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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soi switched to verizon four months ago because att service has gotten crappy. now i ordered my verizon s3 and find out that the bootload is locked.... should i switch back to att or stay on verizon? what would yall do?
Is it worth an etf?
i'm on at&t and i'm pleased with my service. i don't live in a major city and i consistently get 6-8mbps down and 1-1.5mbps up. for normal browsing it is more than adequate. no issues with call quality.
i'm also pleased with my phone. with my current configuration (see sig) i'm getting 5000-5100 in quadrant. benchmarks aren't a perfect indicator of how good the phone is, but the number is still impressive.
go back to AT&T
AT&T LTE is faster and Verizon new Share Data isn't all that. Too little data for so much money. AT&T!
We only have 3g where I live for at&t and lte on Verizon. I would keep my Verizon line for home Wi-Fi.
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Go to ATT!
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Att is faster and eventually get to the point where verizon is at with lte locations.
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At&t is very good to us, and the service here is amazing. Then again, Baltimore being so close to D.C. is probably the reason. LTE has been deployed here for awhile and the speeds are insane. We've always had issues with Verizon at my house
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Just afraid that I'll start having all those dropped calls again, I don't have any with Verizon
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I have the att version I got 24.8mbps dl and 8 ul. No dropped calls either. Pretty amazing device so far
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I always prefer gsm carriers to cdma ones. It feels weird having a phone that you cannot use if you travel abroad, especially europe where most carriets are gsm.
do you want locked bootloaders or better coverage?
Wonder if the locked bootloader is going to be a trend for Verizon?
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Just afraid that I'll start having all those dropped calls again, I don't have any with Verizon
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Every lock have a key, I'm moving from ATT to Verizon (700$ etf) just because of the dropped calls. Can't stand it any more.
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I moved out in the country in TN. My SGS2 with sprint gets horrible reception, and almost no 3g unless i sit on the porch. I'm going to switch to Verizon who i know gets better service in my area. Looking at DRM or SGS3, moto has always had better antennas in my opinion. Any personal experience or advice would be appreciated.
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I used anycut and flashed a new prl with roam control set to roam only I have unlimited service on sprint in areas where I know service is good.. but it's all a precursor to flashing over to straight talk
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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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You have 14 days, buy the s3 and see if our works, if not, take it back.
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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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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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I need some ideas cuz in always stumped when it comes to choosing phones ima be starting a contract with T-Mobile I just need to know which are the top 5 T-Mobile phones in yalls opinion excluding the note 2 iPhone 5 and that blackberry one I don't have enough for those and I want something that's better then my amaze like a lot better and thanks
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First of all, T-Mobile no longer has contracts. Secondly, this isn't the place for this question. This should be in the networking forum.
T-Mobile don't have contracts since when?
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A couple weeks ago.
http://www.tmonews.com/2013/03/t-mobile-ceo-talks-uncarrier-iphone-lte-and-the-industry-at-large/
Oh well I'm getting the optimus g at&t version unlocked to put on T-Mobile because none of the T-Mobile phones seemed to fit my needs there was always a flaw in the decent phones they had well I'm glad T-Mobile supports the 1900 MHz because since I have 4g in my area with the amaze I know I'll have 4g with the optimus g I done paid 550 for the phone didn't have a money back I'm just that confident it will work
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Oh well I'm getting the optimus g at&t version unlocked to put on T-Mobile because none of the T-Mobile phones seemed to fit my needs there was always a flaw in the decent phones they had well I'm glad T-Mobile supports the 1900 MHz because since I have 4g in my area with the amaze I know I'll have 4g with the optimus g I done paid 550 for the phone didn't have a money back I'm just that confident it will work
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The HTC Amaze gets 4G on the 1700/2100 MHz bands, not 1900MHz. Sorry, but you might be out of luck with the OG, since it has no 1700MHz band built in. It only picks up 1900MHz for T-Mobile's 3G/4G, which may not be in your area.
Unless your area has been refarmed for the 1900MHz band, you're only going to see EDGE (2G) speeds at best. Then again, if you have T-Mobile LTE in your area, then it should work on that if you find someone who can unlock the modem for you.
There are so many "ifs" here, that you would have been better off not buying this phone to use on T-Mobile, unless you know for a fact that you have a refarmed network, or LTE service.
I think you misinterpreted the 1900MHz thing. That is not a nation-wide thing. It is only supported in some markets, not all. If you don't know for certain, then you probably don't have it. Your Amaze getting 4G means absolutely nothing, since it does not run on the 1900MHz band in the first place.
I'm in Dalton ga I'm 20 min south of Chattanooga which has been refarmed
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I'm in Dalton ga I'm 20 min south of Chattanooga which has been refarmed
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If you're sure of that, then you should be fine with the OG. If I recall correctly, there's a modem hack to enable T-Mobile LTE on it. That is dependent on your local area actually having LTE in the first place, though.
So if chattanooga has been refarmed and I'm 20 min from there I should be fine?
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Not necessarily. It depends entirely on the towers you connect to. If the towers in your area use 1700/2100MHz for HSPA+ connections, then your phone needs to support those bands. If the tower has been refarmed and is using 1900MHz for HSPA+, then you have your pick of pretty much every GSM phone on the planet. Call T-Mobile to find out, or get a hold of a Samsung S2 or better phone with the stock Touchwiz ROM. You can go into the diagnostics menu with *#197328640# in the dialer. There's a network frequency menu in there that will show you the bands you're connected to.
I just called them they said basically where ever I have 4g with my amaze I'll have 4g with any at&t phone so I'm saved
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I just called them they said basically where ever I have 4g with my amaze I'll have 4g with any at&t phone so I'm saved
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That's not true at all. The T-Mobile Amaze only gets 4G on AWS bands. It does not get the 1900MHz band at all, which is what AT&T phones get 3G/4G on. So, either your phone is an unbranded version, or the guy on the phone didn't know what he was talking about. It's not as cut and dry as they would have you believe.
My suggestion would be to make sure that if you buy a non T-Mobile phone, make sure you can return it if things don't go right. I hope that your area is a refarmed area, but unless a tech tells you straight up that the towers in your area are refarmedwith 100% certainty, make sure to cover your behind when buying a new device just in case.
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I have the unbranded one and they even said in other terms she said that I'm in a 1900 MHz area
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I have the unbranded one and they even said in other terms she said that I'm in a 1900 MHz area
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Ok. Well the unbranded one does have 1900MHz built in. It's uncommon for anyone to have that one, since the Amaze ended up being a T-Mobile exclusive device. As far as the refarm goes, I'd still urge you to be cautious in making a purchase. Make sure you can test out the device for a short while within a return period, just in case.
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OK ima call T-Mobile just to be safe cuz sometimes you get diff answers lol
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My Verizon upgrade is due in February and though I love my galaxy nexus the reception is terrible constantly in 3g. I had an s3 for about 6 months always had 4g but just missed my nexus to much and switched back despite the constant data drops..
Which phones on Verizon have the best/descent/worst antenna?
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My Verizon upgrade is due in February and though I love my galaxy nexus the reception is terrible constantly in 3g. I had an s3 for about 6 months always had 4g but just missed my nexus to much and switched back despite the constant data drops..
Which phones on Verizon have the best/descent/worst antenna?
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I think any antenna will help you