best smart phone reception

Iphones have poor reception.

Have a look at samsung Galaxy ace plus (blue tick)

Iphone 4 are about 18mths old and I doubt if you would find one.....Iphone 5 is the current version and it does have a WiFi hotspot.

Out of all the phones we have had over the years the Iphone are by far the most reliable.

We and all our service guys in our business uses Iphones, we cover all of SA and country Victoria and NSW and there are a few spots where they don't work....... before the Iphones we used blue tick Nokia's in car kit....... we haven't noticed much difference in the range since using Iphones on Telstra's nextG network.

We use satellite phones for all other areas.

Samsung Galaxy Note 2, A very nice phone.

Another vote for the Motorola Defy, absolute best reception I've seen on a smart phone. The screen is a bit smaller than most now.

Hi. Sitting next to lake Pamamaroo at Menindee on my iPhone 4 and have 4/5 bar reception. Wife has iPhone 4S and has 5/5 reception. Guy in the next camp has Samsung galaxy and has 2/5 bars. Not scientific but a practical demonstration of reception in this area. Maybe Samsung sell all the good bits to iPhone instead of keeping them for themselves. Lol;)
Graeme. Never going home!

I have just spent hours googling this exact subject. It seems that Motorola has the best reception, then Samsung as well as Nokia. HTC and Iphones were the worst.

None are as good as the old phone's or have ports for external aerials.

I was looking at the Galaxy plus because of the blue tick, Thanks to GUjim for his feedback.

Iphone and the Smooth Talker Cradle wins hands down. I have used this 130km offshore with my external antenna. It works as well as a Telstra phone with an antenna.

https://www.smoothtalker.com/products/cell-phone-charging-holders-and-cradles/apple-iphone-5/

I have tried all sorts of phones and the above is my choice now, the Iphone still wins over Android at this point imo.

Nick

Go to the Kondinin Group web site and look there.
This is a farmer self help group who commission research for benefit of farmers. They have been doing annual (?) trials at the same location (near Hay NSW?) of various phones for several years.
It's the only published quantitaive research I know of regarding best reception, much better than the Brand A v B cpomments we are individually limited to.

I recently swapped over from iPhone 4S to HTC one XL blue tick phone as the iPhone was very poor on my last trip outback. Travel companion had the HTC and had signal at least 10km before me.

So far hot spot and mapping works very well for me.

Regards

Derek from ABR

G'day nick,
the utmost is Samsung galaxy 4G!! upload "portable wi-fi hotspot", then go to settings - more - tethering and portable hotspots - then tick "portable wi-fi hotspot" your phone is then a wireless modem, using your phone's data - no need for home phone modem, external modem or any other modem! Best coverage Aus. wide, if you are next to your mate with better reception means momentariel you may be closer to his carriers tower now - not long term- Telstra has always the best coverage (don't you hate it!) they have the best coverage! (this app. may even work on other 'phone types. hoo roo, dingo

Hi Nickb

This reply might be a little late but maybe of interest to you and others depending on where you want reception. I can post links and info if anyone is interested.

The Samsung Galaxy (and other phones, but not all) have an "unpublished" external antenna connection behind the back plate and a guy in QLD has an external antenna adaptor for this and other phones (note here - DO NOT try and use the wrong connector or one that "looks similar" - there are many varieties and damage of the phone can result such that the internal antenna will no longer work). I have a Galaxy and bought a replacement backplate on eBay so I could put a hole in it and make the connector available.

Then there are a couple of other options myself and a colleague have also used to improve reception for phones or internet devices when travelling around WA on business but same applies to recreational travel (but as stated Telstra is best coverage with the most towers available).

1. For "on the road" access my colleague bought a 1.8m Omni WiFi antenna and mounted it on his car using that to connect to his phone or Internet equipment while out and about and generally always had reception of some sort unless very remote.

2. For when stationary, I carry a multi band mobile Yagi antenna and some kind of extendable pole I can bolt the antenna to and tie it up to the side of the van or car or whatever - again to run the phone or Internet devices. Like a satellite dish, but less fussy, you need to rotate it around a bit until you find a best signal but can improve your reception hugely when out - and if you use your phone as a hot spot you have everything in one device - phone and internet. Space wise, there is not much to deal with as compared to satellite TV.

Ken

Telstra 4g Frontier smart phone is a blue tick and has an external aerial port. Has wifi hotspot.

frontier 4g

wizzer

Thank you all for replying , a lot of good info to look into ....cheers