Replacing Cell Phone… what has good range or all about the same?

[ultrarunner]

My almost 9 year old work supplied Android is nearing end of life… minimum new battery and replace charging socket is one option or replace.

It does much better in fringe areas than Apple 6s when I did a side by side test.

The company no longer supplies phones and told me to keep it and I use it daily for work and after hours call.

Any suggestions as to brand/model with good fringe area viability?

Also more memory would be good as some work files are quite large…

Not looking to spend a lot as it’s 99% work related and I now also pay the monthly.

 

[LittleBill21]

if work isnt paying you have 0 obligation to take work calls

 

[LittleBill21]

on a side note the reception is pretty much all the same for smart phones.

 

[newbury]

Are you tied to a carrier?
IIRC you get very poor reception at one of your sites (Ca?).
Many years ago I got a cell with a T-Mobile sim that wouldn't work worth crap in my Mississippi area, but changed the sim to an AT&T and it worked fine.
So sometimes it could be a sim problem.

 

[ponytug]

If you have fringe reception, I would invest in a home and a car amplifier. They can make a world of difference. Many moons ago, I had to drive a corridor here that had a couple of fringe/dead spots that would routinely drop my calls (and everyone else's). An in car amplifier and antenna fixed it.

These days most phones are about the same because they all use same couple of chips and are limited by FCC in terms of power output.

All the best,

Peter

 

[jyoutz]

It’s more a matter of your wireless carrier and cell tower network than your phone. In much of the rural west, Verizon is the only carrier with good coverage outside of urban areas.

 

[ultrarunner]

No home internet outside of cell hotspot.

Could be a sim but noticed same carrier with android side by side with Apple the Android 1 bar worked and Apple often said no service.

To get calls for alarms at work the work phone has to be placed just so on the night stand…

My employer now only issues secure phones to salary exempt managers with 100% company use only.

I don’t qualify since reclassified to hourly.

For 2 years I submitted my monthly for reimbursement but effective Jan 2023 no longer able to do that.

I could pitch a fit but I think things may be winding down at this location…

I’m the only 24/7 person on call which is left over from my salary exempt prior status.

Bottom line that old company phone is no longer reliable as is.

Verizon, t-Mobil seem about the same…

Next door neighbor has ATT with a booster supplied by ATT for his 5 line plan... says ATT works the best.

 

[Jstpssng]

My personal phone is a Samsung using AT&T for a carrier, as they have a 5G tower 2 miles away.. My work phone is an i-phone using Verizon. They are virtually identical in coverage, it's like Verizon is paying to use AT&T's resources.
I am currently in my truck on the far edge of my property as I needed to call my mother and also get online, and this is the only way I can reliably hit the tower.

 

[ultrarunner]

Good to know…

If there is a clear winner for fringe I would go that way.

Other things like battery life, memory, photo detail also useful.

I took a picture at the tree farm and so did my nephew…

iPhone 6s me and iPhone 13 him… his pictures look like postcards with the clouds, lighting, etc superb where mine are not bad but not even close to his.

 

[otlski]

I switched from an Android (Motorola) to iPhone. That particular Android had better range.