- 03-06-2010, 12:54 AM #16Super Moderator
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Re: AT&T Data Plan Question
Actually, every study shows that smartphones perform 30% worse than that of standard, non smartphones when it comes to coverage, call quality, and reception. The studies show the same consistency between all carriers.
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- 03-06-2010, 01:22 AM #17
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Actually, I'm glad you said that. I would be interested in reading these reviews. Despite what I am going to say, I seriously want to browse whatever information you can shoot my way because what you are saying diverges significantly from what I have found since April 2009 through today. I just came from several days of Cnet.com in-depth perusals with the intent of replacing the Samsung Eternity with what I had originally wanted for the past two years - even when it was only available overseas - the Nokia e71x. All the reviews from users, OEMs, resellers, professional reviewers (like CNET, Consumer Reports, the user forums, et al ad naseum) that I have encountered suggest the opposite of what you are saying.
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It may be more of a "popularity" issue. Smartphones stress the wireless networks which equals more dropped calls for everyone.
I'll give you this article, but that's not the one I got my information from originally. I'm trying to find the one that said users who use smartphones receive 30% more dropped calls.
Here's an article for now:
J.D. Power: Wireless call quality getting worse as smartphone use soars : Ben Patterson : Yahoo! Tech
I can also add that being a wireless professional myself, CNET in particular is often VERY wrong and says what the specific manufacturer wants them to say.
- 03-08-2010, 01:23 AM #19
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Thank you!
This is helpful, but the article suggests it is more of a bandwidth problem - more complex signals creating communication bottlenecks.
Yes, please, I would appreciate your original article should you find it!
Thank you very much!
CiaoLast edited by cellfringe; 03-11-2010 at 02:03 PM. Reason: reread article - have different interpretation than what was suggested to me
- 04-22-2010, 06:35 PM #20Newbie
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Thanks for the article! Hopefully one day the carriers will figure out how to actually run all these smart phones!
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