Quad Band Confirmed?

[Witness]

Straight out of the User Manual Draft Page 2

Sony Ericsson X1/X1a
X1: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & UMTS I/II/VIII
X1a: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & UMTS I/II/V

Sony Xperia X1 User Manual

[wickettaker]

:O

To be honest, all this GSM is killing me.

Anyone know of a website which explains in detail about the different numbers? I just want to get more indepth detail about all this!
Thanks in advance!

[bloob]

This might help... some digging will be required

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GSM_frequency_bands
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UMTS_frequency_bands

[wickettaker]

Thanks Bloob! Makes sense now

[dc1162]

Obviously due to Australia's Telstra Next G network, we get the US version.
I've ordered the UK version (arriving in 12 sleeps) as I don't get the coverage i need from Next G. I'll stick with Optus.......

[Pinguino1]

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Originally Posted by Witness

Straight out of the User Manual Draft Page 2

Sony Ericsson X1/X1a
X1: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & UMTS I/II/VIII
X1a: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 & UMTS I/II/V

Sony Xperia X1 User Manual

You got right!! See the details of gthe UMTS below

X1 3G UMTS 900/1900/2100 Europe
X1a 3G UMTS 850/1900/2100 USA

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[Bubble]

anyone if the X1i will work in australia with 3g speeds.

[Gamblor]

Europe X1i:
..... UMTS VIII = UMTS-FDD 900
USA/Aust X1a:
..... UMTS V = UMTS-FDD 850Mhz, WCDMA 850MHz or HSDPA 850 = Telstra NextG network
Both have UMTS I = 2100Mhz band.

3G Networks in Australia and NZ (cut & paste)
Australia - Optus, Vodafone and "3" work on the 2100Mhz band. Telstra has rolled out its NextG service on the 850Mhz band.
NZ - Vodafone operates a 3G network on the 2100Mhz band.

So in summary:
if you get the X1 (Europe model) it will work on everything except the NextG network (telstra).
If you get the X1a (USA model) it will work on everyone including Telstra 3G.
If you are with Telstra and want to use Next G then get the x1a (usa), otherwise i reckon get the X1 (europe) with the 30fps video record.
i guess it also depends on where you travel.

Gam.
(long time reader first-time poster)

[Bubble]

sweet. thanks gamblor. I dont like telstra anyways so i'll prob just get the euro version. im with 3 so i should fine 3g and i live pretty close to the brisbane cbd so range chouldn't be a problem either. i was just wondering about thing. i am planning to buy this phone outright when it come out in australia and i was wondering if 150mb would be enough for each month. im barely gonna go on the internet but i would like to know if i have a new email or the weather and i dont really know how much i need just for that tiny simple stuff like email notifications and maybe send 3 or 4 emails every month, get the weather and leave it on the sony ericsson to update everytime i open it, that type of stuff. would 150mb be enough????

[Witness]

Just to confuse people even more, sony updated their UK product site claiming HSPA 850/1900/2100 MHz Sony Ericsson - Mobile phones - Specifications - X1