While I agree that GSM (in particular) and other digital systems in cell phones are in the adequate to excellent range, so far as voice goes, and excel way past analog in terms of transmission of digital data, it is not going to be able to compare to the voice quality of an analog signal (within a reasonable range of the cell tower). If you liked your GSM phone over an analog phone, then you were either in an area with a very poor signal, or you were using a very poor quality phone. Of course I always prefered the fuzz in the background of analog to the chirps and cuts of digital when you just can't get a good signal, so my standard may be different! (I still prefer vinyl to CDs any day of the week)
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While I agree that GSM (in particular) and other digital systems in cell phones are in the adequate to excellent range, so far as voice goes, and excel way past analog in terms of transmission of digital data, it is not going to be able to compare to the voice quality of an analog signal (within a reasonable range of the cell tower). If you liked your GSM phone over an analog phone, then you were either in an area with a very poor signal, or you were using a very poor quality phone. Of course I always prefered the fuzz in the background of analog to the chirps and cuts of digital when you just can't get a good signal, so my standard may be different! (I still prefer vinyl to CDs any day of the week)
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