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Cellular Phone Forum / Providers / T-Mobile / January 2005New phone or change service?
Friends, I currently use a T610 on Tmobile. Generally I get good reception, however in my home I cannot get service most of the time (occasionally I can get "one bar"). I've heard that the t610 is not the best for RF and I wonder if a different phone would make much difference? I'm debating between staying with Tmobile and trying a new phone, Vs switching to Verizon (my girlfriend has Verizon and gets a strong signal in the house). TIA for you opinions. >Friends, >I currently use a T610 on Tmobile. Generally I get good reception, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >Verizon (my girlfriend has Verizon and gets a strong signal in the >house). TIA for you opinions. This issue breeds wide-ranging discussions, and there are some people who obviously prefer Sony Ericsson equipment, for whatever reason. However, I and many others would be willing to bet strongly that your reception and happiness with the service would improve greatly by dumping that phone and going with a Nokia or another maker that has better RF characteristics. I compared SE T616, Nokia 3650, and Nokia 6200 when I tried AT&T GSM last year. Although the SE T616 showed lower signal strength than the Nokias, it actually was better for making and holding calls in my house. I think the reason that some people say the SE products get less reception is that the signal strength meter is calibrated differently (less optimistic). Based on that, you may just be in a poor signal area for T-mobile, and if that's the case, switching phones will not help. I ended up dropping AT&T due to the poor customer service, and ended up getting GAIT phones through Cingular (a S-E T62u for me, and a Nokia 6340i for my wife) and had great reception after that. (Incidentally, I like my T62u better than her 6340i) The reason your girlfriend gets better reception in your house is probably due to her phone being TDMA rather than a GSM phone. How is her reception at the other places you go? By changing carriers, you may just be switching one dead zone for another different dead zone. JPH > Friends, > I currently use a T610 on Tmobile. Generally I get good reception, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Verizon (my girlfriend has Verizon and gets a strong signal in the > house). TIA for you opinions. >The reason your girlfriend gets better reception in your house is >probably due to her phone being TDMA rather than a GSM phone. How is her >reception at the other places you go? By changing carriers, you may just >be switching one dead zone for another different dead zone. Verizon is *not* TDMA it is CDMA and the technology used has little to do with how well she can receive or make calls. It's more to do with which phone is used and the location of the house more than anything. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - On Mon, 13 Dec 2004 23:03:19 -0600, J Haggerty <jphagcanbereached@cox.net> said in alt.cellular.gsm.carriers.voicestream: >> I'm debating >> between staying with Tmobile and trying a new phone, Vs switching to >> Verizon (my girlfriend has Verizon and gets a strong signal in the >> house). >The reason your girlfriend gets better reception in your house is >probably due to her phone being TDMA rather than a GSM phone. If it's Verizon it's CDMA, not TDMA, and that has nothing to do with signal strength. >By changing carriers, you may just be switching one dead zone for another different dead zone. Very true. BTW, the Samsung R225m seems to be the best TMO phone for weak signal reception. --- CellPhonesEtc at optonline dot net > BTW, the Samsung R225m seems to be the best TMO phone for weak signal > reception. Can you speak specifically to how much difference the phone makes? Clearly, my home is in an area that is poorly covered by Tmobile. I can step outside the house and still not get a signal so the problem is not caused by shielding. However, since I can consistently get a weak "one bar" signal in a room upstairs would having a phone with better RF characteristics likely make a significant difference? Might I get a "two bar" signal? Would the area within which I can get signal expand somewhat? Obviously, I'm not asking for a definitive answer, just what is likely based on how the technology works. The bottom line is I don't want to renew my contract to get a new phone and discover that there's no improvement. I'd rather just change services since I know that Verizon will work in my home. Yes, I may be trading one dead zone for another, but I will care less about dead zones that are not in my home. I don't think phone make much diffirence. > Friends, > I currently use a T610 on Tmobile. Generally I get good reception, [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Verizon (my girlfriend has Verizon and gets a strong signal in the house). > TIA for you opinions. > I don't think phone make much diffirence. >> Friends, [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> new phone, Vs switching to Verizon (my girlfriend has Verizon and >> gets a strong signal in the house). TIA for you opinions. I think phones do make a difference. One of my coworkers had this really ugly-a.s cell phone that got the best reception inside our office compared to other cell phones on the same service. He'd have full bars on his phone while his girlfriend had maybe 1 or 2 bars in the same location. I also noticed that different cell phone, like my old Samsung N105, have better clarity than others no matter what the signal strength. While my brothers new Samsung E105 can't compete clarity-wise with my old N105, it is still a hell of a lot better than what I've got on my Motorola V66. I cried the day my Samsung N105 went in the garbage because it was the best cell phone I ever owned. In response to the OP's question even though I am a firm supporter of T- Mobile I have used Verizons service and if that is working better in your house you should go with it. Service quality in your own home comes first: Let's just say I was suckered into Sprint when they knew I couldn't use their service at all anywhere in my own town or neighboring ones. When I finally cancelled after 6 or so months I was told, by an honest CSR this time, that it should never have been activated to begin with. Unfortunately I wasn't offered any compensation and could care less if Sprint ever goes into the toilet. In my opinion T-Mobile is in first place, with verizon in second, and cingular in third for my choice in cell provider. |
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