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Is it an OS thing or a model thing...

  • 27-06-2007 11:06pm
    #1
    art
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭


    Just wondering about getting phones to work in Ireland when brought back from abroad and I see comments about the N95 being passed testing...

    If the N95 is now working in Ireland, SMS and so on, does that mean that other Symbian S60 third gen phones will also work or is it still a matter of model by model they have to be passed to work on the network? For example the Nokia 6110 navigator is quite similar to the N95 but not mentioned on the o2 site at all. Would it be expected then to work without problems or only work in limited fashion does anybody know?

    thanks...


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  • #2
    MiCr0
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,265 ✭✭✭MiCr0


    basic functions on any gsm handset shoudl work on any of the networks here. where you might run into issues are accessing portal pages (ie vodafone live!) or configuring 3g or data services..


  • #3
    art
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭art


    Thanks - Yeah, I had a problem when I brought back a D500 from the UK some years ago now - I couldn't get any wap access or mms (not sure if sms was also a problem) for several months on it. Kept hounding O2 about it. But I can see how the D500 would have it's own OS/software set up with it's own particular configuration. Whereas Symbian phones, like the N95, E65, 6110 etc would - I assume - have a shared set up and once one could browse with one, could you then browse with all... ?


  • #4
    themole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 888 ✭✭✭themole


    art wrote:
    Whereas Symbian phones, like the N95, E65, 6110 etc would - I assume - have a shared set up and once one could browse with one, could you then browse with all... ?
    If not the exact same the setups will be pretty similar.

    Afaik the whole testing thing is to make sure that when, ie vodafone, sell a phone that it will work with no probs on their network straght out of the box, as in not requiring any setting to be changed etc.

    I would say that any phone which works on the correct band should work on the networks here. You may have to do some settings yourself, but at least in the case of symbian phones it is at least possible to make these changes.


  • #5
    yapyap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 352 ✭✭yapyap


    art wrote:
    Just wondering about getting phones to work in Ireland when brought back from abroad and I see comments about the N95 being passed testing...

    You need to buy the phone within Europe to qualify for repair / replacement under the manufacturer warranty. A few quid saved in the States or in the Far East could prove expensive in the long run.


  • #6
    art
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,202 ✭✭✭art


    Ah grand. Why I'm asking is I've a friend that works for a dutch telecoms company who has offered to try get me me a good deal on a phone, so it would be a European model alright. She's to get back to me on what phones are available but she mentioned the two Symbian phones I referred to earlier and both seem to be pretty good phones, probably worth trying to get one if the price is reasonable enough.


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  • #7
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    yapyap wrote:
    You need to buy the phone within Europe to qualify for repair / replacement under the manufacturer warranty. A few quid saved in the States or in the Far East could prove expensive in the long run.

    Are you sure? I thought most companies offer international warranties. I know Apple does, so even if you buy an iPod in the US, you're covered even here in Ireland.


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