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Question

Cell phone antenna capabilities, some better than others?

by Sep 1, 2013 6:40AM PDT

I posted this question earlier. I screwed up the posting.. Selected answer as "no" but don't believe that since the apple Iphone gave me a better signal, which leaves me to believe different phone antennas do make a difference, This was the case for an AT&T phone set as well as the Verizon phone set. Just trying to figure out if there are any other phones beside the Iphone that will be better than my convoy 2--all on contracts.

I am a member of numerous other forums, boats, RVs, fishing, etc, in fact, about 10 other forums,. but this forum is the toughest one to use of all those I am on. Just an observation.

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It's far more complicated than the antenna.
by Forum moderator Sep 1, 2013 6:59AM PDT

I have yet to find anyone give a dissertation on this but the short answer is no. It's not the phone's antenna but all the parts together. And the real test is trying phones on the various networks. My Tracfone worked more often than my Virgin Mobile phone but when VM worked it could be better. That only proved that a long dissertation is required for folk that can't accept the short answers.
Bob

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by fighterpilota Sep 1, 2013 11:52AM PDT

Ok, tower is the same, location is the same, service provider is the same, one phone in one hand and the other phone in the other phone, time is the same. 2 bars on one and one bar on the other near windows. Center of house one bar on apples, no bars on others. Tried three different phones this way against the Iphones. All that a given, than you are suggesting it is the electronics in a phone as well as the antenna. I can accept that, but is Apple Iphone the only phone maker that has put it all together?

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by r. proffitt Forum moderator Sep 1, 2013 12:12PM PDT

On the tower is many antennas so which one you get is a crapshot and then there are other factors. Sorry but it appears you should find papers and books on cellular technology. My background includes designs of two way paging years ago and as I wrote above, you have to go with simple short versions in a forum.

In a class we can cover the full system as we have months to do so.
Bob

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by fighterpilota Sep 1, 2013 10:00PM PDT

Thanks, appreciate your help. I have a couple of months before present phone contract runs out so will keep searching for the answers.

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As Bob said...
by Pepe7 Sep 2, 2013 2:21AM PDT

...it's not a black/white issue, unfortunately. Also, don't only use the number of bars you see on each respective device to determine which one holds the calls better/is necessarily the better performer. For example, my iPhone 4 shows more bars than my wife's iPhone 5, and hers holds the calls much better when walking all over the house.. That's just one example, and it gets more complex based on where you reside/materials present inside your dwelling, and which other handsets carriers get involved when doing any sort of rough comparison.

Use the return window wisely for handsets/carriers you test out to find the right fit.

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by fighterpilota Sep 2, 2013 4:21AM PDT

Thanks

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