone with AWS.....Hell will freeze over

Posted by: altNz

The way things are looking now it seems the k850i will release before the Z750a/i, so much for 3rd quarter.

Posted by: Nacron

Quote:

Originally Posted by darkninja

Good point ace i don't even think at&t has any 850 UMTS operational yet do they? Only 1900 UMTS if you want fast 3g with at&t

Isn't 2 bands required for umts?

Posted by: darkninja

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nacron

Isn't 2 bands required for umts?

Nope just one. Thats why you see all the european phones with only 2100 for UMTS. Australia just uses 850. And here in the good ol' US of A at&t if currently running its UMTS on 1900 only, but i'm sure as time goes on it will be expanding on 850.

Posted by: FidoFan

Actually Australia uses both 850 and 2100 for UMTS. But they're pushing their 850 with HSDPA.

Regardless, I find it highly unlikely that a Sony Ericsson phone would be UMTS/HSDPA 850/2100 when Ericsson doesn't have any UMTS/HSDPA 850/2100 platforms. Ericsson has two HSDPA platforms: the U350 has Quadband EDGE + UMTS/HSDPA on 2100 (like the W910); the U360 platform has Quadband EDGE + 850/1900/2100 UMTS/HSDPA. As far as I know, no announced SE phone has had specifications that didn't meet the Ericsson U350 or U360 platforms exactly. Remember I am referring to HSDPA and not bare-bones UMTS, in which case there were plenty of Triband GSM + Euro-band UMTS phones. I don't think Ericsson would make a new platform just for Australia when the U360 platform would work perfectly for them.

Posted by: ace587

i believe 850 is a telstra exclusive, other carriers such as voda are 2100

Posted by: FidoFan

Quote:

Originally Posted by ace587

i believe 850 is a telstra exclusive, other carriers such as voda are 2100

Telstra is replacing their old CDMA network with UMTS, that's why it's at 850. But they also have 2100. If you look at their lineup they have phones that are UMTS 2100 only.

Posted by: BUFFBOY

whens this coming out ??