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[foxfire235]

Hey does anyone know if the desire z will be released in North America 3g 850/1900 mhz any time soon?

[harolds5]

foxfire235, on Nov 3 2010, 10:03, said:

Hey does anyone know if the desire z will be released in North America 3g 850/1900 mhz any time soon?

It was released today by Bell in Canada.

[foxfire235]

harolds5, on Nov 3 2010, 10:32, said:

It was released today by Bell in Canada.

I thought Bell was CDMA?

[crash6]

Bell now has a hsdpa / umts network 850 and 1900 mhz. I just bought the Desire z (G2) and am loving it. not much in the way of customization yet though.

[foxfire235]

crash6, on Nov 3 2010, 17:12, said:

Bell now has a hsdpa / umts network 850 and 1900 mhz. I just bought the Desire z (G2) and am loving it. not much in the way of customization yet though.

awesome.  How do you like the keyboard?  How's the speed?  Does it have a front camera?

[El Nino9]

the Desire Z wont go to the USA, only canada.
the G2 is the same phone but no sense UI and is already available on t-mobile only.
they only support  as follows:

Desire z: with sense ui
HSPA/WCDMA: 900/2100 MHz
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz

T-Mobile G2 without sense ui
Band (frequency)
GSM:850 MHz;900 MHz;1800 MHz;1900 MHz;
UMTS: Band IV (1700/2100)

hope this clarifies what you are asking. but i do believe that the great developers will hack this phone as htc have annoyed everyone with the protection they have put on the phone, and once it has been hacked with a custom recovery the G2 will get sense ui for sure and the desire z will be able to be non sense ui too.
the other difference is keyboard layout certain keys different as far as i know but everything else in terms of hardware is identical accept i beleive the G2 comes with 4GB internal memory and the desire z only 1.5GB but G2 customers have complained that they don't have 4g apparently :s

[slyydrr]

Actually... there IS a version that works in the US for AT&T's 3G banding, along w/ standard Edge support.

http://negrielectron...g-unlocked.html - this is the actual store page where the device is sold...

Review is done here: http://pocketnow.com...re-review-video
Unboxing here (this shows on the side of the box the support bands for the device): http://pocketnow.com...-unboxing-video

I just ordered one today

EDIT: Coupon code for $35 off: sb35offjkh

Edited by slyydrr, 10 November 2010 - 09:19 PM.

[SABWAFARE2001]

This is just the Bell version, but unlocked.

slyydrr, on Nov 10 2010, 15:18, said:

Actually... there IS a version that works in the US for AT&T's 3G banding, along w/ standard Edge support.

http://negrielectron...g-unlocked.html - this is the actual store page where the device is sold...

Review is done here: http://pocketnow.com...re-review-video
Unboxing here (this shows on the side of the box the support bands for the device): http://pocketnow.com...-unboxing-video

I just ordered one today

EDIT: Coupon code for $35 off: sb35offjkh