Reception on the Samsung U540?
Hey all, I'm goin' to go get my upgrade, either today or tomorrow. Looks like it'll prolly be the Sam 540 (w/the extended battery).
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.)
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.)
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I don't have any personal experience with the 540, but agree with your mild concerns about reception maybe suffering. The last Samsung I tried did not work as well as my 8300, or moto 325i. But if you're doing a NE2 than you just test her out, if it doesn't meet your needs switch up.
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u740 great gadget phone but the calls broke up on it, traded for anyone just for good measures but it yielded the same results.
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Hmm... that sucks. I'm going to head over to HoFo and see what they say about U540 reception. Hopefully its better than U740.
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I had Samsung a950 a couple years ago but only kept a week cause reception was so bad. On the flip side, got a U740 on June 23 and love it. It has reception as good as any internal antenna phone on verizon. Don't know much about U540.
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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.
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My cousin has that phone and he says it has better reception than his two previous phones (LG 8600 and Razr).
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Had the phone for 1 week so I can sum it up...
-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.
-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.
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