Has anybody noticed that they get better indoor and/or building penetration reception with their Tmobile Galaxy S4 than with a prior Tmobile phone?
I can't speak for other T-Mobile phones, but I've been very happy with my indoor coverage. I switched to T-Mobile from Verizon for this phone, and was very worried about this coming in. No longer.
I live in Kansas City and get lte service. I rarely get all bars but in my house I usually get two bars. And at work I get 3 out of 4 bars. So I'd say I'm happy with the reception of this phone.
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I live in an are that is going to be LTE sometime in June but not yet. I am tempted to say that it is phone in this case. I had an HTC Sensetion and the One S with same company T-Mobile and I always had a hard time indoor, the I switched to the Galaxy S3 and the coverage changed for the better and now I have the S4 and for me is even better. I imagine with LTE it will be even better.Are you one of the lucky ones and live in one of Tmobile's LTE market, or are you getting HSPA+? The reason why I am asking is that I've heard that LTE gets much better building penetration than HSPA+, and I am a bit surprised that you have no complaints since Verizon is well known for having outstanding indoor coverage and Tmobile no so great. I wonder if the S4 is the reason why you get such good indoor coverage, or if maybe you have LTE. I can't get Tmoible coverage with my Nexus 4 inside my condo (or just barely get spotty Edge if I stand next to the window), but once I step outside I get 4 bars HSPA+ all throughout the city, until I go indoors somewhere, then I lose my signal or get Edge if I'm lucky. I wondering if my N4 has a poor antenna, or if Tmobile just doesn't have good building penetration. I'd be interested in the GS4 if I could get it with Tmobile and get good data speeds at my home.
I am tempted to say that it is phone in this case.
I have had a number of phones with Tmobile in my house and the S4 is on the top of that list for reception, besides a Nokia I used a while back
Are you one of the lucky ones and live in one of Tmobile's LTE market, or are you getting HSPA+? The reason why I am asking is that I've heard that LTE gets much better building penetration than HSPA+, and I am a bit surprised that you have no complaints since Verizon is well known for having outstanding indoor coverage and Tmobile no so great. I wonder if the S4 is the reason why you get such good indoor coverage, or if maybe you have LTE. I can't get Tmoible coverage with my Nexus 4 inside my condo (or just barely get spotty Edge if I stand next to the window), but once I step outside I get 4 bars HSPA+ all throughout the city, until I go indoors somewhere, then I lose my signal or get Edge if I'm lucky. I wondering if my N4 has a poor antenna, or if Tmobile just doesn't have good building penetration. I'd be interested in the GS4 if I could get it with Tmobile and get good data speeds at my home.
I heard that the reason Verizon's LTE is so good indoors is becuase of the frequency. VZW's LTE operates on the 700Mhz band. From my understanding, the lower the MHz the farther the signal travels and the penetration through solid objects, such as walls is much better.
On the subject, I have both the HTC One and S4. Both phones perform better inside than my prevoius phones inlcuding the N4. I think it's a combination of being newer improved phones and Tmobile's improved netowok. I get better signals in places were I didn't before.