***Nokia N93 for Cingular***

[Fpz12]

Hey will a Nokia N93 work for Cingular? I want to buy this phone but i want to make sure it'll work when i put my sim card in. aAnd what do i have to do to make the mms and browser settings work? PLEASE HELP!!

 

[Kunmui]

Yes it will. get an unlocked one

 

[Kris T]

It will but you'll get horrible coverage - N93 is only triband (is missing the all-important 850 band). Unless you can get by on the 1900 band, skip it and get the N95.

 

[sarahbo!]

how can i find out what coverage ill get without 850 in the houston area?

 

[Pete S]

wirelessadvisor.com

 

[Graeme T]

unless u live in a 1900 saturated area, u wont have problems, yes, if u live in teh boonies

 

[Kunmui]

I live in the DC Metro area and I couldn't make or receive phone calls in some instances. The signal bar fluctuate up and down within the same spot. Not worth it in my opinion.

 

[no one loves me]

there is no locked one afaik...

 

[ROBYN MARIE]

Your indoor reception would be crappy most of the times. Your data speeds would drop (based on my experience).

 

[Zhong]

but is houston a big 850 area thou? it all really depends.

 

[Clint C.]

tourist cities have good 1900mhz coverage, if ur indoors u will get problems, i live next to a repeater so im good

 

[Sap]

but, if i were with tmobile? what band do they use?

 

[swm28innorwichct]

then you'd be alright until you started roaming onto an 850 network.

 

[Ceege]

1900mhz in most cases

 

[Lagore Kah]

Tmobile works great in Houston. I live here and am on Tmobile, have been for the last 6 years. Couldn't tell you about cingular 1900 coverage though, because I've never used them.

Regards,
Phono

 

[Doctor Dub]

Don't even bother with Cingular 1900 in Houston, or pretty much anywhere in Texas really. Majority of the state requires you to be using 850 on Cingular.

I suggest picking up a different phone or switching to T-mo. And although most tourist cities have good 1900 coverage, most tourists are also probably gonna be roaming on T-mobile.