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are you ready for 3G?

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W i d e S c r e e N Original post #1
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:28 AM
By the sound of things 3G will be launched soon in the market, with broadband speeds in ur cell..and the crystal clear voice clarity that reliance is now #### about..

are you ready for 3G?



me got a N80 (i know it's old but, ;))
utsav
utsav #2
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:32 AM
3G aane toh do. Then see how many can afford it :wink:
angermanagement
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:49 AM
Jarror Bhaiya :D , I got a N73ME 8) .Ek aur Phone bhi aa raha hai USA se .I said no to iphone though :)) .can you suggest a good phone unlocked to be bought from USA? :D (I am getting as a gift you know!)
@utsav :I am online.
Pathik
Pathik #4
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:50 AM
The day affordable UL 3G schemes are out, I will get a new 3G enabled mobile. Heck, I am ready. :D
H
Jul 13, 2008 at 8:41 AM
Yup i'm ready with my N82 and Viewty.
girish.g
Jul 13, 2008 at 8:43 AM
not ready as my dad's away so no n80. what happened to praka?
krates
krates #7
Jul 13, 2008 at 8:58 AM
when it is releasing ?
H
Jul 13, 2008 at 9:09 AM
not b4 2009.
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ThinkFree #10
Jul 13, 2008 at 10:22 AM
We are ready but governement isn't to speed up the process of rolling out the services. But initally, the charges would be on higher side.
unni
unni #11
Jul 13, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Offtopic
not ready as my dad's away so no n80. what happened to praka?
He got banned by a Macimaama mod, I think.:D
Tech.Masti
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:30 PM
govt will surely make it before loksabha election, no doubt, but unlimited 3G with affordable price is i think a big dream :(
already Airtel is taking Rs.498pm for EDGE here in WB, after launching 3g they surely increase it a bit.....:x
Hutch is giving unlimited EDGE only with postpaid for only Rs.899.....:x
dont talk about aircel, reliance smart, bsnl....
aircel has no such unlimited plan.....:rolleyes:
Reliance smart have EDGE for Rs.303pm, but speeds are really worst in compare to Airtel, and network coverage is very bad
BSNL doesn't provide EDGE in many places, and they provide unlimited scheme only for postpaid customers for Rs.199:x

so dont imagine for 3G, those guys cant yet provide EDGE in all places......
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hellgate #14
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:47 PM
then we can as well say good bye to 3G till the better half of 2009.
Tech.Masti
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:52 PM
^^^^according media, there are quite low chance of govt. fall.....
and communication minister told media about 3G some weeks ago, and no crisis were happened then...:(
angermanagement
Jul 13, 2008 at 2:54 PM
gov wont fall ....atleast I hope! :(
naveen_reloaded
Jul 13, 2008 at 3:08 PM
k850 here .. can handle 3g with ease...

but wait .. 3g in india ???

come on wake .. up
wake up dude its getting late...
wake up...
Pat
Pat #18
Jul 13, 2008 at 3:34 PM
govt will surely make it before loksabha election, no doubt, but unlimited 3G with affordable price is i think a big dream :(
already Airtel is taking Rs.498pm for EDGE here in WB, after launching 3g they surely increase it a bit.....:x
Hutch is giving unlimited EDGE only with postpaid for only Rs.899.....:x
dont talk about aircel, reliance smart, bsnl....
aircel has no such unlimited plan.....:rolleyes:
Reliance smart have EDGE for Rs.303pm, but speeds are really worst in compare to Airtel, and network coverage is very bad
BSNL doesn't provide EDGE in many places, and they provide unlimited scheme only for postpaid customers for Rs.199:x

so dont imagine for 3G, those guys cant yet provide EDGE in all places......

Launch of 3G would atleast get the cost of edge/gprs down! So it should be a win-win situation for everyone!
skippednote
Jul 13, 2008 at 4:31 PM
too early to get ready
by the way i have n91
kumarmohit
Jul 13, 2008 at 4:41 PM
I went 3G ready in 2005 when I purchased Nokia 6630.
skeletor
skeletor #21
Jul 13, 2008 at 6:10 PM
3G comes, EDGE becomes cheap.....:) I'm ready for Unlimited EDGE......:D

Me is even ready for 3.5G (HSDPA) with my W890i.......:cool:
Power UP
Power UP #22
Jul 13, 2008 at 7:24 PM
We are ready , atleast those who use edge/gprs are. But the sad fact is that we are but the minority in this country. Most people don't even know they can access net on phone.

Also it seem making a tower 3G capable is lot more expensive than the transition from Gprs to Edge.

Sadly we will have to live with Gprs/Edge for few more years :rolleyes:

Ps. I am hoping for "few more years" sentence not to come true.
dreamcatcher
Jul 13, 2008 at 7:33 PM
^^^naah we dont.3g spectrum will be alloted sooner than expected. This comes to international pressure on India to bring India to the same levels of communication as the ones in the Western countries. Hell ya, even south africa has hsdpa.
harryneopotter
Jul 13, 2008 at 8:24 PM
yea ... as i have Nokia 6233 ..but its nt fully 3g capable ....so i dnt have high hopes .......
utsav
utsav #25
Jul 13, 2008 at 9:07 PM
3G comes, EDGE becomes cheap.....:) I'm ready for Unlimited EDGE......:D

Me is even ready for 3.5G (HSDPA) with my W890i
.......:cool:
by the time 3.5G will come ur phone will perish :eek::p;):D:rolleyes:
H
hellgate #27
Jul 13, 2008 at 9:38 PM
may be India wont be hav 3.5G maybe something more like 4G or .....
Power UP
Power UP #28
Jul 13, 2008 at 9:45 PM
It seems the spectrum is already sold, but the real question is when will the end user get 3g services.
After all these telecom operators already make profits ^^ with their gprs/edge with pitiful speeds. They won't be in any particular hurry to give 3G for the minority.

But if someone decides to do the Gmail magic , then we are lucky :D
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hellgate #29
Jul 13, 2008 at 10:17 PM
any source to confirm that spectrum has already been sold?
afaik the decision to sell spectrum is still pending.
Power UP
Power UP #30
Jul 13, 2008 at 10:28 PM
any source to confirm that spectrum has already been sold?
afaik the decision to sell spectrum is still pending.
Read it in some forum, don't remember where......i think i read it in some forum or blogger site when i was inquiring abt the 3G of N82..........this might be one of the many rumors about 3g coming to India before 4Q 2008 :lol:
utsav
utsav #31
Jul 13, 2008 at 10:56 PM
Sorry mate, you got it wrong.....:lol: :lol:
no need to lol :p and no need to be proud of that your phone has 3.5G ;) . in india 3.5G is coming no sooner than 2015 :rolleyes: implementation of 3G itself fully will take 4 to 5 years atleast :rolleyes:
Pathik
Pathik #32
Jul 13, 2008 at 11:00 PM
Or maybe we may jump directly on the 3.5G / HSDPA band wagon.
skeletor
skeletor #33
Jul 14, 2008 at 12:13 AM
no need to lol :p and no need to be proud of that your phone has 3.5G ;) . in india 3.5G is coming no sooner than 2015 :rolleyes: implementation of 3G itself fully will take 4 to 5 years atleast :rolleyes:
Whatever dude!...:p ;-) I'll be using it for about 4 years...
gxsaurav
gxsaurav #34
Jul 14, 2008 at 7:09 AM
My K750i still got lots of potential, but it's better to buy a 3G Phone once 3G is available. Till then EDGE rocks.

I M ready to pay upto Rs 800 for unlimited 3G in my phone & computer. How much R U willing to pay?

It's good to have a phone with support for GPRS, EDGE & 3G all together
cooldudie3
Jul 14, 2008 at 7:20 AM
I don't use 3G very much, I also don't go web on my mobile unless I am using wifi
desiibond
desiibond #36
Jul 14, 2008 at 10:20 AM
I don't think I am ready for 3G. My phone doesn't have 3G. And I don't want to change my phone just for 3G :)

Moreover, just few days ago, I took 384kbps TATA wimax. So, no 3G for me for atleast a year.
utsav
utsav #37
Jul 14, 2008 at 11:50 AM
My K750i still got lots of potential, but it's better to buy a 3G Phone once 3G is available. Till then EDGE rocks.

I M ready to pay upto Rs 800 for unlimited 3G in my phone & computer. How much R U willing to pay?

It's good to have a phone with support for GPRS, EDGE & 3G all together
i will only pay 800 if i get consistent speeds of above 350kbps :rolleyes: else 600 :p