Best Reception with 3G mobile phone

Get one with a blue tick. This means it is better in regional areas apparently. I just got a Motorola Defy+ and am super impressed, but then this is my first smartphone. This android stuff is great!

Graham

We have got the telstra T54..." tuff 2" works well in most cases & take external antenna ...

Why 3G? Next G gives a much wider area of coverage around towns, and covers more rural towns than 3G

Motherhen

Greendog,

Don't concern yourself with bluetick phones or you will limit your selection without gaining any real advantage.

I use an iphone with a Telstra NextG sim and get good reception in many areas of the country.
If there's a tower within cooee, the phone will work as good as any "blue tick" jobbies.

Get a Telstra phone that will take an external antenna. Then buy the little external antenna from them. Then to realy improve reception get an antenna for your vehicle with either a splitter so you can use your lap top etc as well as your phone or a single connector.
Regards
Peter M
Stay safe, stay healthy and stay on the wallaby

I just ordered my first smartphone through Telstra - the only blue tick they have on offer is the Nokia Lumia 800 - but I instead opted for the latest Samsung Galaxy S 2 4G on the S plan - I wanted the features of the Samsung and I'll take my chances on regional coverage (we have a blue tick dumb phone anyway if the chips are down)..... this 4G Samsung down shifts to the nextG network wherever 4G is missing. Even though the S2 (nextG) is not on their website, they have it available still - have to phone a consultant but. As I understand it, getting a blue tick phone from somewhere else is hazardous because it may not interface with a Telstra (locks etc.) Oh.... and all the above might be true.... I only have Telstra's word on all this (or at least, someone on a phone claiming to work for them, the location of which I know not :-o). India ? Philippines ? :-o).

Telstra also has the 'Blue Tick' Motorola Defy + smartphone. This is water and dust resistant and a tidy package.

T. are the only crowd to classify phones as Blue Tick; they are sposed to have bigger internal antennae. While I have two of these plus an external antenna I'm not convinced the advantage is a deal maker. You still have to be within line of sight of a tower which means in or very near a population centre. Choice did a test of NextG mobile reception ranges and found the best unit worked up to 43km away - a Telstra Explorer (Blue Tick).

do not buy a samsung galaxy s2 for reception purposes. I use one at home(8km from tower) and have trouble getting more than 1 bar and have lousy reception.
Good phone otherwise.
regards,Robert

Thanks to every one for all your replys,i'll be havin a real good look around over the week end.Thanks GD