View Full Version : How does the N-gage's phone work?
Deathstar
10-22-2003, 08:12 AM
Do you have to pay a monthly fee to use the phone? Does it run off your home-phone? How does this all work?
I am confused.
Sylentwulf
10-22-2003, 08:49 AM
It's a standard cell phone that works like any other cell phone, monthly fee based.
Deathstar
10-23-2003, 04:56 PM
Can i get an exact fee?
Achika
10-23-2003, 05:14 PM
http://www.t-mobile.com/
pick one.
Otherwise I believe it is $9.99 per month just for gaming service until December 2004. Home phones and cell phones are two completely different entities and will appear on different bills unless you have the same provider. (Ex. I have a sprint cell phone plan and I used to have sprint long distance for my home phone.)
Deathstar
10-23-2003, 05:16 PM
Thanks Achika!
Deathstar
10-23-2003, 05:16 PM
Thanks Achika!
Deathstar
10-23-2003, 05:17 PM
Thanks Achika!
Sylentwulf
10-24-2003, 08:35 AM
Wait, what do you mean it's $9.99 a month for gaming? I thought you just needed the carts, don't tell me they charge on top of that too?!
Oobgarm
10-24-2003, 08:46 AM
Oh yeah. Pay to play, brother. Silly if you ask me, since they're already gouging on the system. If they must charge, make it part of a package. x_x
A side note: From the look of the above posts, Achika is rather helpful. :D
Achika
10-24-2003, 10:31 AM
Wait, what do you mean it's $9.99 a month for gaming? I thought you just needed the carts, don't tell me they charge on top of that too?!
To play wireless against other players, yes you need to pay to play. Otherwise, you can play the game "chips" solo without fees.
A side note: From the look of the above posts, Achika is rather helpful.
I'm the one in 499 that liked the system after I bought. :D
Sylentwulf
10-24-2003, 10:39 AM
Kinda surprised they're charging for multi-player, isn't it just bluechip? It goes directly from one n-gage to another right? Doesn't use airtime, or anything of nokia's bandwidth to do does it? Honestly, I haven't had anything against the n-gage (besides the obvious failure part, and price point) but charging for multiplayer through bluetooth technology is just downright GREEDY.
AB Positive
10-24-2003, 06:09 PM
I just got an NGage... it hurts, hurts me so much. Really really bad. I can't get the mp3 functionality to work, I can only play the radio and Tomb Raider, which I hated on the PSX in it's heyday.
off to eBay it goes....
-AG
hamburgler
10-24-2003, 07:03 PM
I can't wait untill it sells for 50.00 or 20.00 LOL
Deathstar
10-24-2003, 09:15 PM
Why not screw the customers a bit more than having them pay the insulting price for a POS hardware IMO.
This is an outrage, CHARGING for multiplayer is one of the reasons they can't sell enough to pay the Janitor at Nokia's HQ. LOL