Would like to find out the difference between the 2 and which is more useful or better?
2007-01-22 15:08:32 · 4 answers · asked by wessa78 1 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Land Phones
DECT 6.0 is a standard, rather than a frequency although one has to wonder if they just happened to choose 6.0 to start with just to trump 5.8GHz as they put the 6.0 in big numbers on the boxes and phones, furthering the myth that the higher the frequency, the better! In truth, DECT 6.0 devices run in the 1.9GHz range, near that of PCS cellular telephones. This frequency band has only very recently been approved for use in the US, while DECT phones have been in use for some time in Europe.
What makes DECT 6.0 different? Well, this new band requires devices to meet the DECT 6.0 specifications before they are approved to use the frequencies. This means NO ANALOG DEVICES. Everything DECT 6.0 is pure digital. Also, all DECT 6.0 devices by default listen before they transmit. This means NO INTERFERENCE. You buy a nice 5.8GHz DSS phone with all the bells and whistles for $200 just to have your next door neighbour buy a $10 5.8GHz analog phone from Wal-Mart interfere the heck out of it. This will never happen on DECT 6.0. DECT 6.0 devices are also permitted to use more power. This means better range. Coupled with the 1.9GHz frequency yields better coverage than 5.8GHz. DECT 6.0 phones also have the ability to use multiple handsets at once with one base (instead of multiple handsets only used one at a time), and you can associate numerous bases with one handset.
Everyone is reccommending 5.8GHz now because 2.4GHz is so cluttered from WiFi 802.11b/g. Well have you ever heard of 802.11a or 802.11n? Guess what frequency that uses? 5.8GHz (amongst others). Just wait a couple of years and 5.8GHz will be just as bad as 2.4GHz is now. This won't happen with DECT 6.0 because it is reserved for devices such as phones all which have the technology to keep them from ever interfering with each other.
The only disadvantage with DECT 6.0 is the availability of phones. It's still kind of slim at the moment but you will see more and more hit the shelves as time goes on. The prices will also come down too. Right now, DECT 6.0 phones pricewise match an otherwise comparable 5.8GHz DSS phone. You will always be able to find cheaper 5.8GHz phones, but they are most likely analog. Get a DECT 6.0 phone and you won't be sorry.
2007-01-25 09:38:20 · answer #1 · answered by Geoff S 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2016-08-09 00:48:10 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2.4 Ghz Cordless Phone
2016-11-11 04:44:32 · answer #3 · answered by musin 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The difference is the capacity, measured in mAh (milli-amp hours). Capacity is defined in this way as being the current (in milli-amps) that the battery can supply multiplied by the time duration (in hours) that it can supply that current. From the Energizer website I pulled the following figures for Alkaline batteries: AAA: Capacity = 1250mAh AA: Capacity = 2850mAh
2016-03-18 00:32:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It should say the frequency range on the DECT - more is better.
2007-01-23 04:58:58 · answer #5 · answered by Crash 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋