"T O A" <toa@telia.com> wrote in message
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> >>>ARV!N<<< skrev:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I wanted to know wat the BIG difference bout the nokia 6280 and the nokia
>> 6288???
>
> 6288 might just be the mainland chinese version of the "westerner" 6280.
>
> T O A
The main difference I was able to find (from nokia.com, compare phones) a
weight difference of 11g.
Both support WCDMA, I've understood that mainland China does not allow 3G on
their phones?
There is also a difference in the reported memory size, 518 versus 6 Mbytes,
the first one must include a memory card, not a real difference then.
> The main difference I was able to find (from nokia.com, compare phones) a
> weight difference of 11g.
>
> Both support WCDMA, I've understood that mainland China does not allow 3G on
> their phones?
No, but there may be territories where wcdma support is beneficial for a
chinese businessman. Hong Kong or Taiwan, possibly?
> There is also a difference in the reported memory size, 518 versus 6 Mbytes,
> the first one must include a memory card, not a real difference then.
>>>ARV!N<<< wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> I wanted to know wat the BIG difference bout the nokia 6280 and the nokia
> 6288???
>
>
The only difference is the design, they both run the same software, with
the same features.
"Mårten" <marten@landstrom.pp.se> wrote in message
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> Me skrev:
>
>> The main difference I was able to find (from nokia.com, compare phones) a
>> weight difference of 11g.
>>
>> Both support WCDMA, I've understood that mainland China does not allow 3G
>> on their phones?
>
> No, but there may be territories where wcdma support is beneficial for a
> chinese businessman. Hong Kong or Taiwan, possibly?
>
I did not mean that WCDMA service is not available in China, instead I've
understood it is not allowed to sell a phone that supports WCDMA (generally
a technology that has not been approved there) in China. Can anybody confirm
this, or prove otherwise?
I guess they would need to allow visitors to bring their UMTS phones when
roaming. A Chinese businessman could perhaps by one for himself but not from
China, I assume (to clarify). Not claiming that a WCDMA phone could not be
useful for him, perhaps more of that in Japan.
> I did not mean that WCDMA service is not available in China, instead I've
> understood it is not allowed to sell a phone that supports WCDMA (generally
> a technology that has not been approved there) in China. Can anybody confirm
> this, or prove otherwise?
I guess Hong Kong and Taiwan could be open if mainland China is a no-no.
> I guess they would need to allow visitors to bring their UMTS phones when
> roaming.
I've brought my wcdma phone with me to mainland China.
> A Chinese businessman could perhaps by one for himself but not from
> China, I assume (to clarify). Not claiming that a WCDMA phone could not be
> useful for him, perhaps more of that in Japan.
Dunno. Don't they have a different 3G/2.8G in Japan?
>
> Dunno. Don't they have a different 3G/2.8G in Japan?
>
> Mårten
They have now converted to a compatible system in Japan. Tried to come
before others, and did, but the cost was non-compatibility with the rest of
the UMTS world (one might claim that they actually came a lot later than
others).
6280 & 6288 
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