Comments on: New Samsung L870 Details Emerge

By: randy

randy — Tue, 20 May 2008 14:24:40 +0000

TrueDis,

I agree, leaving out US 3G frequencies is somewhat understandable, if disappointing for a device you are not marketing in the US. However, leaving out the 850 band for GSM/EDGE, does seem to be an odd choice, considering how many Europeans travel here on business.

By: sachin

sachin — Tue, 20 May 2008 12:18:10 +0000

This seems to be a big daddy of flops.

By: TrueDis

TrueDis — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:53:09 +0000

I cannot understand how Samsung can still in this day and age make triband phones. What about for US roaming, if nothing else?!?

By: randy

randy — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:52:53 +0000

This is what Samsung does, if they can not get AT&T or T-Mobile to carry one of their phones they won’t make it with the 850MHz band or 1900MHz 3G. They know that the market for unlocked phones in the US is tiny compared to provider-sold phones and they are not going to compromise their relationship with AT&T or T-Mobile by offering unlocked versions of phones they are not carrying or even phones they are carrying. From a business standpoint I can’t blame them, hey, why bite the hand that feeds you. From a consumer standpoint, however, it sucks big time.