Well, I am seeing (from Nokia sites) that all the US, UK and even the France versions supporting the same frequencies, i.e., 900/1700/2100.

Am I missing something about this 850 thing? I don't remember it seeing anywhere w.r.t 3G.

From Nokia USA
http://www.nokiausa.com/find-product...specifications
Operating Frequency

* Optimized for WCDMA 900/1700/2100
* Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900
* Optimized for 3G networks on WCDMA 900/1700/2100 Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900


From Nokia UK
http://shop.nokia.co.uk/nokia-uk/pro...&culture=en-GB
Operating Frequency
Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1700/2100
Automatic switching between GSM bands
Flight mode
Data Network
GPRS class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed up to 107/64.2 kbps (DL/UL)
EDGE class A, multislot class 32, maximum speed up to 296/177.6 kbps (DL/UL)
WCDMA 900/1700/2100.


From Nokia France
http://boutique.nokia.fr/nokia-fr/pr...&culture=fr-FR
* Fréquence de fonctionnement
* Quad-band EGSM 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 900/1700/2100