A question on reception and signal. Through a couple of handset exchanges, I was not able to resolve a basic issue on 1x voice calling. At first, it looked like the phone simply had horrible 1x reception. However, what really emerges to be the case is that it's incredibly sensitive to how you hold the phone. Grasp most phones tightly and it won't affect the signal much. Grasp the Droid tightly, and, unless you're holding the top end of the phone and leaving the bottom (antenna) end absolutely clear, your signal will drop quickly by 10 to as much as 20dbm. I've had to relearn how I hold the phone and frankly, I don't feel as secure with the new way because I feel prone to dropping it. I only put it up with it because the Droid is so much more suitable for me than the Blackberry Storm 2 on IMAP email synchronization, keyboard and online search. I chalk it up to the Droid's heavy use of metal in the phone which I think is creating kind of a Faraday cage effect around the antenna.
Are you finding that customers are having wildly varying experiences on voice call reception? I think it really could be due to different ways in which people are holding their phones as they talk. And also, how are you finding the Droid stacks up compared to other phones on reception and signal?
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