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P990i signal strength

  • 18-01-2007 3:59pm
    #1
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭


    Anyone got one of these from Vodafone? Not sure it matters that it is Voda but I got one a few weeks ago and either the local network is worse lately, or the phone isn't that great for my area. I had a HTC TyTN before that which is back for repair and it wasn't great but I did read that they are noted for weak signal to some extent. I expect it isn't as big an issue in Dublin or other areas but around New Ross, I find I get sketchy coverage in a few places and even the odd dropped call where I don't remember that with my Blackberry.
    Vodafone tell me that they did have a problem in the area that is now rectified and that was all they had to offer.


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  • #2
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    I've read one report on Amazon saying that the signal on the P990i with Cingular in the US wasn't great. I suspect it's Vodafone's network. Try your SIM card in a different phone, and see if the problem goes away.


  • #3
    iwb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭iwb


    Thanks for that. I do have an old phone here still and keep meaning to swap it to try out. I will get to it eventually and that should tell me.


  • #4
    The_Conductor
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 32,286 Mod ✭✭✭✭The_Conductor


    I have the P990i (only got it yesterday though).
    I have compared it with another phone (w800i) in a few weak strength areas (Strawberry Beds for example) and found it to hold its own.
    Vis its wireless reception/broadcasting capabilities- I was very pleasantly surprised to pick up with good reception a network about 300m away. Putting in WEP passwords is a bit of a bitch- it won't let you use the keypad or the qwerty keyboard- you have to use the software keyboard, but that said it does tend to work. The business card reader is a total dog though.

    Shane


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