CDMA Phones

I have a basic Kyocera 1135 no problems easy to drive on the menus. We bought a batch for work and no failures

what type of problems please?

if your serious about the car kit email me at amac@bigpond.net.au

I have been using a Nokia 6385 because it sits in the same car kit as my Nokia 6310i GSM. I haven't had any problems to date but will be more dependent upon it in a trip in a couple of moths.

Did the Telstra resellers elaborate on what sort of problems they have had with Nokia?

All he said was that they were being brought back in.

I was looking at the Nokia 6385 for the same reason; but I was under the impression CDMA uses a different antenna to GSM.Cheers,
Stuart
- To err is human, to moo bovine -

I just swapped the 6310i and 6385, depending uipon which was getting better coverage. The car kit uses a standard through the glass aerial.

Travelled from Melbourne to Qld up Newell and surrounding countryside and down coast. CDMA coverage was best inland and the aerial seemed fine.

Will install a new aerial before nexttrip because I understand that a proper CDMA aerial is definitely better.

When i changed over to CDMA for my primary phone i didn't change the aeials over for a while. I believe that there was no difference in recpetion strength with the GSM aerial on the CDMA phone.

I bought a 6385 two months ago. It seems to have a signal (almost) all the time but sometimes with three bars, you can't make/recieve a call, while at other times (rarely) you can with 1 bar.

I have to say that i am not yet impressed with this phone.

I have always used ericsson GSM, but since the merge with sony, their phones now feature games and ring tones but no external aerial socket, so there you go... progress.

I now recall that one of the things the guy mentioned about the Nokia was poor reception.Cheers,
Stuart
- To err is human, to moo bovine -

It is only with the higher gain aerials that there is a difference between CDMA and GSM. A glass aerial or 3db whip is not a problem, in fact they only sell one type generally for both bands.
Phil