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GSM Cell Phone Reception Quality?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the can-you-hear-me-now dept.

A not-so-anonymous reader asks: "I am about to buy a new cell phone and my primary focus is on good reception quality, as I have bad network coverage at home. I made some tests using some phones I have access to and got a subjective rating of T610 < K500i < 6520 < V600i, where T610 means 'nearly no service' and V600i gives 'service even in the wine cellar'. Googling around did not give any useful hints. Has anyone compared the reception quality of current GSM phones via simple locations testing, or better yet with commercial GSM testing equipment?"

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  1. Standard Reply by LiquidCoooled · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    On slashdot, the standard reply should be....

    I gave up my cellphone because my mom found it easier to shout down to the basement to tell me dinner was ready.

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    liqbase :: faster than paper
  2. Good reception Cheat by Frogbert · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    If you want good reception just get a sheet of aluminum foil and hold it up next to the phone. It works.

    1. Re:Good reception Cheat by AequitasVeritas · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      you may also consider your alien mind-reader blocking hat as an external antenna, since i know all of us on /. wear them everywhere... just run a wire from the hat to the phone. or maybe there is a reason all my "friends" refust to hang out with me anymore...