Next G Phones

Andrea, have just got an A411 and the car kit, no charging while in the cradle, but the external aerial will hopefully be a big help. Bloody expensive though from Telstra. Have been advised that aftermarket ones are available, after I bought the genuine one, typical. Also was advised that the broomstick aerial is the way to go. Not used the data pack yet, so can't help you with that, sorry. Hope this helps a little, John

From what ive heard the top of the range NOKIA (cant remember model nr) is the ants pants.......Iwouldnt own another Motorola t the predictive text on mine is a joke.....siverback

We have an A411 and an A412. Same phone, but the 411 is the pre paid version. We got the 411 from Aus Post for $149 and took it to Telstra and put it on a 'Get Connected' Plan. 412 is direct from Telstra on a standard $20 plan with 'my hour'.

Also have an RFI 2195 6.5db broomstick antenna and patch cable to connect phone to antenna. Antenna about $100 and patch cable about $20. All works fine, but not yet tested in remote areas.

I've used the phone as a modem connected to a laptop and successfully accessed the web and email. Again, not yet used in remote areas.

Will all get a good test when we head for NT in a couple of weeks. We will initially get the 200M $59 data pack. If that is not enough, we will move up to the 1G for $89.

Norm C

I have had an LG TU550, 2 x Sony Ericsson Z750i since mid Decmeber 2007, all of them were absolutely hopeless for a variety of reasons.
In desperation, & forgoing any further help from Telstra I purchased a brand new Samsung A412 on Ebay for $66.00, so far it kills the other very expensive handsets, particularly in respect to signal strength & battery life.

I put the Next G SIM card set to international roaming in my Motorola Satellite phone and it works fine. Its like $5 a min to make calls, but if you just want communications for an emergency situation, this is a cost effective method.

Just letting you know about the 3G SIM with the sat phone in case this influences your decision.

Only TELSTRA 3G works in the sat phone - no other carrier will work.

Get your own antenna from Ebay or the RF Shop via www.rfshop.com.au

I bought the Motorola 9505A off a shop in Florida somewhere, about $1,000 if I recall correctly.

The exact same sat phone is for sale in Australia for about $2,000 PLUS you have to pay the monthly network charge (even if you arent using it) PLUS call costs on top of that.

With your Telstra SIM card set to international roaming, you can just stick it in the Motorola sat phone and you can make calls.

With the Telstra SIM and a Motorola sat phone, you can have a cheap method of making calls.

But at $5 a min, talk quick or use it just for emergencies!

I think if you put the sat phone on a normal Telstra package its like $30 a month and about $2 a min for calls.

Hope this helps!

I have just upgraded from cdma to nextg cause i put my nokia 2125 accidently in the washing machine , so far it looks like i have better reception now then cdma with my new nokia 6120c here in weipa.

I bought the force cradle and chargeing lead to connect to my nokia CK-7W car kit , cradle from http://www.expansys.com.au/ and the chargeing cable from http://www.mobileextras.com.au/Home/tabid/36/Default.aspx all delivered over night and simple to install. Image Could Not Be Found