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Originally Posted by HPsauce
How practical is it to upgrade that to a later design that supports a dual-band phone, integrated in the the audio system of course?
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Well, pursuing that thought I found out something interesting....
The Nokia 3110 phone I have has the same interface (it's from the same family) as the "famous" Matrix banana phone - Nokia 8110. I actually had one once - long gone sadly.
And while that is also 900GSM only there is an 1800 (only) variant - the 8146.
So in the interests of research I acquired an 8146 and did some testing. It does indeed connect up (after a bit of "adjustment") but doesn't get a signal when in the cradle.
I presume somewhere along the route from the aerial is an amplifier or filter that is rather specific to the 900MHz band and I really can't be bothered to go delving to find what and where it is as I suspect it can't be upgraded.
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation".  (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one! 
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course.  (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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