Got my 4th 6630 today

[sutt359]

Well i dont know if i should be happy or not but i got my new 6630 today from orange uk and its got a new software update.

V3.45.113
04-01-05
RM1

Im not sure whats changed but can anyone shine some light and tell me whats new?

[Sony_Ericsson]

If I had four 6630's I would sell 3 and keep one. ;)

[PsychiatricHelp]

GOD DAMN IT!!!! :mad: they're not available in Australia yet :-x :-x :-x :smile: :-x :mad: & you've got 4 :-x :-x

[OMENs]

No US either.

I dont know whats wrong with USA, they have really old phones, I only shop on ebay, and wait for my yearly vacation to Egypt to have them upgraded. Not sure whether they would be able to pull themselves up.

[Sony_Ericsson]

Weird.. 6630 has been avaible here in Sweden for ages.

But I would probably rather choose a 3230. It seems to be available now too. But I can't afford a new phone, so I'll keep my QD.

[smpballa240]

I used to be a 3230 guy purely for price, but now the price difference just doesn't make up for the slower processor and other shortcomings of the 3230.

So why exactly do you have 4 6630's?

I agree about the damn slow advancement of the U.S. phone market... i guess it's okay since we've always got ebay but it pisses me off how none of the carriers are willing to say whether their 3G services support new phones. Verizon gave me some ambiguous bull shit when I asked them if their v-cast service could work on the 6630.

I'm thinkin about getting the 6630 with cingular/att and subscribing to mobitv. But that would leave me paralyzed when I went to Europe. Damnit.

Speaking of which, anyone know the cheapest way to call back home to the U.S. when I'm in Europe? t-mobile's international service is relatively cheap, but by that i mean a dollar a minute. Any travellers here know a cheaper method (by cell or landline, doesn't matter to me)?

[OMENs]

How would u use the 6630 with Vodafone USA (Verizon), they are on the CDMA system while the 6630 is GSM ??????

Plus is there any US provider that has the 3G functionality ????

[smpballa240]

Cingular/ATT and Verizon are both in the process of rolling out their 3G services in the U.S.

But the 6630 is CDMA... that's one of its draws. It supports GSM -AND- CDMA. The idea is you can use it anywhere on any network; it really is a world phone. But I'd like to be able to use the UMTS services of Cingular and Verizon.

Wow... I didn't know vodafone and verizon were the same thing. Bastards need to stop changing names. Good ole t-mobile and its single name. Too bad their 3G service won't be out in the U.S. for years.

[OMENs]

Good ole t-mobile and its single name. .

T-Mobile USA used to be called Voicestream, but they changed it to the original

[Zeus]

...anyone know the cheapest way to call back home to the U.S. when I'm in Europe? t-mobile's international service is relatively cheap, but by that i mean a dollar a minute. Any travellers here know a cheaper method (by cell or landline, doesn't matter to me)?


If you mean from a mobile, then Orange are pretty cheap in the UK. I frequently ring the States for 15p per min (contract), or 20p per min (PAYG). I appreciate that this won't help if you are not in the UK, but at least it's a start!

Zeus.

[jabski_dj]

thats weird 6630's were on usa ebay before the uk one. :-? i am on my second 6630 with 3.45 .113. It works fine. If you need any software check http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nokia6630uk :smile: :) :smile:

[Thanh]

@smpballa240

Hello :)

You need to check those facts :) The Nokia 6630 does NOT support CDMA!! So the majority of U.S. users is not able to use that phone on their networks.

The 6630 is a dual-mode phone, meaning it does support GSM and W-CDMA (and that "W" makes a BIG difference!) but no CDMA.

W-CDMA (also known as UMTS) is what's nowadays called "3G". 3G means "Third Generation". And this is in fact an upgrade from GSM, using the air-interface of CDMA (code diversion multiple access) yet in a Wideband form, as opposed to "traditional" CDMA which is narrowband.

Simple facts: GSM offers a data transmission rate of "up to" 48 kb/s via CSD/HSCSD (circuit switched data / high-speed circuit switched data), "up to" 43 kb/s via GPRS (general packet radio service) and "up to" 148 kb/s via EDGE (don't know what THAT stands for - duh!). GPRS and EDGE are called "2.5G".

UMTS or W-CDMA offers data speeds of "up to" 348 kb/s, which is significantly faster than with GSM.

CDMA has a whole bunch of standards, of which the newer ones are ALWAYS backward compatible, meaning the newest CDMA phone will still function on the oldest CDMA network technology. There are is95 - no data at all, 2000-1x ("up to" 153 kb/s and slightly faster than EDGE), EV-DO ("up to" 1.2 Mb/s, data OR voice at a time) and EV-DV ("up to" 1.2 Mb/s with data and voice simultaneously possible). Obviously, 2000-1x is also a "2.5G" and EV-DO/EV-DV are 3G. EV-DV is, as far as i know, not yet in use anywhere while EV-DO is already in use in several networks.

GSM works in frequencies of 900/1800 MHz (Europe, Asia) or 850/1900 MHz (north america). CDMA can be in 450 MHz, 800 MHz, 1900 MHz and 2100 MHz. W-CDMA as far as i know runs on 2100 MHz as well. W-CDMA could be adapted to other frequencies - here in Thailand a W-CDMA trial is to start in may this year, using the 1800 MHz band.

By the way here the 6630 is available, comes with a 64 MB card and unlocked, at a price of 22.500 Baht, which equals roughly 575 us$ or 450 Eruros.

Kind regards.....

your Thanh

[smpballa240]

Thx for the correction, Thanh. However I believe Edge can in certain phones and networks reach 384 kbps.

Am I correct in believing that the U.S. supports only 800/1900 mhz CDMA bands, whereas Europe and Asia support the 2100 band?