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Best phone for signal strength?
I'm in the market for a new Verizon phone, and want one that can do well with the not-so-strong signal at my house. What specs or features give a phone better signal-receiving ability? I don't give a whit about bells and whistles; I just want more than the 1 to 2 bars I'm getting on my 2-year-old LG VX8300. I use it for voice only, not data, so I'm assuming that it doesn't matter if the phone has EVDO rev 0 or A (not that I really know what those are...)
Thanks for any advice or insight you can offer!
Thanks for any advice or insight you can offer!
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Nice, a link to a phone that's discontinued and only uses one CDMA band.
I'm surprised you said you're VX-8300 wasn't cutting it anymore, it's rated pretty high on this site.
Still if your sticking with VZW the best phones probably would be made by LG and Motorola. You can pick up the VX-8700 on E-bay witch is rated pretty high for a VZW phone, so is the Motorola W755 witch is newer.
I'm surprised you said you're VX-8300 wasn't cutting it anymore, it's rated pretty high on this site.
Still if your sticking with VZW the best phones probably would be made by LG and Motorola. You can pick up the VX-8700 on E-bay witch is rated pretty high for a VZW phone, so is the Motorola W755 witch is newer.
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Thanks for the info. So I take it that I should be looking for a phone with more than one CDMA band? I'm also looking at the Motorola E815 and the Motorola Adventure V750...
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Yes, you want a phone the uses CDMA 850/1900 witch most if not all current VZW phones have. VZW uses 850 but in the rare occurrence your out of VZW coverage area you would be able to roam on the 1900 band.
If you could find a Motorola E815 and are only concerned with voice I would defiantly pick one up. The reviews on that phone are stellar and the only reason people seem to get rid of that phone is because they actually kept the phone so long it wore out. It's widely known that E815 is a signal hound!
If you could find a Motorola E815 and are only concerned with voice I would defiantly pick one up. The reviews on that phone are stellar and the only reason people seem to get rid of that phone is because they actually kept the phone so long it wore out. It's widely known that E815 is a signal hound!
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most any of the new Motorola's will hold a signal better than others on the market. i have a blackberry 8130 but my old Motorola v3c will hold on a signal better than it will. 🙂
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Bookie said:
I'm in the market for a new Verizon phone, and want one that can do well with the not-so-strong signal at my house. What specs or features give a phone better signal-receiving ability? I don't give a whit about bells and whistles; I just want more than the 1 to 2 bars I'm getting on my 2-year-old LG VX8300. I use it for voice only, not data, so I'm assuming that it doesn't matter if the phone has EVDO rev 0 or A (not that I really know what those are...)
Thanks for any advice or insight you can offer!
My advice:
MOTOROLA
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A lot of the info you are getting here is correct. If you don't mind an older phone the E815 has incredible reception. The charging port is the old style pin charger so be careful with it; don't talk while its charging.
If you want something newer take advantage of the 30 day trial period and choose your favortie Moto VZW currently offers and try it out. If it doesn't work try another. The Z6Tv/Z6C does well along with the Adventure and 755.
Good luck!
If you want something newer take advantage of the 30 day trial period and choose your favortie Moto VZW currently offers and try it out. If it doesn't work try another. The Z6Tv/Z6C does well along with the Adventure and 755.
Good luck!
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Newer Motos don't seem to be any better than anything else right now from what I have seen. I would shell out the extra money for a small amplifier from Wilson. Then you can get whatever phone you actually want and you don't have to worry about it.
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