Lumia 920 will not support AWS

[brmiller1976]

This is going to further dent sales of the "unlocked" version in the USA and Canada... without "refarming," the 920 will only run on EDGE on T-Mobile, Videotron, and Wind Mobile.

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[Winterfang]

Mmm didn't the Unlocked N9 ran on 3G on both AT&T and T-mobile?

 

[WasteSomeTime]

Wow that definitely kills some sales.

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[Laura Knotek]

Mmm didn't the Unlocked N9 ran on 3G on both AT&T and T-mobile?

You are correct.

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[Daniel Ratcliffe]

Will the 820, being the mid-range non-exclusive it is, be able to support 1700 though?

 

[palandri]

Will the 820, being the mid-range non-exclusive it is, be able to support 1700 though?

We know the 810 will because that will be on T-Mobile.

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

We know the 810 will because that will be on T-Mobile.

Ok, so we know the 810 will support T-Mo bands, but will it support AT&T/International bands?

 

[palandri]

Ok, so we know the 810 will support T-Mo bands, but will it support AT&T/International bands?

There are no official specs yet. I guess we just have to wait and see.

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

There are no official specs yet. I guess we just have to wait and see.

It's just I want to be able to use UK 3/4G and then US 3G (4G if possible) when I visit, that's all. And I'm not going AT&T/Straight Talk. T-Mo is my ONLY option.

 

[palandri]

It's just I want to be able to use UK 3/4G and then US 3G (4G if possible) when I visit, that's all. And I'm not going AT&T/Straight Talk. T-Mo is my ONLY option.

I must have missed your post about why you can't use AT&T/Straight Talk. You have a few options if you don't want Straight Talk. You can go to a Best Buy Store in the states and get a H20Wireless (AT&T MNVO) SIM card, or go to an AT&T store and get a Pay As You Go SIM card. Why does it have to be T-Mobile?

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

I must have missed your post about why you can't use AT&T/Straight Talk. You have a few options if you don't want Straight Talk. You can go to a Best Buy Store in the states and get a H20Wireless (AT&T MNVO) SIM card, or go to an AT&T store and get a Pay As You Go SIM card. Why does it have to be T-Mobile?

Only T-Mo offers unlimited data AFAIK. Straight Talk's unlimited doesn't count to me as it doesn't include streaming, and I love my Zune Music Pass. Plus I'll be Skyping a lot.

 

[palandri]

Only T-Mo offers unlimited data AFAIK. Straight Talk's unlimited doesn't count to me as it doesn't include streaming, and I love my Zune Music Pass. Plus I'll be Skyping a lot.

You're correct. Now i understand.

 

[TJWINS]

Based on the specs on T-Mobile USA's website the Lumia 810 supports HSPA+ on 1700/2100 MHz while AT&T's HSPA+ network is on 850/1900 MHz so I don't think you will get 4G speeds. You might get 2G on AT&T's GSM bands but that won't do you any good streaming music.

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

Based on the specs on T-Mobile USA's website the Lumia 810 supports HSPA+ on 1700/2100 MHz while AT&T's HSPA+ network is on 850/1900 MHz so I don't think you will get 4G speeds. You might get 2G on AT&T's GSM bands but that won't do you any good streaming music.

That also renders it a 2G brick this side of the Atlantic... As the UK is on AT&T bands.

 

[TJWINS]

That also renders it a 2G brick this side of the Atlantic... As the UK is on AT&T bands.

Yes I agree. The AWS bands are becoming very popular in North America with several carriers planning LTE on 1700/2100MHz spectrum but Europe is a different story. I wish the world could just get along lol! Too many different spectum out there.

 

[independentvolume]

Only T-Mo offers unlimited data AFAIK. Straight Talk's unlimited doesn't count to me as it doesn't include streaming, and I love my Zune Music Pass. Plus I'll be Skyping a lot.

What? Unlimited with no streaming? Streaming is the only reason anyone would go over a Gb in data. Straight talk is a terrible deal.

 

[Daniel Ratcliffe]

What? Unlimited with no streaming? Streaming is the only reason anyone would go over a Gb in data. Straight talk is a terrible deal.

Tethering. That takes me over a GB. But that's different entirely.

 

[palandri]

Kind of strange the last two Nokia phones I bought had pentaband. My Nokia N8 and my wife's Nokia 808. The only reason i can think of as to why Nokia has gotten away from pentaband with WP's is U.S. Carriers demanding it.

 

[TJWINS]

Kind of strange the last two Nokia phones I bought had pentaband. My Nokia N8 and my wife's Nokia 808. The only reason i can think of as to why Nokia has gotten away from pentaband with WP's is U.S. Carriers demanding it.

That is 100% correct. It's all business here in the US. Usually at the expense of the consumer.

 

[brmiller1976]

I don't think pentaband radio changes are due to carrier demands to eliminate it (since only AT&T would benefit from that), but from cost and integration. Pentaband chipsets are more expensive to build and buy, and also cost more to integrate with the software stack.

Nokia has decimated its software and middleware development teams and likely doesn't want to invest the resources in pentaband when there's an off-the-shelf non-pentaband solution from Qualcomm that works.