Are all Nokia 6630's made equal? — Nokia 6630, 6680, 6681 and 6682

MisterE 07 Feb 2005, 06:57

Hi folks,

I've just taken my Nokia 6630 into a Nokia Care centre to have the firmware upgraded to the latest, whatever it may be. I've been having reception issues, where i shouldn't be!

I bought the phone from HK and i was told by Nokia Care in Australia that firmware upgrading the phone from that region maybe dangerous because the internal components would be different from other regions. How can that be true???

I thought all mobile phones were simply a piece of hardware, all made the same, and when tailored to a particular region, upload the phone with software tailored to a specific region, i.e upload software for China/HK. Why on earth would Nokia Care tell me that a Nokia 6630 would differ internally from a Nokia 6630 made for the Singaporean or Australia region? Aren't all phones essentially the same under the hood?

Can someone please clarify this for me?? I find it hard to believe that Nokia would create a phone with different components for a specific region. It wouldn't be cost effective! All i know is, my current firmware is v 3.45.111 RM 1 and has chinese characters, but of course i've changed it to English text and English characters. 😊

Cheers

E :con?

N/A 07 Feb 2005, 10:34

The hardware components should be the same world-wide for the 6630.

On devices with different versions for the North American market vs. the rest of the world, there are radio module differences (850/1800/1900MHz vs. 900/1800/1900MHz), but all 6630's are 900/1800/1900MHz GSM/EGPRS + WCDMA.

The only differences should be in firmware version, possibly the kepad/keymat + separately what else is in the sales package; charger, manual, etc..

MisterE 07 Feb 2005, 11:50

That's what i thought. I understand that the US market would obviously work on a different frequency, and therefore may have different components, as for the Asia Pacific market, i'm sure all Nokia phones are the same. It's just firmware/software/language packs to cater for that region.

I just don't understand what's happened to COMPETENT Nokia care ppl. They're just clueless customer service reps who advised me that my phone utilised different components just because it was for the China/HK market. What a load of bollocks. It's just software! :con?