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Siemens S46, Nokia 3595: GSM /TDMA backup. Other phones too?

by seaweed Oct 21, 2004 5:28PM PDT

Acc. to Consumer Reports the Siemens S46 and Nokia 3595 use GSM technology with TDMA as a backup, to help maximize coverage in AT&T?s networks. But they both are only average for voice quality. Any recommendations for similar multinetwork phones which have good sound quality/signal? I'm in Sacramento and also call to/from SF.

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Re: Siemens S46, Nokia 3595: GSM /TDMA backup. Other phones

by hh Oct 21, 2004 11:34PM PDT

What you need is a GAIT phone, which has GSM and then switches to TDMA when GSM is not available.
Go to eBay and do a search, you will find many used GAIT phones for very cheap. Try one of those if you wish.
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Re: Siemens S46, Nokia 3595: GSM /TDMA backup. Other phones

by bonewalker Nov 19, 2004 4:09AM PST

this is what I need too---are there any new phones out there with this technology

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