CDMA -V- NEXT G..... I need to upgrade soon.

Fred, I had to change recently after running over cdma & stuffing it. Got a Samsung A412 & more than happy with it so far. Appears
to work as well as cdma even without car kit. Believe one is available if required. It is supposed to be superior in poor reception
areas...blue tick model. So far so good....oldbaz.

Fred
Alll the way...... C'mon Fred...were you watching the bloody phone instead of the road ,
I too have travelled the Barrier Hwy many times and there was always some sections without CDMA service, even with a roof mounted antenna.Don't believe all the stories you will hear , just go and get a good phone from Telstra , Samsung or LG with Bluetooth set up , Don't worry about antennas , you won't need one , I get service on my Next G in most places I go, also Wireless internet, I don't see the need for people to have 100% phone service 100% of time, Didn't have it 20 years ago and we survived ,

Will let you know how we go after Christmas.....we have the LG TU550 and so far ok but not brilliant like cdma.....the phone itself is easy to use and great but service hasnt had a good work out yet for us.

best thing is is that something bad can only get better....

Laura

Hi Fred
Where we live here in SA, like the rest of Australia, there has been a real problem when Telstra introduced Next G. I have had a prepaid CDMA and was sitting on the fence like thousands of Australians.

I work in an electrical shop and have personally given our Telstra rep a serve in the past about the phone coverage in our area. To their word, Telstra have fixed many of the problems with Next G and it is working as well, if not better than CDMA in the Clare area.

I purchased the Samsung A411 pre paid (Same as the A412 on Contract). Do not go with the Telstra phone, we have had far to many problems with them and the LG or the Samsung have had very goods reports, with no problems.

The only reason why I went for the Samsung, was a friend had a few friends over, and as usual the phone topic came out. Where the people were living, west of Clare is a very bad phone reception area and the Samsung had the best phone coverage, so I now use this as an example.

If you are pre paid, don't buy one until after the 3rd of December, (inside information) as they are going to drop by $50 with a selling price of $199

Cheers

Stephen

Hi Fred

I live in country NSW and had a NextG phone for about 12 months from day one it worked better than a CDMA and desides you have no other option as they are closing down the CDMA system in Jan 08 so go and buy one

Glenn

Dunno where these people that suggest next G has aywhere near the range of CDMA are getting it from - but having used both I can assure you Next G isnt even on the same page regards coveradge (It seems CDMA is being phased out already which may bring it closer in reception capability)

"12 months ago I went Newcastle to Adelaide and back (via B/Hill) and had CDMA service all the way,"

You must have a strange definition of "service all the way" - there are still plenty of gaps with no base stations today.

And there are no signs that they've converted CDMA basestations to NextG.

Hi Fred,4 weeks ago purchased samsung A412 from Harvey Norman with bonus Uniden GPS,am more than happy with Next G reception.I carried my cdma with me for a few days and reception was half as good again as cdma.We live in Mt Gambier S.A area.From the mount to Adelaide or Melbourne a lot better.

G'Day Fred,

Like most things, you won't get the full benefit of NextG for the next few years.

A bought a Samsung A411 from Australia Post shop for $199 pre paid.

Have had it next to my Nokia CDMA for the past week and service always the same or better.

When CDMA shuts will turn this into a post paid and then wait 12 months for better phones to come on the market. That way not tied into a contract.

If they can get it right, the Telstra 165 looks to be the most promising

Regards

Rolande

I'm with Fred, for the last few years we have travelled Sydney to Port Augusta each year on our way to the centre and the CDMA coverage was great with only small gaps between towns.
This year it was off more than on from Dubbo out and coming back in through Camerons corner into nsw it didn't work till Nyngan.
We quite often go nth from Sydney up it the mid nth coast and hunter regions and have found that even on the f3 coverge was lost on the cdma where we previously had continuous service, also along the back of Stockton heading for Nelson's bay it dropped in an out.
So when the Nokia 6120 came out I finally relented and changed over to next g. So far it has worked well, no car kit just the phone itself and it seems to always have phone coverage in some surprising locations too. Sometimes the internet won't work but otherwise it has been great.