any news for 6600 upgrade???

[hilz]

can u upgrade from 6600 to a 6620?
any info would be great. I just bought my 6600 and love i but the 6620 sounds like a killer!!!

[Viipottaja]

I'm afraid you cannot upgrade the firmware; and there are significant hardware differences as well - so, be happy with your 6600 and buy a new model in a couple of years time. :-)

[chapplenick]

What are you complaining about, you just got a AU$900 fone. Give it a break. The 6620 has no differences which would greatly effect its use.

[kapilw]

With regards to the N6620 being quadband, I think it should have quite a positive effect for people concerned with reception, especially where usage is in buildings in basements. The 850 Mhz band is more capable of penetrating through buildings due to its lower frequency.

Practically speaking, I have noticed this to be true when comparing phones that take advantage of this and use some type of signal booster when in 850 band. For example the Motorola 720 I believe is capable of this, and 6620 should also be able to take advantage of this. (e.g., a bunch of friends were together and everyone little/no reception in a certain area whereas the dude with quadband had full signal). Just spoke with a guy at Radio Shack as well - he has a N3600 (similar to 3650) which is 850 capable and he said it has made HUGE difference for him.

I'm sure people with 850 MHz capable phones know what I'm talking about - I'm kicking myself now for having bought the 6600 but I guess I'll have to wait to move towards a quadband capable phone.

Ciao!

[Michael]

Originally posted by kapilw
With regards to the N6620 being quadbandIt isn't quadband, it is triband. 850/1800/1900Mhz.
Practically speaking, I have noticed this to be true when comparing phones that take advantage of this and use some type of signal booster when in 850 band. For example the Motorola 720 I believe is capable of this,There is no "booster" in effect. 900Mhz just penetrates buildings better. Has nothing to do with Quadband or anything fancy, it is just how it is.

And a Quadband phone will offer no recepetion advantage to somebody that uses the phone in a 1900Mhz area. In fact, Quadband devices are more difficult to design an antenna for, and in general will perform less well than a dualband 850/1900Mhz device (all other things being equal).
I'm sure people with 850 MHz capable phones know what I'm talking about - I'm kicking myself now for having bought the 6600 but I guess I'll have to wait to move towards a quadband capable phone. If you are using a 1900Mhz phone now, a Quadband won't help you at all because it is obvious that your network in your area uses 1900Mhz, and not 850Mhz.

[kapilw]

Here in Canada Rogers AT&T has been operating on the 1900MHz band for quite some time, but I've heard that they have recently implemented use of the 850 MHz band as well. Wouldn't this allow for better coverage where 1900 wouldn't reach? ie: wouldn't the phone switch from 1900 to 850 whenever possible? This is the "advantage" I was referring to...

-K

[TheZodiac]

Cingular in the US has some 850 out there, and everyone I know who uses it - gets.a.signal.where.i.dont. 850/1900.

Eh, who knew.

[Cyberdog]

Just wondering, what's the maximum range of an 1800 or 1900MHz base station? I've heard that the max range in optimal conditions for 900MHz is about 30Km. However on the Vodafone Austraila website it says that in remote areas they use technology to boost the signal to about 3 times the normal range, dont know how they'd do that, apart from having really really tall towers in rural areas.