Question about Verizon phones with reception
I've been searching the forum but I haven't found anything detailing phones with good reception. the ones that do talk about good reception are older ones that my mom will not be able to get nor would it be easy to talk her into it.
My mom's phone gets bad reception. She lives in a city surrounded by mountains and trees where one of the graduating classes was of 50 people and the graduation from Junior High to High School was easily fit inside a basketball court/gym.
She lives in a trailer park where you get bad reception and lives in a metal trailer. Trying to find her a phone that will provide her with the best reception, good battery life, able to recieve picture txts, and of course cost effective with a 2 year agreement.
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My mom's phone gets bad reception. She lives in a city surrounded by mountains and trees where one of the graduating classes was of 50 people and the graduation from Junior High to High School was easily fit inside a basketball court/gym.
She lives in a trailer park where you get bad reception and lives in a metal trailer. Trying to find her a phone that will provide her with the best reception, good battery life, able to recieve picture txts, and of course cost effective with a 2 year agreement.
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I would get an LG VX5300. I would have suggested the Motorola V325i, but they were recently discontinued. You may still be able to find one at some stores in your area though.
As for the 5300, I've had nothing but good reports about the reception on this phone. I live in a pretty weak signal area too. There was one guy that was replacing an older analog-only cell phone. I set him up with a 5300, and I showed him how to change the settings to analog-only. He said the 5300 got better reception than his old phone. It also has a camera on it so you'd be able to receive pictures. The battery life isn't as good as some of the other phones, but that's a trade off with the other things I listed.
As for the 5300, I've had nothing but good reports about the reception on this phone. I live in a pretty weak signal area too. There was one guy that was replacing an older analog-only cell phone. I set him up with a 5300, and I showed him how to change the settings to analog-only. He said the 5300 got better reception than his old phone. It also has a camera on it so you'd be able to receive pictures. The battery life isn't as good as some of the other phones, but that's a trade off with the other things I listed.
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Any phone that you get will have trouble inside of a metal building (like the trailer you described). If the 5300 doesn't get reception inside the trailer, you can get an external antenna to stick on the outside of the trailer. You would need to run a wire inside from the antenna which could plug into the back of the phone. It's a pain, but it would work. Check out antennas here:
http://www.wilsonelectronics.com »
http://www.wilsonelectronics.com »
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What about those cell boost stickers? I know I was inside a mall with no reception and unable to make calls then I got one of those added and I was able to make and recieve calls and went from 0-1 bar to 2-3 bars.
I hear some bad things about those but they worked for me and my girlfriend swore by hers.
I hear some bad things about those but they worked for me and my girlfriend swore by hers.
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Lol, they are clear stickers with gold paint on them, I pay 5 cents a peice, if you want one ill mail you one free (if I havent thrown them away yet), PM your address and I will see what I can do.
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Go on ebay and get a motorola e815, there are plenty under a $100. It has been discontinued through verizon, but it gets better reception than any of their current phones and still has a good feature set. Check it OUT. Motos do get better reception than any LG or samsung, I have been to many rural/fringe areas where most loose service while the motos hold on to a couple bars.
http://www.cellguru.net/my_stuff.htm
(reception comparison) look at the CDMA 850
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=663 »
http://www.cellguru.net/my_stuff.htm
(reception comparison) look at the CDMA 850
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=663 »
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The Motorola E815 was a total piece of crap. Charging issues, power cycling, etc. I had one of those for less than a year, went through 3 of them, gave up, bought a VX8600, and have been happy ever since. There isn't any difference in reception from what I can tell. I don't know why people go crazy over the E815. I can't think of a single good experience that I had with that phone.
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robtheman said:
The Motorola E815 was a total piece of crap. Charging issues, power cycling, etc. I had one of those for less than a year, went through 3 of them, gave up, bought a VX8600, and have been happy ever since. There isn't any difference in reception from what I can tell. I don't know why people go crazy over the E815. I can't think of a single good experience that I had with that phone.
🤣 🤣 Totally true, I went through 2 E815 and the same exact problems
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There is no doubt that the e815 definitely gets better reception than the 8300, I have heard nothing but good things about the 8300 as well. I've been fortunate apparently with my 815, I haven't had any issues. I did have charging issues with my moto v710 (same charger)that was after much abuse though. The difference in reception is minimal but he does need a phone that gets the best reception in his mom's case.
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I would get the Moto v325i if you can find it or the LG vx8300. or on ebay get a moto e815
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