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Which has best reception? L6/L7/6280/D600/W600/W810/??
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Posted by: gmoney863

I'm in California, USA on the West Coast with T-Mobile and am primarily concerned with Quad-band reception (I live in an area with spotty reception). which phones listed above have the best reception or are there others with better reception?

Thanks!

Posted by: xtremein motion

its CA. they should all work, but since you said it was a little spotty

6280. its a friggin nokia

Posted by: gmoney863

thanks for your reply

but nokias are only tri-band wouldn't it be better to get a quad-band?

Posted by: motov3600m

The only reason that you would need a quadband phone is if you travel internationally. Here in the US we only use two bands 850MHZ and 1900MHz. T-Mobile uses the 1900MHZ for its servic but has roaming agreements with other carriers that use the 850Mhz band in some areas.

Posted by: mmace1

Quote:

Originally Posted by gmoney863

thanks for your reply

but nokias are only tri-band wouldn't it be better to get a quad-band?

As the other poster said, we only use 2 GSM bands in the US & Canada. The other 2 bands are used in other parts of the world (such as Europe).

So no difference between tri/quad band in US/Canada reception, but maybe a difference if you traveled about in Europe, etc.

For more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_ranges

Posted by: mmace1

Well...I mispoke about the tri/quad thing. Just make sure it has bands 850/1900, as those are the 2 used in the US.

Posted by: ElectronIntegra

If you have enough native coverage from Tmobile, which you can check on their site, you only need to worry about the 1900mhz band.

Triband normally means - 900/1800/1900

Quad - 850/900/1800/1900

So you really dont NEEEEED a quad band phone since you are on Tmobile, but having one could be nice.

Knowing this, choose a phone you like to your self because you probably wont need the 850.