that way i got the most reliable service. In the early days of next g i used to manually switch the phone to gsm while in town and to auto when in the car kit travelling. this would indicate that they were having problems with the network. this would happen for about 6 months, then all of a sudden the problem disapeared, same phone, same firmware. either one would then show a full signal. every time i drove north from kalgoorlie into leonora, where there is a gsm/next g service, i would get no signal(on the zte 150) unless i manually selected wcdma or gsm. In the early days, there were lots of problems with dropped calls, phones not ringing and calls going direct to messagebank etc.Ī lot of these were blamed on the phones, but it would seem most problems were network related. I had a cdma for years, but the phone died about 12 months ago and i was forced to 'upgrade' to 'next g'.Īt the time, i purchased a zte 150 and corresponding car kit. Here in w.a., there is really no choice but telstra if you want decent coverage.
I have read a lot of comments on next g/zte phones, mostly unsubstantiated, so i thought i would share my experiences.
