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My Stuff
Last Update:
07/16/2008 09:46 PM
My Wireless Providers
| Current Service |
Previous Service |
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AT&T (GoPhone)
Nextel (Boost Mobile)
Sprint PCS (Virgin)T-Mobile (T-Mobile To Go)
U.S. Cellular CDMA (TracFone)Verizon (PagePlus) Verizon |
AT&T TDMA AT&T (AirVoice)
AT&T Blue GSM (GoPhone)
AT&T Blue TDMA (CallPlus)Cingular GSM (GoPhone)
Cingular GSM (SpeakOut Wireless)
Cingular GSM (TracFone) x4
Cingular TDMA (CallPlus)
Sprint PCS
Suncom TDMA
SwissCom EasyRoam
T-Mobile (T-Mobile To Go)
Túyo Mobile
U.S. Cellular TDMA
U.S. Cellular CDMA (TracFone)
Verizon (CPS Wireless)
Verizon (Page Plus) x4
Verizon Pay As You GoVerizon (TracFone)
Verizon (usa1RATE) x2 |
My Wireless Phones
| Active |
Family |
Blackberry 8703e
Kyocera M1000
Motorola i335
Motorola e815
Motorola v3xx
Nokia 2126
Nokia 6230b
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Samsung U-740
Motorola RAZR maxx Ve
Inactive
Motorola DPC550
Motorola 7868
Motorola i425
Motorola v635
Nokia 6160
Siemens s56
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My Previous Wireless Phones
(no longer have these)
Kyocera se47
LG VX-9900
Nokia 1100b
Nokia 2115
Nokia 2126
Nokia 2600 x4
Nokia 3589i
Nokia 6102
Nokia 6120
Nokia 6185
Nokia 6190Nokia 7190 |
Motorola 1000+
Motorola i95cl
Motorola T720
Motorola P8767
Motorola RAZR v3
Motorola v170
Motorola v60ic
Motorola v60it
Siemens s56 UTStarcom CDM-1450 |
My Wireless Signals (at home)
| I have active
service |
I
am able to dial 611 for testing |
I
can't access the network |
| Provider |
Technology |
Frequency |
Band |
Signal (10=exc,1=poor) |
| Verizon |
CDMA |
850 MHz
1900 MHz |
CELL B
PCS C |
7
N/A |
| U.S.
Cellular |
AMPS |
850
MHz |
CELL
A |
5 |
| U.S.
Cellular |
CDMA |
850 MHz |
CELL A |
5 |
| Nextel |
iDen |
800 MHz |
ESMR |
5 |
| T-Mobile |
GSM |
1900 MHz |
PCS D
PCS E |
4
4 |
| AT&T |
GSM |
1900 MHz |
PCS A
PCS C |
4
N/A |
| U.S. Cellular |
TDMA |
850 MHz |
CELL A |
4 |
| Sprint PCS |
CDMA |
1900 MHz |
PCS B |
3 |
| Unicel |
GSM |
1900
MHz |
PCS
F |
1 |
| Verizon |
AMPS |
850 MHz |
CELL B |
SHUT DOWN |
| AT&T |
TDMA |
1900 MHz |
PCS A |
SHUT DOWN |
| Unicel |
TDMA |
1900 MHz |
PCS F |
SHUT DOWN |
RF Performance
Which phone has the best RF performance? I can only speak for the
phones that I have. Unfortunately some of the newer smaller phones do not hold the
signal as well as the older phones.
If a phone is crossed out below it means I no longer have that
phone
Best CDMA 850
1st is the e815
2nd is the 3589i
3rd is the P8767
4th is the 8703e
6th is the 2126
7th is the env (VX-9900)
8th is the RAZR maxx Ve
9th is the T720c
Best CDMA 1900
1st is the P8767
2nd is the e815
3rd is the 7868
4th is the 2126
5th is the M1000
6th is the RAZR maxx Ve
7th is the 2115
8th is the CDM-1450
9th is the T720c
Best GSM 850
1st is the v635
2nd is the 6230b
3rd is the s56
Best GSM 1900
1st is the 7190
2nd is the 6230b
3rd is the v635
4th is the s56
5th is the 6190
Best iDEN
i95cl
i1000+
i450 (down 5 dBm)
Best Analog (less critical with the shutdown of analog networks):
1st is the DPC550 (full 600mw output)
2nd is a tie between the 6120 and the 6160
(good)
3rd is the P8767 (good)
4th is the 7868 (fair)
5th is the 3589i (fair)
6th is the 2126 (fair)
The rest have poor analog performance (T720c, v60it, 6185)
Best TDMA 850 (less critical with the shutdown of TDMA networks)
1st is a tie between the 6120 and the 6160
3rd is the v60it (significantly worse than the Nokias)
Best TDMA 1900 (less critical with the shutdown of TDMA networks)
1st is the 6160
2nd is the v60it
Most of my phones are capable of being placed into field test mode, which display lots of
useful information such as System ID, band, channel, tower IDs and signal
strength. Some of the phones have hundreds of screens of information. Each
phone below is currently on the screen that displays signal strength. Just
about all TDMA & CDMA phones have some sort of field test capability. GSM phones
either do not have the ability for field test, or its difficult to enable it.
Here are my Motorola phones lined up. From left to right, maxx ve,
e815, v3xx, v635
The Motorola RAZR maxx Ve and LG VX-9900 (env). Both
are RF disappointments, down 8 to 10 dBm from the e815 and 10 to 12 dBm down
from the 3589i. In actual testing the Nokia 2126 beat the RAZR maxx Ve by a
landslide. I have heard the RAZR2 restores the excellent Motorola RF
performance.
 
Blackberry 8703e on Verizon. It has the best "phone" on any of the PDAs out
there. Good sound, good RF. It can't compete to the pull-up antenna of the 3589i
or the e815, but no phone comes with them anymore.
The Motorola e815 (CDMA 850/1900) and the Motorola v635 (GSM
850/900/1800/1900)
Of the two, the e815 has better sound and the software interface is much faster
 
My Nokia 6230b (GSM 850/1800/1900) and the
Nokia 3589i (CDMA 850/1900 & AMPS 850)
More of my collection. From left to right: Motorola i95cl on
Boost Mobile (Nextel Network), Motorola v60it on CallPlus (AT&T TDMA
network), Kyocera SE47 V5 Slider on Virgin Mobile (Sprint PCS network) and
Siemens S56 on EasySpeak (T-Mobile network)
Some of my other phones:
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