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Why your new £600 smartphone is probably not as good as your phone from a decade ago
Daily Telegraph ^ | 2nd December 2015 | Christopher Williams

Posted on 12/03/2015 10:06:14 AM PST by the scotsman

'Ever suspected that your £600, top-of-the-range smartphone is not as good for basic communications as the mobile you used a decade ago? Now there is official confirmation you are probably right.

A study commissioned by the industry regulator Ofcom has found that for all the technology packed into flagship devices by Apple, Samsung and others, a handset costing a fraction of the price typically provides better signal performance for voice calls and texts.

The research, conducted in controlled lab conditions on a selection of popular smartphones and non-smart phones currently on the market, found that on a 2G network the cheaper handsets were much better at picking up weak signals. Some smartphones require a minimum signal 10 times stronger than the best non-smart phone before they can make or receive a call, according to Ofcom’s research.'

(Excerpt) Read more at uk.finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: cellphones; smartphones
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To: MeshugeMikey

Don’t, I saw a guest on CNBC that owns a lot of cell towers in NY city and they ask him why todays phones experience dropped calls so much in the city. His explanation: smart phones primary purpose now is texting, surfing, running apps, all priority over talking. The circuitry and antenna primary purpose is no longer voice transmission and reception.


21 posted on 12/03/2015 11:00:59 AM PST by biff
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To: One_American

Sorry for the double post.


22 posted on 12/03/2015 11:01:08 AM PST by One_American
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To: SamAdams76
You mean I can make phone calls with my iPhone?

I don't believe it. We're years away from being able to transmit the spoken word over the airwaves. Who are these people kidding?

23 posted on 12/03/2015 11:03:21 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: equaviator

I wish I’d kept my old Razr, it was a very good phone.


24 posted on 12/03/2015 11:07:53 AM PST by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: the scotsman

In my day, cell phones came in a baaggg!!! And that's they way we liked it!!!

25 posted on 12/03/2015 11:40:08 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: SamAdams76

Tell me the name of the app when you find it!


26 posted on 12/03/2015 12:01:05 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: the scotsman

My first cell phone call was from the Daytona Beach jail. Little did I know cell phone calling would be the rage 50 years later...


27 posted on 12/03/2015 12:08:26 PM PST by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Talisker

I really LOL’ed there thanks!


28 posted on 12/03/2015 12:16:02 PM PST by FourtySeven (47)
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To: the scotsman

Knew it!!!!! Just bought a used Samsung M400 and happier than heck with it. /sarc


29 posted on 12/03/2015 1:57:22 PM PST by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: biff

I noted back ten years ago that when school let out....for the day ..that connections for voice were much harder to come by..and assumed that the “students” were getting priority for their text messages.

Its nice to see some verification of my suspicions


30 posted on 12/03/2015 2:55:01 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: SeeSharp

I never get one bar...from inside my own home...nothing.

Thank you.


31 posted on 12/03/2015 2:56:11 PM PST by MeshugeMikey ("Never, Never, Never, Give Up," Winston Churchill ><> GO CRUZ!!!!)
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To: mrsmith

Naughty, naughty, lol.


32 posted on 12/03/2015 6:57:11 PM PST by the scotsman
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