The higher the MHz, the better the LTE?
The higher the MHz, the better the LTE?
I currently have a EVO 4G LTE, and it has an FM Radio tuner, which can be useful sometimes. Does the One have an FM Tuner? I didn't see it listed in the specs.
So, for those who have it already, how does the CELL RECEPTION (to make phone calls) compare to your previous phones?? I don't care about Wifi or 3g/4g...i am only asking about cell reception for phone calls.
I have been looking at the review videos and there are a few AT&T ones out there that make me wonder.
Obviously the reviewers are indoors and several that have been reviewing with a SIM in the phone seemed to have a low signal going by the bars on the phone in LTE mode.
What I was trying to observe is:
- Position of the phone in the reviews hand
- If the phone changed positions in the hand, like portrait to landscape, upside down and so forth had any effect on the signal level.
Basically... looking for "antennagate" symptoms on the One.
I did not see any and the signal levels may all seemed low on LTE but were useable.
The few that were using the overseas model in the states on HSPA seemed to have higher signal levels which I found interesting.
This of course was not a scientific study by any means, just casual observation.
Remember that there is no common standard for the number of bars at a given signal level. So in general you can't compare bars between different phones, not always between different firmware on the same phone. Whether it can maintain a connection or a call is the real test.
I've not noticed much said about LTE reception in reviews, but in the Anandtech review Brian said he was unable to produce a "death grip" effect with cellular reception.
The antenna's are both sealed with that plastic covering, shouldn't that prevent any issues because you don't actually have contact with the antenna or any metal touching the antenna?
At our corporate shops here, they'll run a test they call "an RF box text" - I had a new HTC once with flaky performance compared to my older one. Had the test done, it failed, they replaced it right smartly for me, end of issues.
When you say that your "corporate shops" do you mean the carrier corporate shops or in your case the Sprint corp store?
If so that is surprising to me... RF test boxes can be expensive depending on
the tests they are configured to perform.
I have never seen them outside of a lab or trade show.
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