using the storm internationally - help please!
- This may be more of a noob post, but I've been looking around and having a hard time finding an answer to this question, so anyone that could offer advice please help!
I was with T-Mobile for a long time with the trusty old 8700 and loved it - when I traveled abroad (which is frequently enough, mostly to Europe) it worked seamlessly and was so easy. Then my company switched to Verizon, and I got the 8830. International roaming with Verizon wasn't the best or the easiest - while it worked, it was slow, hard to use, and just unreliable.
This brings me to the storm - I realize from its specs that it has the potential to be a lot more user-friendly (more frequencies) abroad - but is service abroad and the quality/ease more of a function of the frequencies of the phone, or the service provider (i.e. Verizon)?
I realize that may be a dumb question, I just wish Verizon would get more on the international track (which is obviously impossible/near impossible given them on CDMA, etc.). T-Mobile is so-so where I live (Phoenix AZ) and although I'm tempted by the Bold I always hear nightmare stories about AT&T.
Thanks for the help!11-15-08 10:45 AMLike 0 - This may be more of a noob post, but I've been looking around and having a hard time finding an answer to this question, so anyone that could offer advice please help!
I was with T-Mobile for a long time with the trusty old 8700 and loved it - when I traveled abroad (which is frequently enough, mostly to Europe) it worked seamlessly and was so easy. Then my company switched to Verizon, and I got the 8830. International roaming with Verizon wasn't the best or the easiest - while it worked, it was slow, hard to use, and just unreliable.
This brings me to the storm - I realize from its specs that it has the potential to be a lot more user-friendly (more frequencies) abroad - but is service abroad and the quality/ease more of a function of the frequencies of the phone, or the service provider (i.e. Verizon)?
I realize that may be a dumb question, I just wish Verizon would get more on the international track (which is obviously impossible/near impossible given them on CDMA, etc.). T-Mobile is so-so where I live (Phoenix AZ) and although I'm tempted by the Bold I always hear nightmare stories about AT&T.
Thanks for the help!
I am not sure what issues you have had with the 8830 internationally, maybe you have a bad unit. I have been living in Germany for almost 7 months with out much of an issue. I do know at first if you never upgraded the OS the original software had issues. So I am hopeful that the Storm works as good for me as the 8830 has.11-15-08 10:54 AMLike 0 - it was slow, buggy, had to reboot a few times to get it working properly. i also had some 'sim' issues in which it said 'invalid SIM card' and 'unable to read SIM card' even though it was properly installed and working previously.
maybe it was a software issue (could very well be) or maybe it was my expectations, since when I had T-Mobile I literally turned on my 8700 and it was ready to go.11-15-08 10:57 AMLike 0
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