Reception on the Samsung U540?
Anyone have any reception tales to tell on this phone? I've had Samsungs in the past, they're haven't quite as good as (Nokia-built) Nokias or Motos in reception in my experience, but still pretty good.
Anyone know about the reception on the Sam 540 specifically? I do worry a lil' bit 'cuz its internal antennae, though I think a pull-up one only really helps with the 850 MHz band (which usually doesn't need it- goes through walls good, etc.)
Cellenator said:
The last Samsung I tried did not work as well as my 8300, or moto 325i.
There is not a single internal antenna phone Verizon offers that have as good of reception as the two phones you mention. Internal atennae phones I've had include RAZR, KRZR, Chocolate, VX-8700 and Sammy U-740. The Sammy may have the best reception of the bunch.
-Lost reception where other phones I've used in the same spot held onto service (ie RAZR, KRZR, MAXX Ve, 8300, 8600, 9900, 6315i)
-Battery is absolutely ridiculous (goes from 2 bars right to flashing low battery with little to no usage)
-Verizon Flash UI is nice (3 themes to choose from)
-Small
-Wide but flat keypad; lit up a nice bright white
-Texts can be read on external display when auto read is set to on for text messages
-Memory card is under battery cover
-Both internal/external screens could be much crisper
-Ringtones can be easily emailed via pix messaging
Like I said, the phone was decent but I returned it mainly for the horrendous battery.