RobR wrote:

> The V551 has absolutely horrible RF, so if you live in
> low signal areas, I'd avoid it. Otherwise it's a nice phone.
> We swapped my wife's for a RAZR because of the poor
> coverage at our house.

On the other hand, my home is in an area noted for poor RF with all
carriers. I had bad reception with a TDMA Panasonic Duramax (which has had
exceptional reception elsewhere). In order to switch to a national plan at
a reasonable rate, I got a V180, which gave me a little better reception at
home, but not much. Later, I upgraded to a V551 -- a notable improvement
on home reception. I have seen NG threads indicating that there was one
(possibly several) run(s) of V551s that was quite poor. The concensus
seems to be that most (including mine) have very good reception.

Bill K


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