Usefulness of 3G for voice

[hachre]

So maybe someone can explain this to me.

The facts (to the best of my knowledge)

• 3G is only useful for data transfer speed
• everywhere where you have 3G normal GSM is also supported
• if you have 3G enabled your battery drains faster in standby
• if you have 3G enabled your battery life is reduced to 50% during calls

So if the above is all true, then why would you ever wanna have 3G on for phone calls? Why isn't there a 3G Auto option that automatically toggles 3G on for data transfers and then turns it off again when unused and turns it off immediately during phone calls?

Is there any advantage whatsoever to having 3G for calls?

 

[Intell]

The sound quality is much better when calling a land line or other 3G phone.

 

[hachre]

The sound quality is much better when calling a land line or other 3G phone.

Interesting, I never noticed that... I'l try it out tomorrow..

 

[Vanarak19]

Interesting, I never noticed that... I'l try it out tomorrow..

ditto, never noticed either. In fact, my 3g is sometimes worse.

 

[deannnnn]

The sound quality is much better when calling a land line or other 3G phone.

Is that true? I've never heard that before.

I just assumed that they want voice on 3G so that eventually Edge could be phased out completely. Obviously far in the future but you wouldn't want to be permanently attached to it forever, right?

Then again, what do I know?

 

[Intell]

It appears that way for me. My reasoning for it is that the phone makes voice stream into data that is sent over the airwaves. With 3G there is more bandwidth for the voice data. So its a higher quality.