Alright so I'm purchasing a device for my uncle. If I was purchasing it for myself, the answer would be simple if it were for myself (Motorola can go **** itself after the way they treated my Bionic and my Droid 3) but he lives in the middle of no where and I mean the middle of no where. They only offer dial-up at his house and basically this phone is his only connection to the world and I'm certainly worried about radios and reception. I know that it all depends on the area overall but I'm hoping to get a general consensus of what will receive better reception.
I know that Motorola locks down their phones and I know that they are known for good reception but in my experience, a open phone means a better experience all-around but this really isn't a trade-off situation. I need a phone that will receive 3G, he'll never receive 4 bars or anything like that but even 1 or 2 would be a much needed improvement.
If any of you guys live out in the boonies or anything like that, please let me know what your experience is. Here is a somewhat general area of where he lives. Just look at the map and you'll see what I mean.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashf...chrome,mod=15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
people complain about the reception. ive never had issues with it though. in fact i was with my brother in a poor service area over the holiday and i had slightly better reception with my GS3 versus his droid razer (not max or HD)
Reception is pretty good from my experience playing with the modems, but I would say go with a Motorola or hTc for reception reasons.
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If reception only criterion, Droid Maxx hands down
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Signal strength on this phone is absolutely terrible. I don't think I've ever seen my GS3 go under -100dBM. My Rezound constantly hovered around the 55-60 range. Everything else is perfect, but if signal strength is the only criteria I wouldn't recommend a Samsung phone.
For what it is worth, I have a SG3 running the latest jb leak and my wife has a stock razr maxx. Our signal is the same wherever we go. My Rezound did have slightly better signal than both of these but not by much. Hope this helps.
I live in Kansas and as much as Motorola pisses me off they have much better reception out in the sticks.
Definitely go with an HTC phone if you want the best reception, HTC has always been on top in that department from my experience.
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I have seen just as many folks complain about signal issues with htc...moto is definately known for its radio quality. However I have yet to run into anybody with a device that gets substantially better signal than my s3. I have compared my device on the edge of 4g coverage against 3 razr's...they were all within -5db signal of eachother. The thing with samsung is your mileage will vary...some devices get grea signal others not so great. As previously mentioned, get the s3, if reception is bad simply return it within 14days.
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I've personally had the best luck with HTC phones in the signal department.
Samsung is kind of known for weak signal compared to other phones.
Motorola, to me, is irrelevant. So I won't comment on that.
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Um, what?? o.o
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I agree 100%
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Alexander DeLarge said:
Alright so I'm purchasing a device for my uncle. If I was purchasing it for myself, the answer would be simple if it were for myself (Motorola can go **** itself after the way they treated my Bionic and my Droid 3) but he lives in the middle of no where and I mean the middle of no where. They only offer dial-up at his house and basically this phone is his only connection to the world and I'm certainly worried about radios and reception. I know that it all depends on the area overall but I'm hoping to get a general consensus of what will receive better reception.
I know that Motorola locks down their phones and I know that they are known for good reception but in my experience, a open phone means a better experience all-around but this really isn't a trade-off situation. I need a phone that will receive 3G, he'll never receive 4 bars or anything like that but even 1 or 2 would be a much needed improvement.
If any of you guys live out in the boonies or anything like that, please let me know what your experience is. Here is a somewhat general area of where he lives. Just look at the map and you'll see what I mean.
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashf...chrome,mod=15&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&sa=N&tab=wl
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RAZR maxx is far far better in terms of reception and maintaining signal strength . The S3 really lacks in this department .
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I love my sg3, but for reliability of signal outside of major coverage areas, it'd be maxx hands down. I can't even make phone calls in my house, where I could perfectly with my Rezound and the gf's Razr. So especially if your uncle doesn't care about rooting and roming, get him the maxx.
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My wife has a MAXX, I have the GS3. Side by side we have nearly identical signal. Within a couple dBm. We live in the boonies also. Check the coverage map on the Verizon website. Its pretty accurate once you zoom in. I am VERY fortunate to have VERY strong 4G at our house. Definitely check the map that will let you about type and strength of signal in general. And I said said about the phone they are nearly identical.
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Long story short: I am on my third Infuse with constant dropped calls. ATT has now offered to replace my phone.
Any thoughts on what to get. I think my options are:
Atrix 2
LG Nitro
Captivate slide (really miss the physical keyboard)
Skyrocket
S2
The Nitro and Skyrocket seem to have some pretty stellar reviews.
I think the Atrix still has a locked bootloader.
The Slide has the keyboard I have been missing since I got the Infuse.
And the S2 has a smaller screen
Any thoughts on any of these phones?
Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
Definately Skyrocket
Captive slide feels cheaply made its very light even with the battery in
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I like the atrix 2. But that's just me.
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S2.
Atrix is a Motorola - enough said
****rocket has all sorts of weird bugs - awful battery life, apparently data rarely works. AT&T's user support forums are full of people with issues.
Glide is oddball hardware - Tegra2 is a pretty poor processor, Heimdall won't talk to it, don't expect much developer love for this device
Glad you said that entropy...cause I decided to go with sgs 2... ordered it today
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Nice, I need this to happen to me! I want a Nitro I think. I want that HD screen!
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Glad you said that entropy...cause I decided to go with sgs 2... ordered it today
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Aww, I though you were getting a skyrocket.
Oh well, not that much loss.
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S2.
Atrix is a Motorola - enough said
****rocket has all sorts of weird bugs - awful battery life, apparently data rarely works. AT&T's user support forums are full of people with issues.
Glide is oddball hardware - Tegra2 is a pretty poor processor, Heimdall won't talk to it, don't expect much developer love for this device
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Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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Yea...just a whole lot of love on the sgs2 right now..
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Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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From what I've read, all Samsung devices using the Qualcomm chip instead of the Exynos have screen tuning issues. Either way, I would take an Infuse first and the SGS2 second.
wow, no one is giving any love to the nitro. the more reviews I read, the more I am liking it. anyone care to elaborate on the reasons for the s2 or rocket instead of the nitro? reviewing the specs, the nitro seems just as tricked out as the others and even better speced on several fronts. not trying to start a war, just trying to figure out how to best take advantage of att's "generosity".
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Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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hey cat, did you look at the nitro or did you just go with the rocket? why the rocket over the other two?
LG....Samsung...hmmm...not a hard choice for me....Samsung til i die bro...
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I'm a little gun shy after three infuses that cannot maintain a phone call while I drive. i just have no experience with LG phones.
Longcat14 said:
Lol, data rarely works? Quit making **** up.
Awful battery life? Battery life was amazing on stock, running at 1.9GHz, and LTE radio... yeah, not the best.
I don't see any other bugs.
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Yeah. Im completely stock and i have no issues. Data works perfect. Batt is good. For a phone this big and everything it has the batt life is awesome. People just love makin **** up
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Never one singke issue from mu infuse...and mines been thru hell i can assure you....ive owned all makes of smartphones and samsung is the most reliable...and easiest to work on and customize....
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I'm a little gun shy after three infuses that cannot maintain a phone call while I drive. i just have no experience with LG phones.
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You're using it wrong!
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I'm a little gun shy after three infuses that cannot maintain a phone call while I drive. i just have no experience with LG phones.
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I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the network where you are - does it always drop in the same place?
No one else has had the problems you have had, and for it to happen with three devices says "network" to me.
I never had a problem with dropped anything while driving - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0011GI94Q means it's extremely rare to ever have less than 3-4 bars anywhere when behind the wheel.
(I live in the boonies - I often go through areas where no phone ever has coverage, but with the Wilson I'll still usually have 3-4 bars in those places. It has more than exceeded my expectations.)
Hi everyone! I am switching to Verizon from sprint and I am in a pickle. I am deciding on which device I should go with. The sg3 or moto Maxx. I like the sg3 because I know that it is fully supported and I come from a nexus s 4g so pretty similar. One of my main questions is call clarity. How is it really? I have heard different opinions. Thanks for xda and the memebers for their help.
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My S3 is on par with my last two blackberries, and I consider call clarity to be excellent.
Go with the sgs3, call quality is pretty clear and the noise cancelling microphone works wonders!
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I just switched from TMobile to Verizion....Got a great black friday deal for a GS3 from Amazon.....Calling is excellent even after I rooted and put CM10 ROM installation on it....Phone is flawless....Highly recommend it....
Call quality is better on my gs3 compared to my droid incredible. You do have 14 days to return it, buy it and test it. I was worried about call quality and data connections but I have had zero troubles. Others do though, one way to find out.
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Call quality is good and shouldn't be any different than moto.. Moto might have few dBm better signal tho
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Buy the Maxx HD and I'll trade u
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You guys are awesome!!! Thanks a whole bunch! It looks like I will be going with the sg3!!!!
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Buy the Maxx HD and I'll trade u
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Funny! I don't think so though!
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I have a RazrMaxx and an S3. I love the screen size and all the little features of the S3, but I do have to say that the Motorola does have a little but better radio overall. I do a lot of driving and in sketchy areas (cell coverage), the Motorola will probably have on average 1 extra bar than the S3.
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If you actually use your phone to make verbal calls get anything but the S3. If you are teen and love to text, the S3 is a fine choice.
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I have a RazrMaxx and an S3. I love the screen size and all the little features of the S3, but I do have to say that the Motorola does have a little but better radio overall. I do a lot of driving and in sketchy areas (cell coverage), the Motorola will probably have on average 1 extra bar than the S3.
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See that is what I Howard is that they do have better radios but no one is really doing any ROMs for them and I heard rooting is a pain.
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If you actually use your phone to make verbal calls get anything but the S3. If you are teen and love to text, the S3 is a fine choice.
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Lol no I am 31 I will use this for work and home. I do text a lot but I use my phone for work also.
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Go with the s3 bro. I switched from sprint to Verizon about 2 months ago and my call clarity us great. My wife had the DROID RAZR m and I get better reception than her moto
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Gs3.
RAZR Maxx HD is old technology. Only 1g ram and sub par camera. You will regret the choice within two months.
I've had my S3 for about a week and I've had no issues with call clarity. My previous phone was a HTC Incredible (original one) and this one is on-par with that phone or even better.
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Go with the s3 bro. I switched from sprint to Verizon about 2 months ago and my call clarity us great. My wife had the DROID RAZR m and I get better reception than her moto
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Exactly what I was looking for!!! Thanks a lot brother!
Decision made sg3 family. Lol
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why not get Droid DNA? looks amazing and specwise
My friend just got the Droid DNA, and I must say that its a pretty nice phone. Unfortunately, I am not really a big droid fan, so I am glad you stuck with the S3 and got that instead. I do know however, that the Droid DNA has much better battery life then the S3. When it comes to call quality, I found that I tend to have better signal then most droids. My girlfriend had a droid and her signal in my basement is barely there, where as I had 4 bars. So I think S3 overall is a lot better
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My friend just got the Droid DNA, and I must say that its a pretty nice phone. Unfortunately, I am not really a big droid fan, so I am glad you stuck with the S3 and got that instead. I do know however, that the Droid DNA has much better battery life then the S3. When it comes to call quality, I found that I tend to have better signal then most droids. My girlfriend had a droid and her signal in my basement is barely there, where as I had 4 bars. So I think S3 overall is a lot better
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The Droid name has been used by I think two different manufacturers so far. Motorola and HTC. So signal would vary.
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I've been an HTC "Incredible" series user from the original now up to the 4G. Unfortunately, I'm going on my 4th replacement because the apps won't save to the phone storage and delete upon restarting. The internal storage is too small for the app amount I have. You can't save apps to SD either. I have a 64GB with a bunch of music so an SD slot is a must.
I've never been a Samsung fan but after watching reviews I'm blown away. Verizon owes me. If I can get the switch do you think I'll enjoy this phone? I'd like pros, cons, etc. Very disappointed with HTC. This seems like the only worthy android phone out there.
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The only big drawback of this phone is the bad reception. Which in turn causes battery drain. You should still be able to get 2-5 hours of screen on time anyways though. Just wished Samsung made better antennas because this would be a beast of a phone it they did.
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It's not bad reception for all. You will have 14 days to return. Before you get the phone, jot down your reception dbm in all of your usual places and then compare them. Not scientific by any means but it will at least give you an idea.
In my case, is +-5 compared to my old incredible. At work, where I don't have Wi-Fi, I get better.
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It's not bad reception for all. You will have 14 days to return. Before you get the phone, jot down your reception dbm in all of your usual places and then compare them. Not scientific by any means but it will at least give you an idea.
In my case, is +-5 compared to my old incredible. At work, where I don't have Wi-Fi, I get better.
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My signal is hectic everywhere. I can walk a few feet and go from 4 bars to 1 bar. Many other people are experiencing similar issues to me. I even went to the vzw store and an employee who had the s3 said the same thing about the reception. It is an issue, some people just live in great service areas so its not a problem for them.
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I moved from the original HTC Incredible to the S3 a few week ago and I've been very happy. I'm not having reception issues like the other (Verizon is very strong in my area). Before I switched I as using a version of CM9 for the Incredible. It was working well, but I was getting to the point where it rebooted itself every other day or so. You'll really like the speed and bigger screen of the S3.
If you like some of the features of sense (like Facebook images on your contacts) etc. I can give you some of the free app's I've been using to give you the same effect.
I've owned a couple of Verizon HTC Phones (Rezound, Thunderbolt) and I doubt I will go back to HTC. The GS3 beats the HTCs in just about everything I can think of, and the reception is better than both of my HTC phones (both in my home area and areas frequently traveled to).
I switched from my old Droid Incredible (the original) to the GS3 and I couldn't be happier. Any samsung baked-in stuff can always be flashed away if you don't like it.
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My signal is hectic everywhere. I can walk a few feet and go from 4 bars to 1 bar. Many other people are experiencing similar issues to me. I even went to the vzw store and an employee who had the s3 said the same thing about the reception. It is an issue, some people just live in great service areas so its not a problem for them.
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I live in one bar area actually get 2-3 bars with my s3
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Thanks for the info, guys.
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You can'toce apps to sd card with the s3
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What? If you're saying can't move apps to SD I don't care as long as there is 16gb to store them. I use my SD for music, pics, etc. The Inc 4G won't allow them to save to phone storage just the small 1gb internal storage. This is an issue that hasn't been fixed and I'm not gonna wait.
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Thunderbolt to S3
I just got my S3 last week. Previously I was on a HTC Thunderbolt for 1.5 years. Man, what a difference. Everything is better, faster on the S3. I haven't noticed data drops or bad reception like others on the thread but that might be because my TBolt was so bad in this area anything would be a huge improvement.
There is some crapware on it, but not as bad as what I had on the HTC. To me it doesn't cross the line. The phone is so powerful that I don't feel any lag from the crapware.
Overall, I'm hugely impressed by my first Samsung phone. I won't be going back to HTC anytime soon. The only outstanding issue is a nice sdcard slot that can take a 64gb card and no way to move anything over to it besides the camera's photos. Looking into some hacks to get my spotify cache files moved over.
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It is an issue, some people just live in great service areas so its not a problem for them.
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Its Verizon's issue.. At work at I have excellent reception. But at home not so good...I get dropped calls every now and then at home never at work
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I dont think is verizon cause where i live i only get 2 bars with my sgs3 and my friend gets full bars with his moto razr hd
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DNA is a monster.
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I also came from the original incredible and I have to say there are some things that you need to get used to. For example no more sense. However functionablity hands down goes to samsung. Picnpic is great use it like every other day and occasionally I use svoice (mostly for calling/texting people in my car). Lock screen for both HTC and Samsung are very similar. For whatever choice you make both companies make great phones.
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I am due for an upgrade from my RAZR M. Alot of good phones have came out in the recent past.. When I bought the RAZR M I did not do my homework about the antenna strength on the RAZR M. Motorola supposedly is known for some of the strongest antennas. I know this wasn't a problem with my service provider because others with same service did not have any issues with 4G dropping off with their phone.
Does anyone have insight or experience in this area of phone hardware and have an educated opinion on which newest phone has the strongest antennas?
I am not partial to any specific brand and am even open to getting an iPhone (I know it's blasphemy on XDA) if the antenna is consistent. Wife has iPhone and will be standing next to me with 4G and my phone will show 3g.
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Motorola and Nokia in general. Samsung usually doesn't have the greatest reception but I do have to say the galaxy note 2 is the exception. WiFi, Bluetooth and cellular antennas are beastly in this particular phone.
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Motorola definitely.
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most of ZTE and the oldest Samsung phones have antenna connector and there is a lot of great small antenna or you can create one.
I think it all depends on the band that your phone can receive from the carrier.
You may want to try wcdma only. I heard it work for some people. It's a option on the phone network settings.
Always get a phone from your carrier to get the best band. 4g is not 4glte. Although sometimes they advertise 4g, your only getting hspa.
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Are the radios better then the nexus 4. My service was alwaysnup and down with the N4, and wouldn't have service places I used to. Hope they didn't go cheap on this end. It is still a phone.
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Well. I guess I can wait until Monday. Lol. Also. Ups delivers commercial early. Drives by about 10am. I work 2-10. Can 2nd day air go with commercial? Had em drop off early once or twice
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Bump?
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Why bump? It looks like you are having a nice conversation with yourself
Lol. I'm kinda concerned. N4 sucked. But guess I will wait until tomorrow and quit talking to myself. Ha
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Lol people with the n5 is probably too busy playing with their new device
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Yeah. I agree. But when I'm at work and don't get service because crap radios.I won't be playing with it too much
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My Signal strength is better than with n4.
Don't have mine yet, but have a feeling it will be better!
Well that's the thing about radios sometime it may work better for someone else and sometimes it doesn't
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To answer my own question, the Nexus 5 is getting way better service than my Nexus 4. On wifi and on tmobile
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I actually had worse cellular radio performance out of my Nexus 5 compared to my Nexus 4 while using it yesterday. Inside my office, I'm pretty sure I was averaging fewer bars, and the N5 couldn't decide if it was going to connect to 2G, HSPA+, or LTE. Outside, it flipped between HSPA+ and LTE as I moved around (mostly driving, but a few times even walking around a parking lot).
So, I'm not sure if it's my particular N5, or N5s in general, but so far I'm not impressed with its cellular performance relative to my N4.
I'm getting better performance so far, which I'm glad about as I also had a pretty bad time with the Nexus 4 over other phones. The 5 isn't amazing, but it's alright and acceptable to me.
I'm getting generally worse reception, especially inside at work. Before with my N4 I got perfectly acceptable reception where I sat. Now with the N5 I literally get nothing.. nothing at all. It won't even give me a smidgen of reception. I have to walk towards the front of our building to get anything.
Anyone else experiencing something similar?
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So in a completely random way I turned data roaming on and off just for ****s and giggles and within 5 seconds of turning it off I all of a sudden had a full HSPA signal. ????? It appears to work flawlessly now.
My signal on the n4 jumped all over the place. It holds still full and I don't lose service now in a town I drive through. I get WiFi outside my house that can stream video when my n4 couldn't at all.
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I have better dbm signal strength on the N5 (comparing to my GS4) in pretty much all locations I've been to so far.
I'm getting better reception than my note 2 it seems. Very happy so far.
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I'm getting better reception than my note 2 it seems. Very happy so far.
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Overall, this seems to be the case for me as well. And I'm comparing for reception underground (basement level) where I work.
It's better then the Nexus 4, but I'm using it on CDMA and it's CDMA reception is less then the HTC EVO 4G by 1 bar.