i love my galaxy s3 but it drops more calls than any other phone i've ever had!

[bunnypoo]

every time i turn the corner in my car, my call gets dropped. or go under a freeway overpass. geez!!!

 

[sean76]

Yea I'm gettin that in various spots that I've never dropped calls before.

There's only one place in Bklyn NY that I would drop a call, while going past the Bkkyn Bridge. Other then that, hardly ever!
Now I drop calls pretty much everyday.

Big Thumbs up to Samsung and they're weak garbage radios.

 

[TopherG]

Same here. Drop after drop and really shitty in call quality. Everyone I talk to sounds robotic intermittently. So annoying! My phone can't be used as a phone!

 

[snilloconator]

Just curious, what networks are you on?

 

[TopherG]

Vzw for me

 

[Easilyamused]

Defective phone or bad network? I've never dropped one yet.

 

[newtoandroid99]

I have it on AT&T and it works great, i drop a call every now and then. But my wifes iphone 4s drops calls in the same spots so i know it's not the phone, just at&t's crappy network. You have the latest firmware right?

 

[giper54]

every time i turn the corner in my car, my call gets dropped. or go under a freeway overpass. geez!!!

Where are you located? Do you have Verizon LTE where you are dropping calls?

 

[rapidsandroid]

Verizon here & absolutely no drop calls. calls are great, but the sound is a little lower than what I prefer in speaker mode.

 

[1up5dn]

I'm thinking it's your network location or a bum antenna on yours. My S3 has been equally good if not better than any of my previous (Motorola) smartphones. Never dropped a call yet. I thought I did one time, but it was the guy on the other end accidentally hanging up.

Maybe request a new SIM card as a first step.

 

[Power2g]

Same here drop calls more than I like. Never had that issue with HTC. Anytime the phone switches from 4G to 3G the call drops. VZW is investigating.

 

[SUroot]

I dropped one call ever on the S3. When I looked at the phone it transpired that it had actually rebooted... Due to ME undervolting a CPU frequency too much.

I certainly wouldn't call the radio "Garbage". Its as good if not better than my desire.

 

[carlsjr]

i just got my SIII that replaced my SI and the amount of dropped calls is ridiculous. my commute is 35 miles pretty much a straight shot and my SI never dropped a call. Today my new SIII droped my phone call to my wife 5 times. the signal would drop to no bars and i would get a circle with a line through it saying no signal. im thinking it has to do with 4G, my old phone was 3g and edge. my carrier is tmobile.

 

[racefan25]

My SIII had no signal or no service more times that not any more. My HTC bolt never has a no service in 2 years of use and I get it about 5 times a day with my S III. Standing in one place I will have no service when I try to make a call then 3 bars and back to no service with out even moving in any direction. Phone worked great the first few weeks in my house now I have no service or 1 bar at best now and takes forever to get a phone call to go out. Takes maybe 3 minutes to get it to dial the numbers sometimes at the house now. Really dissapointed in the cell service with verizon and this phone.

 

[AntimonyER]

My coworked finally had to get rid of his S3 and switch to the RAZR MAXX because of the unacceptable level of dropped calls. Now he never drops them. I personally think it was a phone problem, based on the fact that my Galaxy Nexus never drops a call in the same general areas...

 

[Sandroidfan]

I guess it could be bad phone or SIM. I have dozen of friends with GS3 (both at&t, verizon) around me and none of them is having call issues like this thread.
But I agree that Moto is safer bet on call quality than any makers. I got Razr HD mainly for 4G battery life and screen looking like Gnex, not the call quality reason. I didn't have any serious call issues with Gnex on verizon, but I can see why Moto is getting high remarks on that.