Recent content by Valley Steve

Another report. My old Motorola Droid 2 consistently pulled about a 10 db better signal than my sister's new GS3. I told her to check with Verizon to see if she has a defective phone. I hope it is an anomaly and not just bad receivers in general, there are so many things I like about the GS3...

Another data point. I went to the local Verizon store with my Droid 2 and asked if a sales person owned a S3 so we could compare signal strength. Both the GS3 and my Droid were at 75 db. Obviously this is a pretty strong signal. But both were receiving it at the same level. What I am not sure is...

Very interesting comment. I understand about the bars, but what about the db signal strength. I would be very interested if you have the time to give us the db reading from the same location for the S3 and the Maxx. My Droid 2 with a signal in the low 90s does not drop calls. So either I get a...

I currently have a Droid 2 and get -90dbm from my house. I really like a lot of the features of the GS3, but am concerned if reception is worse I will have dropped calls and will be unable to benefit from 4G. Does anyone have a Droid 2 that they could compare with a GS3 and give me their db...