Cell reception.

[RapidTurtle]

Hello all, I am due for an upgrade and would love to try a pixel phone. I've read all the reviews, and know about the processor and such. The one thing that I don't see a lot about is signal strength. I've read that pixels use a Samsung modem (ironic) and Samsungs is a Qualcomm modem. Does anyone here have any experience with weak cell service on the pixels? My job is in an area, where all 3 major carriers, don't have the strongest signal, so I'm a bit nervous about it. I would go with a 26 ultra for my other option. Thanks for any advice.

 

[notforhire]

out of curiosity, what is your current phone and carrier? how has that device performed in the area of your job?

 

[RapidTurtle]

I have a s23 ultra. Used to get great 4g lte, but when they switched to 5G, it drops and slows a bit. Not all the time, but enough to be annoying. Now at&t evidently blocks the setting on the phone, that lets it switch to 4g only. I have no idea why, but they do.

 

[mustang7757]

If your in an area where all 3 carriers don't get a good reception any phone going to suffer but I would go Samsung , now pixel 10pro xl on T-Mobile is better than all pixels I had in past but I live where I get excellent coverage

 

[YankInDaSouth]

The 9 & 10 series have been the best Pixels I've used as far as reception goes. I work in a pretty rural county and quite often find my Pixel 10 Pro on T-Mobile has better signal than my work iPhone on Verizon.

 

[cohoman]

I had the same concerns when switching from my Samsung S23 to a Pixel 10 Pro. I use AT&T as my carrier and I live in the Seattle Washington State area. Fortunately, I was able to test out my new Pixel phone on a 1 week road trip down the California coast and over to Las Vegas Nevada. I visited several national parks on that trip (which had expected spotty cell coverage) and tested the cellular coverage extensively while on the various highways searching for gas stations, streaming music, using Google Maps. I concluded after my trip that my new Pixel phone operated similarly to my Samsung S23. So, I had no loss of capability or function switching to the Pixel 10.