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How is the reception?

darkcyber

darkcyber

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I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the reception is crappy at best. So, how is it on the Note 2? Would like a bigger screen, but don't won't the sorry radio trap again from Samsung.
 
darkcyber said:
I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the reception is crappy at best. So, how is it on the Note 2? Would like a bigger screen, but don't won't the sorry radio trap again from Samsung.
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I have had no problems with the reception on my N2. I went from the iphone 4s > OG note > S3 to the Note 2 and I actually think the reception is better.
 
My reception is great but with any phone, there are variables to consider. And my reception being awesome doesn't necessarily mean you'll feel the same way.
I don't know who you're carrier is but you have enough time to decide if it works for you in the area you live, work or play. If it doesn't, return it.
It doesn't usually take 14 days to know whether or not your reception is good or bad.
 
ScandaLeX said:
My reception is great but with any phone, there are variables to consider. And my reception being awesome doesn't necessarily mean you'll feel the same way.
I don't know who you're carrier is but you have enough time to decide if it works for you in the area you live, work or play. If it doesn't, return it.
It doesn't usually take 14 days to know whether or not your reception is good or bad.
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reception is better than numerous phones I've owned, and roughly (prolly slightly better) the same as my Bionic.
 
dave1812 said:
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reception is better than numerous phones I've owned, and roughly (prolly slightly better) the same as my Bionic.
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I've been with Sprint for 12 yrs and I haven't had a phone with bad reception. If anything, reception was an issue in places were towers were non existent; but that's not the phone fault.
 
ScandaLeX said:
I've been with Sprint for 12 yrs and I haven't had a phone with bad reception. If anything, reception was an issue in places were towers were non existent; but that's not the phone fault.
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By far the two worst were the otherwise pretty cool Moto Star Tac (hardly ever received a call at my home) and the nearly same problematic call reception phone, a Kyocera that I bought specially to solve the missed-call issue! What a waste of money that was. The next phone, an LG-8300 was stellar, as everything else I've owned for Verizon service.
 
darkcyber said:
I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the reception is crappy at best. So, how is it on the Note 2? Would like a bigger screen, but don't won't the sorry radio trap again from Samsung.
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I came from the Nexus as well and I can say that the Note 2 is much much better. I haven't had any issues yet. That goes for the Wi-Fi radio as well, the Nexus was always dropping out on me.
 
I find the reception (Verizon) to be excellent.
I get consistant 4g where my wife's Droid Razr Max only gets 3g at home.
I have not had one dropped call, download speeds are about 10meg

I returned a Galaxy S3 due to poor reception and dropped calls, but this seems to have a much better radio.
 
I live in the country and I'm very pleased with the phones reception. Verizon works very well at my location and the lesser carriers just don't cut it.
 
Thanks everyone! I am on Verizon with my Galaxy Nexus and just about everyone that owns a Verizon Nexus has complained about some kind of reception problems over the life span of their phone...mine is the same. I am rooted and have tried just about every custom ROM and kernel and nothing has made a ounce of difference...still crappy reception. At my house, in the country, but only 3 miles from a VZW tower (there are some trees in between) I get no bars of signal inside or outside my house. I constantly miss calls that go straight to voicemail and never ring. It drops calls a lot...etc. Same complaint other Nexus owners have. I went to the Nexus from a Motorola Droid X, which did get at least one signal bar inside my house, but very rarely ever missed a call or dropped one.

Was seriously looking at going back to something Motorola, since they have the best radios, but the Note 2 caught my attention...but just was not going to go down the sorry radio road again...thus the reason for the question.

Thanks all for the answers! :D
 
This was a major concern of mine when buying the phone. And was the main reason i didnt buy the nexus/s3. SO far I am happy.
 
I live in the country where reception is not the best. For the last 10 years I have owned Motorola phones since their radios have always been the best, I am also hard of hearing. The NG2 has excellent reception and the call quality and speaker volume is the best I have ever experienced. So far this phone has fulfilled all my expectations.
 
I'm not an engineer so this is just speculation, but I figure the phone is so big they can pack in more antenna and leave them further apart to reduce interference. The result is much better voice and data reception than I ever got with my E4GT. I don't recall dropping a call on my Note 2 yet (dropped three or four a week on my E4GT) and calls sound great. GPS locks in a flash as well.
 
I went from a Gnex to a Razr Maxx, Gnex had horrible reception where Motorola has always been excellent. I had the S3 and the battery life was much better than the Gnex and had much better reception. Still probably not as good as Motorola but very good. The Note 2 is comparable to the S3 if not a little better.
 
RadYOacTiVe said:
I went from a Gnex to a Razr Maxx, Gnex had horrible reception where Motorola has always been excellent. I had the S3 and the battery life was much better than the Gnex and had much better reception. Still probably not as good as Motorola but very good. The Note 2 is comparable to the S3 if not a little better.
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I'm finding the Note2 to be much better than the S3.

I returned my S3 because of dropped cals and spotty 3G (no 4G) at home. My wife's Razr Max doesn't get 4G at home either, but call quality is good and 3G is reliable for her.

The N2 has reliable 4G at home and so far not one dropped call. It is mucvh better than my S3, seems as good or better than my Motorola DX was and gets 4G where the Razr Max only gets 3G here.
 
seems that my 4g reception is week at times at the office. I don't recall that with my iphone 5, but it very well could have been. I think I notice it more now because I'm on the internet more due to the GINORMOUS screen. Haven't dropped a call yet, nor have I had any issues what so ever with calls... Good luck.
 
darkcyber said:
I have the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the reception is crappy at best. So, how is it on the Note 2? Would like a bigger screen, but don't won't the sorry radio trap again from Samsung.
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Galaxy S3 and the Note II are giving me the same reception. I live in the diamond area between four cell towers so my reception is not good to begin with but it is doable with the S3 and Note II.

Virodeath
 
In Southeast Florida the reception via AT&T is really good, along with the LTE strength. I haven't tried the western area yet near 441 (State Road 7) but I will soon.

Why don't you all say where you are located so your reception has meaning?
 
dlcpa said:
In Southeast Florida the reception via AT&T is really good, along with the LTE strength. I haven't tried the western area yet near 441 (State Road 7) but I will soon.

Why don't you all say where you are located so your reception has meaning?
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Hi dlcpa,
I live on Galt Ocean Mile directly on the ocean and I consistently have 3 bars and no issues at all. I haven't been too far west of Federal Hwy so I can't vouch for coverage near 441 but it should be fine out there.
 
I was in this old building in Philadelphia in September with my S3, It went to 3g then No Service at all and had to keep walking out to the street to send a text and E-Mail. With the Note 2 sitting in the same spot I had 2-3 bars in 4g! Huge difference! both phones are AT&T.
 
I'm disappointed with the reception. My HTC Evo 4g had 2 more bars, as does my wife's Photon Q, in all of the same locations, including traveling to different states. That means I have no coverage when she has 2 bars. Ya, it sucks. That is one of the biggest problems of this phone.
 
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