Truckster (Vic) replied:

Have the Kyocera 3245, and like you I like a soild phone. If I could have a CDMA 5110 Nokia I would have without fail.

Mine works well, have had no problems with it, but they let you swap it no questions asked after 30 days, so I did :D LMAO got a new one.. why not I say..
They are all about the same, comes down to price in the end, and accessories, I have a proper incar carkit for mine.

motherhen replied:

Look on ebay - we wanted a car kit for CDMA Kyocera (how do you spell it?) where i work - a search revealed one available on ebay - it turned out the seller was from Yornup (near where we are at Bridgetown). He imports them from the US (i suppose as Aust had the dearest mobiles in the world, he can turn a profit)

Banjo replied:

My Kyocera 3245 is still running well - no drop outs in the burbs and works well in the sticks too....a quality product with performance to boot it seems.

CruiserHead replied:

I have a Nokia 2280. It is plastic, but large enough to feel like a phone. Has retractable antenna, too. Sits on my dash when out bush, falls all over the place, even out the window sometimes. Still working fine. If it breaks, I'll get a new one for $149!

W from Jerilderie Motors Pty Ltd replied:

Wow, haven,t they conned us all with mobiles !
First analogue, then digital & now CDMA, why didn,t they leave it all analogue & spend money upgrading Australia so as we could use them.
I have 3 in car all day, all on Telstra, 2x Nokia Digital 6310i as unlike kids new fangled whizzbang phones I can SEE the screens on them,
1x Nokia6385 CDMA I used to have Kyocera but I just like feel & sound of Nokia.
Re CDMA v Digital, well when I ring Telstra looking for a number & she says " I cannot hear you " I say I am only using the system Telstra gave us !
I find none any good unless 5 k either side of a town & out in rural areas not on major highways YES the CDMA sometimes works 2 k further than the digital.
They say they have 90% of Australia covered but they forget to mention that 90% poulation live in cities, & yes they are covered. I reckon 10% Australia is covered & 90% area is not covered in my guesstimate.
CDMA best use area for me is in Sydney suburbia in 5 pm traffic when the digital system is so clogged with everyone on way home from work telling their wife what time they want their roast on the table, that I can always get through on CDMA as very few city people own them, rest time wherever I am it is fairly line ball.

scott111 replied:

Hi Byran
I have a Kyacero 3245 and it works where i live in the hills and no digitals work here.I drive East West and they have not so long ago put a new tower at Nullarbor so on a good day i get sevice without carkit from mundrabiila - 30km past nullarbor
with carkit madura to ceduna with only a few dropout points of 20 kms or so.Digitals dont work at all out there.But then when in Cobbitty 70km from sydney my cdma doesnt work unless i stand on truck roof or park in the right spot and the digitals work fine so i guess it comes down to where you need your phone most.
Go look at telstras phone maps and make your choice