In alt.cellular-phone-tech matt weber wrote:

: As for improved sensitivity with new technology? BS. Receiver
: technology has changed remarkably little in the past 40 years. The RF
: performance of the handset is mostly related to the antenna design in

I agree. I have a 5 year old Kyocera 2-mode cellphone and it works
much more reliably in a fringe area vs. my new Audiovox flip phone.
My GF also has an old Audiovox and it works superior to the newer ones.

In their efforts to make the phones compact and add features, they really
don't seem to be paying attention to signal quality.
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