8350i on regular sprint

[ibbeach0]

Yup Sprint owns Nextel. You can go on Sprint site and check coverage areas. There are two different maps one for Sprint and then the one for Nextel. i.e. different towers different coverage. They do overlap but are not the same. Sprint does have a few phone that utilize both services. The cellular service is on the Sprint (CDMA) towers and the DC is on the Nextel (iDEN) towers.

[littona]

Got it, really... Specs say CDMA, though.

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[Casper34]

iDEN 806-824 and 851-869
CDMA 824-849, 869-894, 896-901, 935-940

these are the frequencies that the IDEN and CDMA networks use. notice that cdma picks up where iden leaves off and vice versa.

now the frequency that is listed in your link is in the range of 800 (806-824 range) and 850 (851-869 range). even though it says CDMA, its still nextel.

Originally Posted by dominicanodcora

when i looked at the phone it said sprint . than i opened up the back cover and took the battery out and no place to insert the sim card. i have also seen a couple of people selling them on craigslist here in florida.

take a screen shot of the "Help Me!" screen.

[dominicanodcora]

Originally Posted by Casper34

iDEN 806-824 and 851-869
CDMA 824-849, 869-894, 896-901, 935-940

these are the frequencies that the IDEN and CDMA networks use. notice that cdma picks up where iden leaves off and vice versa.

now the frequency that is listed in your link is in the range of 800 (806-824 range) and 850 (851-869 range). even though it says CDMA, its still nextel.



take a screen shot of the "Help Me!" screen.

imma see if i can get a hold of the phone again. my friend actually sold it to get the 8350i for nextel. hopefully today cuz he said he sold it to someone he knows. imma take pics of the whole phone with the battery cover off also

[dominicanodcora]

sorry guys for all the hype. but i just confirmed and it was the bb 8330 from sprint.

[justin.tyler]

Originally Posted by Casper34

iDEN 806-824 and 851-869
CDMA 824-849, 869-894, 896-901, 935-940

these are the frequencies that the IDEN and CDMA networks use. notice that cdma picks up where iden leaves off and vice versa.

now the frequency that is listed in your link is in the range of 800 (806-824 range) and 850 (851-869 range). even though it says CDMA, its still nextel.



take a screen shot of the "Help Me!" screen.

The technology has NOTHING to do with the frequencies. You can put iDEN on 1900 mhz spectrum, and you could theoretically put CDMA on the spectrum used for iDEN. (The Nextel spectrum is SMR spectrum and has to abide by special laws, plus there would be issues with devices, etc.) iDEN is a time-division based technology, where CDMA is a code-division based technology. At the most basic levels the technologies are completely different.

Nextel = iDEN, Sprint = CDMA. Just because Sprint owns the two networks doesn't mean they're interoperable or even similar. This leads to a lot of confusion, but keep in mind that they're TOTALLY different.