Antenna - How strong is it?

[buzzardjrt]

the problem i have with most phones, including my current Pre, is the antenna is not even considered remotely decent. i have no service where a friend next to me using the same phone company will get service. i had to take back the EVO for the same reason, just bad reception. i use my phone for work and go through between 4k and 5k a month easily so reception is a major deal.

so how is it? can you make phone calls, say, in the back or middle of Wal-Mart for example.

 

[kinster02]

Its depends on where you live...I have never any reception problems with any of my Sprint phones including my Evo.

 

[buzzardjrt]

i live in DFW, a strong Sprint network. and i understand the part about depending on where you live but as i described i can have someone next to me using the sprint network and theirs will work fine.

i just hate spending this much money to only be in the same ballpark and i really hate returning phones.

 

[drizek]

I seem to get more bars on my pre than my epic, although the epic never seems to drop signal and the 3G is relatively fast.

I expected it to do a lot better than the pre though, so I'm not sure if there is something wrong with mine or if all of them are like this.

Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk

 

[liquidxit2]

I never had reception issues with my past few smartphones (pre, moment, and epic). Before that I had issues with my PPC6700 and 6800, but those phones were nightmares.

 

[Rockblast]

I am having severe reception issues. I think my Epic is a dud and i'm looking into returning it right now.

In my house:
Pre - Full bars.
Friend's EVO - Full bars.
Epic - blue "No" symbol, or 1 bar on roaming!!! Roaming?!?? wtf.

Sometimes i'll manage to get 1 bar on 3g. Called CS and they had me wipe everything, didn't work. Took it to a physical Sprint store and all they did was call CS who made them do the same thing.


Update: Returning my Epic, getting a new one in the mail - I clearly have a dud b/c I'm not even getting signal inside a sprint store where their demo model has 5 bars. Let you all know if it was a one-off or if i have some undiscovered lead in my body causing the signal loss

 

[AndroidOne]

I have excellent reception with the Epic and also the Evo for that matter, even inside the hospital where I work including the elevators and radiology departments where there is shielding (the signal there is lower but no dropped calls or missed messages).

I guess the only way to answer your question is, get the phone and try it out for yourself, if it doesn't work out you can return it within 30-days, no loss. I guess you had a defective copy of the Evo on your first run around. Good luck.

 

[Ricolando]

Sprint reception has always been mediocre inside my house with my Blackberry Tour, and now my Epic. I was hoping for a difference, but it's just one of those areas. In any case it's comparable to my Tour so not bad IMHO.