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iPhone 11 Antenna Gain
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I use WiFi calling, and it’s great!
If I didn’t, I wouldn’t have service at my place. It a nightmare for signal. Before Wi-Fi calling was a thing, I had to use the microcell from AT&T to get signal. They gave it to me for free after some convincing.
If you had read my posts, you should have picked up that I did say the network extender creates a VPN. I also understand how a VPN works.
As far as being on my network, if you’re connected to a device on my network, then IMO, you're using my network whether you’re in an encrypted tunnel of not.
It’s all good. I’m not tying to argue with you. I just don’t like the open architecture of the Verizon/Samsung device. IMO, Cisco did it right with AT&T’s microcell regarding the white listing of devices.
I respect your opinion, but I don’t agree with it. Consider the other side of the coin...
I’m friendly with a few people in my building... someone in one of the units has a network extender (not sure who it is). It has enough range to allow some residents to SOMETIMES connect to it. What does this accomplish? Bad signal, dropped calls, choppy voice and missed texts/calls if you happen to connect to it.
I don’t know the algorithm that Verizon uses to direct phones on their network to connect to a macro or micro cell, or what frequency and signal strength is preferred. I’m guessing it’s different depending on region, signal strength and other things that are proprietary to Verizon.
The above has nothing to do with my “paranoia” about keeping people off my network, or consuming my bandwidth. It has to do with a real life, crappy situation that could be avoided by defaulting to a white list system. One person’s poison, another person’s pleasure. One size does not fit all.
Anyway, enough talk about network extenders, and back to why Apple can’t seem to design a good antenna system.
I returned my iphone 11 .... not much improvement in the wifi /LTE signaL with my previous XR . I still have frame drops when gaming on some spots of my house... When i was calling using fb messenger.... it will disconnect also at same places where my XR drop the signal.... I want to go back apple but this is annoying...
I like the dark mode though.
I like the dark mode though.
I have T-Mobile and the reception on my XS Max sucks as well. I’m in Washington, DC and never had issues on my 7+. I was hoping this year’s iPhones would have better reception, but it looks like I’ll have to wait for next year and switch to Verizon.
You don’t even have good WiFi signal? Haven’t heard about that one before. Maybe you need a mesh router?
I have some pretty regular deadspots in downtown San Francisco - it's a very congested area with lots of in building coverage issues. I need to test this during the week but the XS Pro Max did at least not drop the audio stream I was listenign to. Usually it drops and I have to reconnect.
testing it during the week will be a bit of a better test tho.
testing it during the week will be a bit of a better test tho.
I even have the mesh extender but the iphone wifi signal not stable inside the master bedroom.... But oneplus 7 is ok...
Videocall is choppy and pixelated in all iPhones...
Oneplus is clearer.. tried s7 and pixel 3a and p0cofone .. All no issue....
Tried iphone x.. xs.. xr.... And latest iphone 11... Still same...
I did a little testing today with my 11 Pro. I walk my local bike trail quite a bit. I stream music while I walk, and there is a certain spot on the trail that I ALWAYS lost reception with the Xs Max and never with the X (1bar). To my surprise, my 11 Pro did not drop the reception. So I would say the 11 Pro is better than the Xs. Whether it's as good as the X, is still up for debate.
Need more reports, especially comparing with iPhone 7/8 versus 11 versus 11 Pro.
Sorry for the noob question, What exactly is the xs max radio issue, it seems like it's low or reduced signal ? I ask because my wife's xs max recently lost data connection even though LTE was at max bars, is her issue same as the known xs max issues? She basically had to turn on airplane mode on and off to re establish cellular data.Thanks.
See this huge thread
Is the mobile reception on the xs Max even worse than iPhone X ?
The definition of YMMV... Xs Max here in Atlanta on T-Mobile is flawless, with exception to the occasional signal reboot. I chalk that up to running dual sim however.
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I read about 20 pages so far, couldn't locate anything about loss of cellular data when full LTE bars. So I'm assuming my xs max is not same as the issues stated on the mega thread?See this huge thread
Is the mobile reception on the xs Max even worse than iPhone X ?
The definition of YMMV... Xs Max here in Atlanta on T-Mobile is flawless, with exception to the occasional signal reboot. I chalk that up to running dual sim however.
Ok, madKIR is not coming back since I can’t log in back into my account after that site overhaul lol
As promised, here are my findings. So far I have only good news! I took the same train ride today with my new iPhone 11 Pro. I gotta say that it performs way better than my Qualcomm X! It immediately grabs signal at each stop and it’s always 2-4 bars LTE with solid data speeds. I would usually have to manually toggle the on/off cellular switch on my X in order to make it connect. Today I didn’t have to touch it even once on the 11 Pro. Also, being on the express train the new phone grabbed the signal at almost each stop that we passed by and the train was running pretty fast. My X would not usually connect there at all, as it’s not enough time for it to reconnect. My thinking is even though the antenna design is not hugely improved this time, but the Intel modem definitely is.
Also, today I decided to get an 11 Pro Max, as I think I want to go with the big phone this time. I’ll be testing it as well, but I think it should be similar to the smaller one.
As promised, here are my findings. So far I have only good news! I took the same train ride today with my new iPhone 11 Pro. I gotta say that it performs way better than my Qualcomm X! It immediately grabs signal at each stop and it’s always 2-4 bars LTE with solid data speeds. I would usually have to manually toggle the on/off cellular switch on my X in order to make it connect. Today I didn’t have to touch it even once on the 11 Pro. Also, being on the express train the new phone grabbed the signal at almost each stop that we passed by and the train was running pretty fast. My X would not usually connect there at all, as it’s not enough time for it to reconnect. My thinking is even though the antenna design is not hugely improved this time, but the Intel modem definitely is.
Also, today I decided to get an 11 Pro Max, as I think I want to go with the big phone this time. I’ll be testing it as well, but I think it should be similar to the smaller one.
Thanks for reporting back! If you have the spare time, please keep us posted as you use your phone in different areas.
Never had major problems with my XS, but signal was clearly not as good as other phones. Only had the 11 Pro for a few hours, but was able to test one area of my neighborhood where I would lose signal on the XS, and I was okay on the Pro. Real test will be this week for work as I travel into the boondocks of Kansas, see how it does there. Will have a Note 10+ to compare with.
You can check to see which cell towers are nearby. You need to use the carrier which has a cell tower nearby where you live and work for better cell reception. US is big and spread out so it makes a difference as to which carrier you use. Many cities have and run monopolies as well
The interesting part is the iPhone 11 has 2x2 where as the 11 Pro has 4x4 and should be much stronger. The best cell reception I have seen on a smartphone along with best battery life I have see is on my current Huawei P30 Pro. Huawei is pretty much like Motorola when it comes to radios and cell reception. Apple is not bad and good but not as good as Huawei or Motorola.
Definitely post it, many of us will be looking for the boondock report. It's very important to many of us who use the Apple iPhone as a phone.
