Right now I'm not sure how to measure the signal besides what the bars show, and I've only used it in a few places including at home. It seems to be quite similar to the Nexus S, Galaxy Nexus and BB9700 for me. Definitely seems better than the HTC HD7. In many spots where it has 0 bars, I've been able to use data and make good quality calls without any issue.
I didn't want to start a new thread because it may not garner much discussion, but for those of you who have purchased the 710, have you used, or did you consider the X7 from Rogers? Similar external dimensions, bigger screen and very good display, pentaband HSPA, and os upgradeable to Belle, which has had good reviews. It also has the advantage of expandable memory, and uses a regular sim. The no-contract price is not much higher...$275 vs $255.
I'm kinda curious because a lot of people seem to have jumped on the 710 to use on Wind, but things have been quiet for the X7.
I didn't want to start a new thread because it may not garner much discussion, but for those of you who have purchased the 710, have you used, or did you consider the X7 from Rogers? Similar external dimensions, bigger screen and very good display, pentaband HSPA, and os upgradeable to Belle, which has had good reviews. It also has the advantage of expandable memory, and uses a regular sim. The no-contract price is not much higher...$275 vs $255.
I'm kinda curious because a lot of people seem to have jumped on the 710 to use on Wind, but things have been quiet for the X7.
The Rogers X7 is gimped and doesn't actually have pentaband, at the same time it will have a Rogers product code and who knows if it will ever see an update to Belle. The Rogers N8 is pentaband, but Rogers haven't pushed even the Anna update to it, it's still running the original Symbian^3. Even if you do an update from your PC with Nokia Suite, it will detect the Rogers serial number and not allow any updates that Rogers haven't allowed.
The Lumia 710 is exciting, affordable and has the hope of a well-supported OS. I love symbian so I will use it as long as I can, but it would be foolish to recommend it to somebody who is getting their first smartphone OS.
The Rogers X7 is gimped and doesn't actually have pentaband, at the same time it will have a Rogers product code and who knows if it will ever see an update to Belle. The Rogers N8 is pentaband, but Rogers haven't pushed even the Anna update to it, it's still running the original Symbian^3. Even if you do an update from your PC with Nokia Suite, it will detect the Rogers serial number and not allow any updates that Rogers haven't allowed.
The Lumia 710 is exciting, affordable and has the hope of a well-supported OS. I love symbian so I will use it as long as I can, but it would be foolish to recommend it to somebody who is getting their first smartphone OS.
You sure the X7 does not have pentaband? gsmarena.com lists it as pentaband. I don't there is another version.
I've got one, will be doing some comparison testing with my Curve 9300 when I've got time. Mobilicity however but signal strength comparison should be the same since it's the same network either way.
One thing though, and this might be a Windows Phone issue more than Lumia 710 specific is that the Curve 9300 regains a signal after losing it much quicker than either my 710 or my girlfriend's Dell Venue Pro. Also, someone else commented that while the N9 seemed to have better reception, the N8 regained signal faster, so it could also be an issue with newer Nokias, or just that the N8 was unusually good in this department.
Please don't PM me asking questions that could very easily be asked publicly.
Band I/1 = IMT, 2100 (rarely wrongly referred to as 1900/2100)
Band II/2 = PCS, 1900 (never wrongly referred to as 1800/1900)
Band III/3 = DCS, 1800 (never wrongly referred to as 1700/1800)
Band IV/4 = AWS, 1700 (often wrongly referred to as 1700/2100)
Band V/5 = CLR, 850
Band VIII/8 = GSM, 900
I'm kinda curious because a lot of people seem to have jumped on the 710 to use on Wind, but things have been quiet for the X7.
Not many people who actually want to use Symbian anymore. They'll buy a Symbian phone if it's cheap, but they won't actually know it's Symbian. Someone going to the effort of unlocking a phone to use on a different provider will be savvy enough to know that Symbian just isn't a good idea.
Nokia Lumia 710 reception?
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