Following Drew's comment, another issue for US handsets is that many of them
are both analogue and digital. In Europe, 'tri-band' means GSM at 900, 1800
and 1900. In the USA, 'Tri-band' means two digital bands and one analogue.
Putting both into the handset drives up the size and cost substantially,
which means corners have to be cut elsewhere.
Example:
http://www.nokiausa.com/phones/series/8200/1,4527,,00.html
vs
http://www.nokia.com/phones/8210/index.html
The two phones look identical fron the front - but the US handset is twice
as thick. This probably has an effect of take-up rates as well.
-Benedict Evans
-WestLB Panmure
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Received on Wed Feb 6 10:13:56 2002