Recent content by Tony Loudpedal

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    S9+ poor phone reception - worse than S7

    Hi Samsung have issued me a refund not a replacement phone, they also gave me credit for the reduction in trade in ££ between what they gave pre-launch and now as it's gone down. I actually have decided NOT to get an S9 until this call dropping issue is resolved. It's a serious liability...
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    S9+ poor phone reception - worse than S7

    Ok hello again everyone. I posted the original item about dropping calls on the S9+ and after just over 2 weeks of use and fault finding with Samsung the result is that my phone IS BEING RETURNED AS FAULTY. Just to be clear - this is nothing to do with poor signal strength or whether this S9...
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    S9+ poor phone reception - worse than S7

    Ok so I measured the actual signal. Its very similar between both phones. See attached images. HOWEVER the fact remains that the S9 is dropping the calls frequently making it hopeless.
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    S9+ poor phone reception - worse than S7

    Its an unlocked phone from Samsung using the same SIM that was in my S7 on Vodafone. Its not the SIM that's the problem - the only change is the physical phone. I can put the SIM back in my S7 and it gets better reception.
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    S9+ poor phone reception - worse than S7

    I've had my S9+ a few days now and the phone reception is noticeably worse than my previous S7. I took my SIM from my S7 and put it into the S9+ Immediately the very first call I took the call dropped after a few minutes. This has continued ever since. I have weak phone reception where...