Steve,
By the way - many shops still sell the "Sciphone G2+", do you know the difference compared to the G2? One thing I noticed is that the G2 seems to be triple-band (there's a 850/1800/1900 and a 900/1800/1900 variant), and the G2+ quad-band.
Can you confirm this?
A positive confirmation for this kind of thing is really hard. I asked Bluelans sales, and they said they never sold a "G2+". They thought some online shops just added the '+' to improve their sales over the ones that have no plus :-) As for the G2 being triple-band, do you have some links? All I heard is that G2 is quad-band. The box I am holding in my hand says "Quad-band phone with WIFI", although that also doesn't need to mean much. I could imagine that some ICs on the G2 can do quad, but other components on the board (filters?) actually pick 3 of those 4?
So - I can only ask back :-) Can anyone confirm that the G2 is really and fully quad-band? Maybe we have to wait until OsmocomBB is at the point that we see it running...
I google "Sciphone Dream G2 tri-band" : 10,300 results "Sciphone Dream G2 quad-band" : 15,800 results
Welcome to China :-) Of course you also find "tri-band GMS" and whatever other typos. Sorry I have no definitive answer. Wolfgang