Which line of phones has the best reception?

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Kathyrn

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I am looking at either the SLVR Moto or the SE W810i. Between these two phones which one has the best antena or reception?

Thanks,

PAM man
 
I've had good experiences with motos too, though the SE reception tends to be very good as well. Anecdotally, Nokias are supposed to win. Note that the W810i is not available yet and that the two phones you mentioned are really not that comparable (I guess they are both quadband, candy bars, and are black). The W810i has EDGE, for instance.
 
Motos are ok but Nokia definitly wins hands down. I have not tried the Razr or SLVR but I have heard many people say that they are very close if not equal to the Nokias. Personally I have the 6230 , 6820 and a V551 right now. The V551 is junk. I have tried many other phones to try to get as good as reception as my 6230 but so far have had no luck. going to try a SLVR very soon so will know how that compares.
 
If SLVR is anything like ROKR I'd go with SLVR. I've been able to play with the Sony Ericsson Z500 (EDGE), W800i (GPRS) and W900i (UMTS) and not a one of them is in the same league as ROKR for RF performance. Nokia has good reception, but your choices are really limited if you want the 850 band. Motorola's UI is a bit worse than the others IMO, but you will get used to it and learn to work your way around the menu.

Tango Uniform
 
You miss my point. It does not matter whether a phone has 850 or not in my area. The area is saturated with T-Mobile and Cingular. Since they do not have a roaming agreement in this area, ANY phone 850 or not will not roam on Cingular's 850 network here. Therefore, the lack of 850 does not infer bad RF performance.

Tango Uniform
 
I got to admit that I am a bit confused as to who 'they' are here, nor does the saturation of an area with Cingular/T-Mob imply the lack of an 850 band, but I cede your point. If there is no 850 network available to any phone for whatever reason, obviously the lack of 850 in a phone cannot explain poor RF insofar as that phone's RF is demonstrably worse than another phone.
 
Allow me to explain it a little better.

'They' is my service, T-Mobile. T-Mobile USA does not operate in the 850 MHz, but they have roaming agreements with several (smaller) companies that do.

When GSM phones roam, they perform a home network scan every so often (for my local T-Mobile it is once every 6 minutes) to see if they detect a home network. If they do, they switch back to the home network since it is the preferred network.

In an area (such as mine) that is saturated by T-Mobile's 1900 MHz network (with no apparent roaming agreement with Cingular) I stand little if any chance of being on a roaming network for any significant amount of time. I also keep my phones set up to display the network I am on. It allows me to know when I am on a home or roaming network. That typically only happens in rural areas off the interstates.

Tango Uniform
 
I have had Nokias, Qualcoms, Motorolas, and HTC. Of those the 4 Motorolas where not only the worst as far as reception but none of them lasted over 3 months. I take good care of my phones and don't abuse them but the Motorlas which were a T-720 and 4 V-180s were so bad that I will never buy that brand again. I gave them plenty of chances with that many of their phones. The problems ranged from the phone shutting off while talking and not coming back on for 5-10 min to garbled displays and lockups.

Keith
 
I think I will wait a few weeks and see if cingular picks up the W810i and give it a try. I think with the quadband SE it may do the trick for me. If I do not like it then I can always go to the SLVR. I do not think I can wait for the N80 to come out.

So which is more important the internal antenna or the quadband as far as reception is concerned. Sounds like both.
 
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