HTC One M8 vs Galaxy Note 3

[camphill]

Have a Galaxy Note 3 and HATE the radio on it. The phone is blazing fast, internet is fabulous but the basic cell phone is horrible. I've heard Samsung radios are horrible. I do want a fancy schmancy phone with all the bells and whistles but the thing must be able to make phone calls. The Note 3 fails in this area even with 3 bars of 4g service.

Anyone use both? How's the M8 compare?

 

[waremaster]

I have both and in my area voice calls are perfect on both.

 

[SolApathy]

Three bars of service is more than acceptable. I am willing to bet that is probably about the average level of service for any carrier. Are you dropping calls or having poor audio quality on calls? Perhaps we can help you to identify your issue and get you back on track without having to go through the hassle of getting a new phone, which may or may not resolve your issue.

 

[dan55]

hi there,
i find that my m8 call quality isnt quite as good as my old s3 - and the signal strength is usually a bit less also - might be the metal

 

[Hadron]

Are you measuring signal strength in dBm/ASU or by the number of bars? The bars are cosmetic, and mean different things on different phones, even different software releases on the same phone sometimes.

The only real test is whether it can make a call in a weak signal area.

 

[Granite1]

I moved this over to the device comparisons forum. Thanks for understanding!!

 

[camphill]

I only look at the bars. I know they're cosmetic and suspect the bars can change between os updates but when I'm busy the last thing I want to do in the bright sun is to go into Settings to find the DBm. Yesterday I had 2 bars of 4G service and kept getting "No network available" all day long. Right now I have 2 bars (-110/30 asu). If I enable/disable airplane mode it will go to (-93/47 asu). I can do this over and over with the same results.

 

[Hadron]

Sorry, my question was really aimed at Dan, who had said his signal strength is a bit less

Yeah, toggling airplane mode on/off will do that. It forces the phone to redo the network search, at which point it may find a stronger basestation than the one it was previously connected to. Normal on any phone - "signal booster" apps work this way, forcing rescans and so temporarily raising signal level at the cost of battery life.