Which Cell Phones Get The Best Reception? Here's The Truth!
Which Cell Phones Get The Best Reception? Here's The Truth!
David and David explain which cell phones get the best reception. These days, most new smartphones have similar capabilities. Although there are some minor differences in antennas, all of the top smartphones get roughly the same reception.
According to a 2018 PC Magazine study, the LG V40 got better reception than its competitors (but not by much): https://www.pcmag.com/news/the-lg-v40-has-the-best-cellular-reception-of-any-phone
A lot of the time, poor reception has more to do with your wireless carriers network than your phone’s antenna. A signal booster is a great way to fix consistently poor service.
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There is a huge difference between different types of phones and the antennas they use
Don’t fool people saying that phone hardware doesn’t matter
Absolutely Wrong! My Pixel 3 is horrible for reception where my Samsung work phone get good reception all on the same provider. Motorola used to have the best reputation and based on comments I wonder if that is not still true. My advice, if you are going to make a video giving people advise, you should know what you are talking about
Tip try having your carrier do a network refresh too. Or u can do on some phones finding reset network in settings. Can help update tower reception. Best to close all apps & turn off wifi. If doesn’t reconnect in 10 minutes try turning on wifi to finish reprogramming. Or try again with wifi connection. Make sure mobile data is turned on too.
I also completely disagree. I recently bought a new OnePlus 7t to replace my original Google Pixel. On a car trip, I tried to navigate with the new phone and could not get a data connection (Boston area, AT&T is my carrier). We’ve done the same trip using the Pixel with absolutely no problem. So when I got home, I checked the signal strength with the 7t. It was -120 dBm. I then moved the SIM card to the Pixel and repeated the test from the same place in the house. -90 dBm. I did this a few times and got similar results each time from each of the phones. If you do the math to convert dBm to power, the power of the signal received by the Pixel is almost a factor of 80 greater than the 7t, which is huge. If you do some googling, you find a lot of complaints about poor reception and dropped calls with the OnePlus phones. Antenna quality does vary among the phones and is an important determinant in how the phone performs when making calls and using cellular data.
Wrong. While cell service is important, the quality of the phone’s antenna is also very important. Antenna quality is especially important In rural areas or areas with spotty coverage.
Try a network refresh too & make sure u have done all updates & close all apps uve used to get best speeds.
Really helpful guys really helpful. I got no advice what so fuckin ever
Well guys I have to disagree with you. At my house with my LG V20, no signal. My wife with her Moto G5 has lots of signal. So the provider has nothing to do with it.
Bad advice? We have 3 phones and in rural GA. The LG V30 has GSMA and 0 to 1 bars BUT with WiFi calling, we get NO dropped calls. The GSMA on iPhone 6s gets 2 bars mostly, and also has WiFi calling (iOS 13.6). And, the Samsung S4 (old dependable) has CDMAV gets 2-3 bars (WiFi calling not available per Red Pocket). So, phones DO make a difference? Oh, forgot, the Samsung S4 WORKS w Android Auto (maps, but lacks some app features, due to Android 5.01). A 2013 Samsung s4 working with Android Auto in 2020 is crazy!
Yes, there are differences between phones. It’s not all about the provider you are using. This is easy to tell when you have two different phones and use them in the same exact location with the same SIM card. One gets better signal than the other. My Note 8 gets noticeably better signal and even sometimes any signal at all versus my S10 plus. Same SIM card, same exact location. Samsung is having issues because I hear the same thing about the s20 and the Note 10. And I’ve heard other people say the Note 8 gets better reception than any of those. Just Google around.
This is complete garbage, my Moto G7 reception is complete dogshit compared to my wifes Iphone SE20. Cellular or wifi they are a country mile apart.
not true some cheap phones cut corners with the antenna. other phones use more antennas thus giving a chance at better coverage. a nother thing is you need to look at a phone that’s compatable with all the frequencies your provider uses and that the phone you use has multiable antennas tuned properly for the frequencies. most of the time you will find that name brands like morotola lg and Samsung and so on are properly tuned and will connect to most if not all the frequencies. the best phones tho that are built to try and give yo uthe best connection do to needing it for streaming and gaming are that gaming phones. they tend to be the most expensive but the price tends to be worth it. only trouble is they can be expensive and get hot even tho they are liquid cooled. I my self like the black shark brand
You are incorrect. Cell boosters did not work and different carriers did not work. It is the phone
Good advice guys. Can you do a video on iPhone Compass, how to use it, what apps suit it, or any other thoughts you have about Compass.
My VERIZON Blackberry phones have ALWAYS gotten the best service reception. When everyone else’s is not working, mine was! Now I have an iPhone…..😩😢😖😕😫
Great videos guys. One thing I have always wondered. Maybe you would have some incite on this. You mentioned you live in the mountains. My wife is from Peru, we go once or twice a year. It doesn’t matter if I am in the middle of the Jungle or a top of the Andes I always have service. Good enough I can FaceTime family and friends while traveling. Peru has less towers and is about the size of Texas. I am from the Maryland area and find dead spots all the time using Verizon.
totally not informative… which phone has better reception? answer: doesn’t matter, it depends on the network… that doesn’t answer the question, does it???
I am a Samsung fan and one time I have to use an LG device and I did see a difference on the data speed it faster than my samsung phone and I was using the lates smartphone from each company. My sister had always use an IPhone and believe it or not IPhone has the worst reception 😒 and we have the same company same account same data.
Used an iPhone 11 pro, that Intel chip makes for bad indoor reception. Got an LG G8 and this has better reception than Galaxy s10 that I was using after iPhone. In my experience, kind of phone you have can make a huge difference.
I work in a cell phone store & have gotten a number of customers saying they get worse signal with a new phone than their old phone? How would you explain that?
if you have to use cheap phones AVOID Samsung A10/A10s at all cost.. you have been warned
This is absolute nonsense. I took three different phones using the same carrier, installed the network cell info app on all of them, and tested the reception at my house. All of them were significantly different from each other, with the difference between the best and worst being almost 15dBm. To put that in perspective in a couple of different ways, 1)15dB higher is almost 40 times the signal power, and 2)15dB is enough to be the difference between 2 bars of signal and "no service". In other words, the phone itself can contribute almost as much to reception issues as the tower coverage.
More advice designed to shut us up.
First, your video did not answer the question properly. Because when asking which cell phone has best reception, it means that the comparison test must be done in the same conditions (same carrier, same location, same timing and so on) and then the testing result shows which phone has best reception.
Second, using the same antenna and chip set will get similar reception is a significant misleading and incorrect conclusion. Because the reception is the final result of a phone design and manufacture. To use the same antenna and the same chip set do not mean it can provide the same reception, because a cell phone configuration and circuit design take a significant roll and effect the final result of reception. In accordance with Lab test, using the same antenna and the same chip set, but configuration and circuit are different, the reception can be effected significantly.
Finally, that is why PC magazine does the test comparison, not dependent upon part/parts. If I am not right, please let me know.
Thanks
This makes no sense. Are you selling boosters! My wives phone gets great coverage older iphone.
I have lousy coverage lg g7 thin q
Same provider
I believe you guys are talking about coverage area. I have found a huge difference if phones though which is what your listeners are interested in. For example, my old s7 receives all my missed messages on the way home from the lake a few kilometres before my wife’s new s20 plus receives messages. For a listener like myself, this is important, for when you are working in the bush with no signal and need to get a message out, a few km difference is a big difference when your on a snowmobile of atv.
My Samsung J3 2016 gets so much better signal than my Samsung S8. I could be in my basement with the J3 and still connect to the internet while I must get ontop of my ROOF in order to connect to the internet with me S8! Crazy difference in signal between the two phones all on the same network
Bull
You guys are just spewing Bull.
Have you done real world testing or just regurgitating some bull you found.
My wife and I are on the same provider and her Motorola kicks. I have and LG and dogs out in a lot of marginal areas.
IPhones get the worst reception, do the research
MIMO makes a difference 4 is better than 2
They state the phone is not the main factor but the service provider…. literally in the first few seconds….. so why they clickbait title? And then they try to upsell signal boosters…..
when you are just at the edge of service, it DOES make a HUGE difference on the antenna placement AND size of antenna in the phone. I had an lg stylo 4 that would get service at home but the stylo 5 placed the stupid antenna at the bottom of the phone and the horrid placement makes it only get service in a window upside down. I get service with my moto z2 force and lg k30 but the moto g7 play gets no service either at my home. what a waste of a video….
Dude my samsung is no match on oppo, i’m a seaferer when we’re far away from land my samsung phone is no match on oppo
Ok Great Advise, but I was wondering? I live in apartment & my cell Phone reception is BAD! Is there any way I can optimize better reception? I have Verizon carrier & there Cell Phone coverage is Great here, but in my apartment, It stinks? Any Advise on someone with a budget??
What is your opinion about Sonim phones? I am an oilfield worker.
I was in the US Virgin Islands when a Cat 5 Hurricane "Maria" decimated the island of St Croix. My iPhone would barely get a signal from the closest cell tower but my Wife’s Samsung S8 got a strong signal. This video is a not accurate. Sorry guys but do some controled test before making a video.
The guy even brags out and says it is good advice!!! Really? I don’t think so.
Absolutley bad advice. It absolutely matters which phone you use.
I CAN TELL THE DIFFERENCE I BUY LOTS OF PHONES THE Asus Zenfone v has perfect even on low bars ok
Yes and no. I wish more reviews would actually compare reception which is the most important factor in a phone. All compare features and none compsre reception. You guys failed on this. Yes, hardware is the ssme. But software is not and this affects the wuality of signaling and handshaking between phone and tower. I have a two year plus old LG Stylo 4 that can make calls all day on any carrier. My brand new LG G8 cannot. Calls die out. One side audio drops out. Sometimes it takes 5 attempts to make a call while Stylo sails through. Same locations, same RSSI on both phones, same channels. Swapping SIM, etc. Problem stayed with the phone. Obviously chipsets are different in this case. Maybe I have a defective phone? Who knows. It is beautiful as a camera. Having to return it. At least I am glad to find out LG v40 might be a better option.
I disagree completly. I say this because me and my whole family have the same provider but my gf’s p30 pro has much more signal more often then my lg g7 thinq. Also i have compared with few other phones and in different locations too. I don’t know where you guys get your info from but it does differ a lot from phone to phone. I was just trying to figgure out why and how to choose a better phone for that.
UpPhones is trash, completely useless!
Actually broo I buyed recently samsung m30s it’s so bad in signal it wont even show signal sometimes surfing google page is so hard but I’m having my old vivo y53 phone it shows full signal coverage
Aren’t you hot in those hoodies
They even seem to believe what they say. I’m an electrical engineer with 20 years experience and worked years in the telecommunications sector…
Have to take exception here! My LG would not even dial out; in the exact same spot my S7 Edge worked fine. Cople years earlier my Motorola worked flawlessly while my wife’s Samsung had spotty service.
This video is completely off the topic. Of course your carrier matters the most but there’s a big difference on the reception of different phones with the came carrier. Different antennas support different wavelenghts and all might not cover 3g or 4g in the frequency that your carrier has in your neighbourhood or in your cottage for example. That might literally mean the difference of having a good 4g connection or bad 3g connection. There’s is also a difference between antenna strenght even if a certain frequency is supported. A good antenna is one of the most important features of a phone as connectivity is one of the most important features if not the most important feature of a phone.
I was using an iPhone 6 and all I could get was poor 3G. Very poor. A lady beside me was using her BLU phone to watch Netflix while I couldn’t even open Google! So don’t tell me there is not much difference. Okay I know time to upgrade.
A pair of completely clueless wankers giving bad advice on cell phone reception. That’s what the title of this video ought to be!