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Nokia 6230b is QUADBAND! - according to Cingular
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Posted by: mobilehavoc

It never ceases to amaze me the amount of alse information that seems to come from phone calls with CSR.

I called yesterday because I am leaving in two weeks for a vacation in India for 2 1/2 weeks and I'm taking a phone. I obviously know the 6230b is 850/1800/1900mhz bands but I called to make sure the required International Roaming / International Dialing features were on my account.

My conversation:
Me: "Hi, I wanted to make sure the international roaming feature was on my account"
CSR: <Looks up my account> "Yes you have the international roaming and dialing features already"
Me: "Great, thanks..." <ready to hang up>
CSR: "Wait, what phone do you have?"
Me: "A Nokia 6230b"
CSR: <Looks it up in his 'system'> "Oh you should be good to go, it's a quad-band phone so it supports all the bands"
Me: "I don't think so. I thought it was 850/1800/1900 only?"
CSR: "No that's not true, according to my system, it's a quad-band phone"
Me: "Ok, thanks bye"

I feel bad for those people who don't know any better and trust Cingular CSR. If I trusted this buffoon, I would have taken my 6230b to India to only realize it's really tri-band and doesn't work for sh**.

Beware...don't take what you hear from them at face-value!

Posted by: dodgerx88

what a showoff, just because you have a quadband 6230 doesn't mena you have to rub it in.

Posted by: ASimpleFarmer

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Originally Posted by dodgerx88

what a showoff, just because you have a quadband 6230 doesn't mena you have to rub it in.

i sense sarcasm?

but to the OT, that is rediculous

Posted by: sharksfan

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Originally Posted by dodgerx88

what a showoff, just because you have a quadband 6230 doesn't mena you have to rub it in.

quad band phones get the most signal

Posted by: Petey07

hmm..mines is only triband, oh well..don't need quad band though.

Posted by: ASimpleFarmer

there is n o quadband 6230b

its about as real as a razr with a plasma screen

Posted by: dodgerx88

Man, I was looking forward to that razr with plasma too

Posted by: quillhill

This reminds me of the Cingular CSR (at a kiosk in the mall, of course) who told me before I signed up that the e317 had a speakerphone. Heh. I wasn't ready to buy, so I went home, looked it up and discovered it didn't, just as I had suspected. Ah, well, it was pretty new at the time...besides, that was the only CSR who wasn't up on his info that I dealt with out of about a dozen in the month leading up to my port. It did crack me up.
I'm gonna order me one of them quad band 6230s right now. Bet I can get it direct from Nokia. Woot.

Posted by: eimajuno

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Originally Posted by ASimpleFarmer

there is n o quadband 6230b

its about as real as a razr with a plasma screen

My razr has two plasmas

Posted by: ASimpleFarmer

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Originally Posted by eimajuno

My razr has two plasmas

4 if you count your black one haha

Posted by: johngotti

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Originally Posted by quillhill

This reminds me of the Cingular CSR (at a kiosk in the mall, of course) who told me before I signed up that the e317 had a speakerphone. Heh. I wasn't ready to buy, so I went home, looked it up and discovered it didn't, just as I had suspected. Ah, well, it was pretty new at the time...besides, that was the only CSR who wasn't up on his info that I dealt with out of about a dozen in the month leading up to my port. It did crack me up.
I'm gonna order me one of them quad band 6230s right now. Bet I can get it direct from Nokia. Woot.

Good thing you didnt get an E317... those things are junk... and Nokia quad band? Thats news to me! lol

Posted by: Marcster

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Originally Posted by eimajuno

My razr has two plasmas

Watch out for plasma burns!

Posted by: stevOh

In billing its shows most triband phones from Nokia incorrectly as Quad Band for some reason. Someone just reading the screen who isnt familiar with the handset would think it would be Quadband. Its an easy error to make. I was confused when I first saw it too.

Nokia 6230b #IMEI# GSM W-4 850/900/1800/1900

Thats what it shows up as.

Posted by: CeluGeek

A quad-band 6230b? Well, I gues if you ever travel to Puerto Rico, you will be able to use it on Cingular's 900 Mhz network. Well... that's what I was told once by a dumb CS rep.

Posted by: mobilehavoc

How funny would it be if in reality 6230bs were in fact quadband but Cingular only advertised them as tri-band!

Wish there was a way to test...

Posted by: terryjohnson16

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Originally Posted by cinguliano

A quad-band 6230b? Well, I gues if you ever travel to Puerto Rico, you will be able to use it on Cingular's 900 Mhz network. Well... that's what I was told once by a dumb CS rep.

You mean 1900. 900 is only for Overseas markets.

Posted by: CeluGeek

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Originally Posted by terryjohnson16

You mean 1900. 900 is only for Overseas markets.

No, I meant 900, because I was quoting a clueless rep who was capable of telling me such a thing.

Posted by: dodgerx88

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Originally Posted by mobilehavoc

How funny would it be if in reality 6230bs were in fact quadband but Cingular only advertised them as tri-band!

Wish there was a way to test...

It's not funny. This is exactly what happened.

Posted by: VanillaGorilla

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Originally Posted by sharksfan

quad band phones get the most signal

Friggin CSR tried telling me that when I switched from Orange to Blue. He tried selling me on a V551, and I HATE Moto phones. I'd just as soon spend a weekend at Neverland Ranch than use one. Dude tried telling me that because it's Quad Band, you get the best reception. "Oh really? Tell me who uses 900 in the US, cause Cingular sure as hell don't"

He shut up and gave me the 6230 after that. God, I miss that phone.

MtA

Posted by: ASimpleFarmer

Doesnt the carribian islands use all four bands?

Posted by: CeluGeek

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Originally Posted by ASimpleFarmer

Doesnt the carribian islands use all four bands?

Maybe, but not Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, where the FCC regulates communication so they can only use the same bands as the US mainland.