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Can you use EDGE on Orange in the UK? |
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Can you use EDGE on Orange in the UK?
After much thought, I'm going to be buying the Nokia 6300 and I was wondering if you could use the EDGE connection on Orange?
I've used GPRS on my current phone but it's so slow (takes about 15 seconds to load anything). |
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Provided it's all setup correctly, it should work. My advise however would be to get a 3G compatible phone, which is faster than EDGE and is more future compatible.
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To my knowledge, Orange haven't rolled out their EDGE network across the UK fully. I believe (and could be VERY wrong on this) they don't plan to launch it in areas they already have 3G.
http://www.business.orange.co.uk/ser...=1144404055925 Also - is it available to non-business tariffs yet? |
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Provided it's all setup correctly, it should work. My advise however would be to get a 3G compatible phone, which is faster than EDGE and is more future compatible.
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Orange have a fairly widespread EDGE network in none-3G areas.
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But 2G phones and networks will still be around in 2 or 3 years time?
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Orange only have EDGE enabled at around 10-15% of their base stations, its not fairly widespread. In N.Ireland its barely available even in places where they have no 3G service in the larger towns there's no EDGE service.
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Orange only have EDGE enabled at around 10-15% of their base stations, its not fairly widespread. In N.Ireland its barely available even in places where they have no 3G service in the larger towns there's no EDGE service.
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Prehaps you could consider something like the Nokia 6280 which supports both EDGE and 3G. That way you have the best of both worlds. I have the Nokia 6280 myself and it's a great phone for 3G, I can't say how well EDGE works however as I'm on Vodafone.
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I live in an area which can get 3G from Orange, yet a few months ago I started getting EDGE on my phone so they must have started enabling it in 3G areas as well.
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Prehaps you could consider something like the Nokia 6280 which supports both EDGE and 3G. That way you have the best of both worlds. I have the Nokia 6280 myself and it's a great phone for 3G, I can't say how well EDGE works however as I'm on Vodafone.
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I just read a review of the Nokia 6280 and it only got 2/5.
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What review is that, would be interesting to read, as I have absolutely no complaints about the phone. I know it originally had dodgy firmware, but Nokia has since rectified it so all the ones on the market now shouldn't have the original problems.
I go to this site every time I want to find out about a handset. |
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I'm N.Ireland, Outside Cookstown and my SE 810i changes over to edge sometimes, but its a disaster when it does, calls drop, WAP doesn't work etc etc
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http://www.mobile-phones-uk.org.uk/nokia-6280.htm
I go to this site every time I want to find out about a handset. |
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Prehaps you could consider something like the Nokia 6280 which supports both EDGE and 3G. That way you have the best of both worlds. I have the Nokia 6280 myself and it's a great phone for 3G, I can't say how well EDGE works however as I'm on Vodafone.
Why did you choose Vodafone over 3 or Orange? |
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