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Old 05-13-2007, 02:29 AM
     
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6800 vs. the T-Mobile "WING" (comes out May 21st)

Looks like T-Mobile is going to beat Sprint to market with their new WING which comes out on May 21st!:

MyMobile911 Homepage - Unboxing T-Mobile Wing

If this is true, I may end up dumping Sprint for this phone.

Cons:
  • Only 128MB RAM
  • Crappy T-Mobile Network

Pros:
  • GSM so I can switch to a smaller phone for those travel lite days. Like being able to Swap to WM6 Pro and Standard phones!

Hmm, interesting!

MyMobile911 Homepage - Exclusive News: New PDA Phone from T-Mobile coming in August 2007 (update: Official release date changed to May 21!!)
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Isn't this just the Tytn/8525? Maybe a little thinner?

It doesn't support HSDPA (which T-Mobile hasn't deployed anyway)...

If one were jumping to GSM, I'm not seeing why (other than having WM6 out of the box) this would be more attactive than the 8525 on AT&T's vastly superior network?

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No 3G? Game over.

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Go AT&T if your going GSM and get an unlocked phone from overseas if you really want the latest and greatest. If thye had 3g here I'd have already dumped Sprint.
 
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Ehhh i dunno if its just me, but to me that phone isnt that great looking. I would rather get the 8525 and ust put your sim in that
 
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Go AT&T if your going GSM and get an unlocked phone from overseas if you really want the latest and greatest. If thye had 3g here I'd have already dumped Sprint.
THEY DO HAVE 3G here. that is what cingular runs off


what links do people have with phones i can get over seasees? very intrested in doing this.i renewed my contract wit sprint but with the 6800 waiting game i am backing out
 
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I'm just pissed we're still waiting for this freakin 6800 to come out!
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Using a Q in the meantime (it was given to me) and not really missing the 6700 much (I agreed to sell it when I thought the 6800 would arrive on the 14th and kept my word to the buyer). The Q is a great go-between.

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what links do people have with phones i can get over seasees? very intrested in doing this.i renewed my contract wit sprint but with the 6800 waiting game i am backing out
I like www.importgsm.com - the prices are right on with anywhere else online and their selection is pretty good.

And I've ranted on this in a few other places but if you're in a 3G enabled area - SWITCH - the 8525 is as good as the 6800 and the speed is vastly superior to evdo...

I connect in Boston at 700-900kbps and last weekend in NYC I connected between 900-1050kbps

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And I've ranted on this in a few other places but if you're in a 3G enabled area - SWITCH - the 8525 is as good as the 6800 and the speed is vastly superior to evdo...
Yeah, but the price is nowhere even near competitive. You're looking at, what, $39.99/mo + $19.99/mo for voice and data access on AT&T? If they look at your usage and figure out you're not using a "smartphone", you're up to $44.99 just for the data, which has you paying either $60/mo + taxes, or $85/mo + taxes depending on your data plan.

I pay Sprint $30/mo for 500 minutes, unlimited EV-DO, and unlimited SMS. GSM phones are absolutely crazy-cool, but at half or less than half the cost per month, I can't justify AT&T. I'm using a Q as a stopgap phone for now, and I'll be picking up the 6800 as soon as Sprint launches it.

Even if price was a non-issue, I live in Colorado where AT&T's 3G is not available and Sprint's EV-DO along with Rev. A are rarin' to go. HSDPA might be quicker than 1xEV-DO, but Revision A is on par with or exceeds HSDPA (although you might argue that it's not much of an issue at this level, since the connection is already faster than the phone can handle).

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