Does anyone have the xt910 "GSM" version?

[colnago]

I was just curious if anyone is using it on AT&T, and what the reception (in dBm levels) is like.

This site has it for $639:


MOTOROLA DROID RAZR 2 XT910 BLACK UNLOCKED GSM PHONE

 

[Szadzik]

I have, in Europe

 

[colnago]

How is the signal strength, compared to other phones on your carrier's network?

 

[Szadzik]

It is excellent. Read about xt912's radio and you will notice people are praising it

 

[colnago]

Good deal. However I asked because the 910's network/radios will differ from the 912's....CDMA vs. GSM. 910 not only lacks LTE, but may use a slower UMTS radio (14Mbps?).

 

[Szadzik]

Good deal. However I asked because the 910's network/radios will differ from the 912's....CDMA vs. GSM. 910 not only lacks LTE, but may use a slower UMTS radio (14Mbps?).

Yes, 14.4Mbps. I can say I get great radio performance on mine.

 

[IDEAL41]

That is what we get from Rogers in Canada...while we do have LTE phones (sgs2lte,raider) it is in very limited areas so far and the Canadian Razr is a non LTE, it is gsm/hspa....at least it is a world phone. still quick on the download speed ...maybe not lte but still good....where I am right now there is no LTE and no time frame for the upgrade so if/when it happens it will be a while and by then it may be time for an upgrade (hard to imagine going "up" from this machine)....I am at work right now...bad service area so I am only on 3g and am at -87 right now in my office...I walk outside and 50 feet from my building and it switches to 4g -83...at home it is always 4g around -81

 

[colnago]

Cool. How do those dBm levels compare to your other Rogers phones (if you've had any)?

 

[IDEAL41]

first 4 g device for me....maybe someone else will chime in....3g reception is identical to my old samsung galaxy although call quality is much better on the razr. and as soon as the 3g reception gets halfway good here (-85 or so) it switches to 4g right away....hands off really nice between 3g and 4g

 

[colnago]

Roger that.

 

[lilB]

I was just curious if anyone is using it on AT&T, and what the reception (in dBm levels) is like.

This site has it for $639:


MOTOROLA DROID RAZR 2 XT910 BLACK UNLOCKED GSM PHONE

I have a GSM Razr in Canada. Reception has been very good. Battery life is better than my iPhone 4 (with smart actions). A day of moderate (including about 30min of turn-by-turn directions) use has only used up about %50 of the battery. I used the thing for about 5 hours straight trying to kill the battery yesterday.

I think the GSM version has a huge advantage in battery use.