Question about reception/cell signal on AT&T

[Jake12749]

As someone who lives in a fringe reception area, and whose iPhone shifts from no signal to a fraction of a bar, is there a chance that a Blackberry's design and hardware would guarantee better reception with the same carrier?

Anyone have a similar experience?

[ezrunner]

Wirelessly posted (off to see the wizard)

No guarantee

However a device can make a big difference! BBs rate pretty high for reception

[ArgonNJ]

Having gone from the iphone to the 8310 I can say yes. I get a better signal with my BB then I did with my iphone. It was, in fact, the reason I switched.

[gnozahs]

Wow ArgonNJ, you go through alotta phones lol.

[Jake12749]

Thanks for the replies!

[david9962000]

Mine works great !

[MBW]

I live in an area where my BB gets 0-2 bars on AT&T. FOr me, "More bars in more places" means I'm often driven to drink.

But the technological basis is sound - a BlackBerry natively opens both voice & data channels and the carriers' gear is set to provide a little more bandwidth to a BB (it's a money-tree thing) and to work a little harder for the connection.

I know a BlackBerry has its own stack within the protocol, which probably helps that happen; I doubt very much that other phones can mimic that.

So bottom line, yes, a BB gives you a slight edge.

For a bigger edge, Google Wi-Ex

[ArgonNJ]

Wow ArgonNJ, you go through alotta phones lol.
Yeah, I'm bad that way, always want to try the newest thing. I can't remember the last time I had a phone for a year or more.