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Reception questions
Just wondering how the reception is on this phone when you only have 1 or two bars. I live in a rural area and my house is 10 miles from the nearest tower. So all I get is 1 to 2 bars.
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sprayOct 8, 2005, 5:09 PM
I have been trained that bars don't matter. With CDMA, one bar is just as good as five. I have found this to be true with most cdma phones i have dealt with.
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yeah I agree 2...I have a Nokia an older one but it works great even with just one bar. Lets c how this one is gonna be now...Nokia usually makes great phones..
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I do not agree with the coments that the others have posted.
If you live in a weak signal area in CDMA, because of the way the power control is implemented, you WILL be transmitting higher power and therefore a lot more current (which increases exponentially with power). Your battery will run out of juice a lot faster compared to areas that have strong signal.
Reception would be OK if your antenna is good.
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as long as you stay in digital the bars will not have that much of an effect. I only get one to 0 bars at my house with my 8100 and i have never dropped a call even at 0 bars! my battery also lasts just as long at my house as it does at work were i get full signal.
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