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Thread ID: 58289 2005-05-27 11:36:00 Cellphone Screen Displays dodge2005 (7742) PC World Chat
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358925 2005-05-27 11:36:00 Hi,

I have come across several different display specs for mobiles among them:

TFT 65k Colors, CSTN 65k Colors,

Can anyone tell me what are the differences and which ones are better?

Thanks 		dodge2005 (7742)
358926 2005-05-27 11:46:00 CSTN= Color Super Twisted Nematic
TFT= Thin Film Transistor

Both types of LCD colour display.

While TFT is *possibly* slightly superior if we are talking about a large panel display, its a waste of time trying to differentiate between them on a miniscule mobile screen, you could never see the difference. 		godfather (25)
358927 2005-05-28 01:03:00 Thanks gf,

Now also i believe that if you intent to use phone overseas especially in US then you need need Tri Band one. If you take your vodafone prepaid one from here to US, do you simply replace SIM card in US or do they some kind of locking/unlocking.

I heard that if you are on plan here then it will need to be unlocked or something when you go US and also when you come back. Whats this about and can someone give more info.


Thanks 		dodge2005 (7742)
358928 2005-05-28 01:21:00 Haven't tried the US, but in other countries a prepay is a problem.
You have already paid VF NZ for the calls, so overseas cannot get paid easily.

I think you can get it enabled by going to VF beforehand and using a credit card, they can arrange it so the calls are charged to that.

If your phone is prepay-locked, not sure how that effects it. VF would tell you accurately and quickly, just ring their freecall number.

For the US you will need a tri-band phone.

I am on a plan, and simply had global roaming enabled at the beginning when I established the plan. Never had to do anything else subsequently, it has worked whenever I have gone overseas.. 		godfather (25)
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