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vodafone mobile with good network reception in apartment

  • 18-11-2006 1:47pm
    #1
    fizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭


    Hi all,

    I'm looking to upgrade my Vodafone prepaid Nokia 6020 phone for a number of reasons.

    Top of my wishlist is the call reception in places with weaker coverage, which is not something easy to determine from the specs list - hence this post!

    I recently bought a first floor apartment in Rathmines and discovered to my horror that my phone could not really take calls. It will go straight to voicemail half the time and the first I know about it is when I get a text in to say that someone left a voicemail when I "missed" their call. I can't really make calls on it there either, it's a bit better out on the balcony but not much.

    Now I thought that this was a general coverage issue, but even my boyfriend's phone (2 year old Motorola with lots of problems - it's a disaster!) can normally take/make calls in the apartment, and a plumber noticed no coverage problems - both are with Vodafone!

    So I'm hopeful that if I got a different phone things could improve for me. I am a Nokia fan, but the only brands I would probably rule out are Motorola and Siemens after very dodgy phones from them in the past.

    I would really appreciate any recommendations. Is anyone else (particularly on Vodafone) able to make calls on their phones in spots (apartments, pubs etc) where their friends can have trouble? If so, I would love to know which model phone you have.

    Many thanks in advance,
    fizzy.


Comments

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


    The phone with the best reception I have seen is the Vodafone V600i, it's very solid for GSM, and furthermore manages to lock onto 3G signals where other phones don't detect anything at all.

    I am holding on to mine just for that reason.


  • #3
    Urban Weigl
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,784 ✭✭✭Urban Weigl


    Other than that, if you want to stick with Nokia, I have heard that the Nokia 6233 offers solid performance. Vodafone's version of it is the Nokia 6234, and you can buy it online (URL below) for €189. After the €120 free credit you get, it'll only cost you €69.

    Can anybody who has this phone confirm?

    URL: http://www.vodafone.ie/phonestariffs/ourphones/phonedetails.jsp;jsessionid=A59A847D1AEE9FD15D11A004431D514D?mysterons=6234&type=all


  • #4
    fizzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 286 ✭✭fizzy


    many thanks for the tips urban - even with nobody else to back you up, i think i'll give the nokia 6234 a go - sure it would have to be an improvement! :)

    i did not see the v600i in the catalogue? to be honest, most of the ones they have available seem to be nothing special when you search on the net for reviews. maybe they just make rubbish ones so that people will change every year :)


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