Comments on: Know Your Frequencies! Nokia NAM For Me From Now On

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 17:38:24 +0000

Hi everybody,

I want to know how and where I can (in the option menu ,serial number,…???) check that a Nokia cell phone is NAM one ?

thx

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:38:24 +0000

Hi everybody,

I want to know how and where I can (in the option menu ,serial number,…???) check that a Nokia cell phone is NAM one ?

thx

By: Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:33:23 +0000

Hi
I am buying a Samsung i8910 from Asia and it supports tri-band 3G (900, 1800, 2100). I know that At&t uses 850 and 1900 for their 3G. But I also live in New York ( Long Island) and wanted to know if the 3G would work here. If the 3G here uses 1900 that would be great but if it's 850 then it won't. Do you know how I can find out what frequency At&t uses here in New York for their 3G?

By: Tristan

Tristan — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:33:23 +0000

By: Mark Guim

Mark Guim — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:33:43 +0000

I thought that's what i was trying to say but you explained it better. Thanks.

By: Jonathan Bruha

Jonathan Bruha — Thu, 14 May 2009 19:58:34 +0000

I think the real lesson is to know what frequency is dominant in your market, and if it's not 1900, then you should get a NAM phone with both bands.

Both Chicago and Atlanta are heavily covered in UMTS 1900 and the 3G coverage difference between using just 1900 or both 850/1900 is negligible.

By: Chris Knight

Chris Knight — Sun, 10 May 2009 12:59:23 +0000

The NAM models are also a requirement for Australian users on the Telstra network, especially if you want to use data services in regional areas (GSM 850 and WCDMA 850).

By: JebBrilliant

JebBrilliant — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:29:05 +0000

Is there anywhere to get a more detailed map (especially of LA area) showing where each of the 2 NAM 3G bands cover? I doubt it but just curious.

I'm really happy with the triband NAM devices but maybe I'm missing some coverage overseas I don't know about.

By: Andre

Andre — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:32:37 +0000

Hi Mark, the post comes just in time. I live in Chile and am with Entel PCS and have a European N95 8GB it seems the most I get is Edge speed: From the link you provided it seems that my carrier supports 3g 1900 in entire Santiago http://www.gsmworld.com/cgi-bin/ni_map.pl?z=3&x… Should my European phone not work on 3G? What do I need to watch out for when buying the N97 ?

Thanks for your help
Andre

By: facebook-41000024

facebook-41000024 — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:39:31 +0000

Thank God i'm on tmobile where i'll NEVER pick up their odd band of 3g !

then i wont feel bad about pickin up a euro n97, not like i'll have their 3g anyways. whichever one comes out first.. i'm on.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 18:40:02 +0000

To make matters worse, when you buy an unlocked phone, you're really stuck with AT&T because T-mobile uses such a weird 3G frequency band….i wish we had more GSM carriers to give us more options…

p.s…i'm speaking for US only…..

By: Mark Guim

Mark Guim — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:04:45 +0000

Wish my carrier had better 1900 coverage here in the US so that I can still use the N85 when I visit Europe and get 3G from both places.

By: Snowy

Snowy — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:32:24 +0000

Hey Mark, that makes the both of us. Lesson learned
Just to share my experience. N85-1 in the Silicon valley Using At&t actually had worse result than you described.

By the way a buddy of mine tried out the n85-3 in the LA area the 3G was terrible, compared to his e71-2(always on lock). Looks like a firmware issue or bad hardware,

Oh well.
Thx for the share.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:37:16 +0000

Well, in here Finland 5800 costs cheapest about 450$ and I have read that you can get it for under 399$(or even 329$) in there States. Exchange rate makes the difference.

I took 5800 with 2 year contract and my costs are 17$(phone) plus 1,2$ (operator) per month. 17$ x 24months= 408$ for just the phone. Contract is cheaper than buying the phone.

So, no data plan and so on. But got 600 minutes free calling time That's 50min per month. Unlocked ofcourse.

Some figures there for you Mark But keep coming reviews and so on! Great blog.

By: Mark Guim

Mark Guim — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 21:05:26 +0000

Haha! Partly true… we also have to pay a LOT up front for our unlocked
phones.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:20:03 +0000

Seems like you US people have hard there. So if you want to make a call or browse internet via cell phone, don't live in the US. Am I right? Just partly kidding

Greetings from Finland

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:23:49 +0000

Yep, bought a N96 NAM (RM-472)
and im disapointted…can't believe!!
the N-Gage still are pending for certificate in the latest firm!!!
so sad…
hope that N86 come quickly…

By: Sarm

Sarm — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:18:02 +0000

My main reason for asking is that I got an E71-2 from you guys last year and when the firmware updates came out for the E71-2 it is always available for my handset. I have seen on blogs and forums that some of the E71-2 handsets that were being sold by other online retailers could not be updated because the product code was different or something that extent.

By: Mark Guim

Mark Guim — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:46:13 +0000

Amazon has consistently sell the phones with prices hard for us to compete
with, so I don't think we'll be selling directly again any time soon.

By: Sarm

Sarm — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:33:48 +0000

Nokia should have released a NAM version of the N82 which is still the best Nseries after almost one and a half years of being available. That xenon flash makes all the difference in the world. Now I am more tempted by the the Eseries line especially the E55. There has no been much news about this handset. E75 has got all the attention. Are you guys at the Nokia Blog going to have your store open again soon (hopefully with the E55 NAM)?