3G frequency for HTC Magic

[henryan]

Someone bought HTC Magic from Rogers, can you confirm the 3G frequency supported by the device?

I found two web pages from Rogers website
One says HSPA Bands: HSPA/UMTS Dual-Band: 850/1900 MHz
http://www.rogers.com/web/Rogers.portal?_nfpb=true&_windowLabel=Wireless_BuyFlow_Portlet_Definition&Wireless_BuyFlow_Portlet_Definition_actionOverride =%2Fportlets%2Fconsumer%2Fwireless%2FphoneBuyflow% 2FshowPage_ForPhone&Wireless_BuyFlow_Portlet_DefinitionphoneDetail_Dis playTab=2&Wireless_BuyFlow_Portlet_DefinitionphoneConfig_Ter mSelect=THREE_YEARS&Wireless_BuyFlow_Portlet_DefinitionproductId_Detai led=MAGICBLKR&_pageLabel=WRLS_BuyFlow

The other says HSPA Bands: 850/1900/2100
http://your.rogers.com/business/wireless/products/business_products_details.asp?shopperID=Q2NRCFCHGJ 269HE5JWTV62F1KXC657L9&PRODUCTID=MAGICBLKR&summary=1

[Lulz]

someone copy-pasted it wrong

there's 2 versions
both versions have quadband GSM: 850/900/1800/1900

but for 3G bands, North American has 850/1900 for Rogers and AT&T
and 900/2100 for Europe and rest of the world (think this one also used by T-Mobile)

[henryan]

So it's not good for travel, even only to U.S., that's bad...

[thumper80]

someone copy-pasted it wrong

there's 2 versions
both versions have quadband GSM: 850/900/1800/1900

but for 3G bands, North American has 850/1900 for Rogers and AT&T
and 900/2100 for Europe and rest of the world (think this one also used by T-Mobile)
T-mobile is 1700 mhz if i remember correctly and I think globallive is going to be the same

[thumper80]

So it's not good for travel, even only to U.S., that's bad... you will still get service just not 3g

[henryan]

Comparing with the new iphone, I think this HTC Magic is over priced.

[Lulz]

So it's not good for travel, even only to U.S., that's bad...

Well why you say so?

It's good for traveling all over the world.
In US, you will get absolutely same speeds as Rogers if you connect to AT&T network.

In Europe, you will get fully functional phone, except no 3G speeds in Europe/Asia.

But then again, if you travel/vacation, do you really need 3G speeds constantly checking some websites? Do you know how much that will cost you if you don't use some pre-paid SIM card and instead use Rogers to roam. And even if you buy pre-paid SIM card when you are in Europe, do you know how much it will cost you to have 3G speeds data on prepaid?

[henryan]

Good point, I didn't know AT&T uses 850/1900 as well.

When people talking about the Android phone, my mind is limited to T-Mobile. :cheesygri

[Qwavel]

But then again, if you travel/vacation, do you really need 3G speeds constantly checking some websites? Do you know how much that will cost you if you don't use some pre-paid SIM card and instead use Rogers to roam. And even if you buy pre-paid SIM card when you are in Europe, do you know how much it will cost you to have 3G speeds data on prepaid?

Actually, I find a smartphone to be particularly useful when travelling, e.g. for Google Maps and for finding places to stay. I think the Google phone sounds great, but the lack of 3G outside of N.A. makes it bad for travellers.

As you pointed out, anyone expecting to use their Rogers phone for travelling would need to get it unlocked, or they will get killed with the roaming costs. I believe though that all of the smartphones can be unlocked.