Best mobile for reception with good camera
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Am planning to upgrade my phone and need best reception available as I'm hoping to take our grand daughter (Type 1 diabetic) camping again some time. We prefer
bush camping, but we need phone contact for any problems with her condition. I also want as good a camera as possible. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Sue
Reply By: Frank P (NSW) - Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 13:43
Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 13:43
I can speak highly of the camera in the superseded Samsung S5 and moreso in the S7. The S7 camera has the most incredible low light abilities I don't know what they've done in the most recent phone, the S8.
I think they are all average to good in their reception abilities. None of them have Telstra's Blue Tick for regional use, but the two I've used recently while travelling (S5 and S7) are no worse than anyone elses in the campgrounds.
Having said that, you have a family member with a serious medical condition. If I were you I'd buy a second hand satphone for emergency use. I suggest that because you can easily be out of mobile coverage without being remote.
My second hand Motorola 9505A Iridium phone looks like new, cost $500 and works on my normal Telstra post paid mobile SIM. You can also make emergency calls to triple 0 (dial 112) without a SIM in the phone.
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Reply By: Member - mark D18 - Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 14:05
Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 14:05
Suegra .
If you need a phone for a possible emergency your only reliable option is a sat phone.
As good as Telstra is there mobile reception out side cities and large regional towns it is very hit and miss , no matter the supposed quality of the latest mobile phone .
I also have a 9050 idrium sat phone that gets reception by using my Telstra sim card .
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Reply By: RMD - Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 15:42
Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 15:42
It isn't so much the reception of the phone ability which you need, it is the Transmit to Tower ability which means the bars you see as signal strength can actually get a message out to a tower.
Just holding a phone and seeing bars means little.
Also, if being in some obscrue or remote location you need a device, phone can do this, which can show you your geographical position in Lat and Long so that information can be provided for emergency sefvice to pinpoint. You may not be able to readily describe your position but the GPS co ordinates do.
Last year I was at a truck crash in Queenslad and the Police took a reading for the helicopter. When it arrived it just dropped exactly onto
the spot from out of heavy low cloud. Very effective it was.
My Samsung S5 is 16 MB camera and 4 optical mag. Takes good photos. The newer Samsung has less Megapixels.
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Follow Up By: Frank P (NSW) - Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 16:16
Friday, Nov 03, 2017 at 16:16
Yes, the S7 (and dunno about the S8) do have fewer megapixels (12 instead of 16), but I believe that is due to the incredible low light capability - it was a trade-off which Samsung thought worthwhile.
If you want ultimate huge enlargement, then yes, the loss of ultimate resolution might be an issue. In normal use for happy snaps it is not, but the gain in low light capability (with no flash) is quite astounding.
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Reply By: Mark - Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 at 22:00
Thursday, Nov 16, 2017 at 22:00
Also ensure the phone supports Band 28 which is old 700MHz TV spectrum that was auctioned off to the Telco's and has been progressively rolled out to provide better coverage as the 700MHz signals travel further than the higher mobile frequencies in the Gigahertz range.
We use a MIFI (band 28) dongle connected to an external antenna to increase range while out bush, this method allows you to connect older phones and tablets via wifi and still get the advantage of band 28 and provides easy connection to an antenna as not all phones support this.
Normal phone calls are made using VOIP but these days most comms is via messenger, facetime, skype etc for us.
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