Siemens PC Pocket Phone vs. Motorola V66

[gtinker]

Hello out there in Phone Land,

I just finished comparing a Siemens PC Pocket Phone to a Motorola V66. I tested the PC Pocket Phone in the exact same locations as the Motorola V66.

Surprisingly the V66 always showed more signal strength. For example the V66 showed 3 bars, the PC Pocket Phone showed 1 bar.

Testing in several areas the results were always similar, the V66 showed more signal bars. In Atlanta, Georgia, August is a good month to really do testing. With high humidity and 90 f, the green leaf foliation absorption of RF is very high.

OK, so much for measured signal strength...what about calls? In areas where the PC Pocket phone showed 1 bar or less, calls could not be made. With two bars, calls were made, but the audio was in and out.

In these same areas, the V66 made solid calls with no audio dropout.

While there are many software and os tweeks, has anyone been able to control the output power, or improve the antenna? It is not clear whether the basic dynamic range of the PC Pocket Phone is equal to the V66 or whether the antenna configuration on the PC Pocet Phone is the weak link.

Since I live and work in an August weak signal area, any tweaks or ideas are appreciated. By the way, I tested 3 different PC Pocket Phones...they were all equal. One was an early model while the other two were of July of 2003 manufacture.

B C N U All,

G Tinker (an rf and digital kind of guy)

[MADmanFREE]

I regularly have one bar at my home, UK.
I can make and receive perfectly fine. No fading, or static. For this reason I pay no attention to the signal bar. I feel that this roulette with the ppc is just the way it is. Perhaps I am like you one of the unlucky few?

I also use a nokia 6310i, this is getting on for two years old, but still outshines my XDA on signal. But calls seem no different in most cases..

I look forward to receiving my ericcson t610 next week. It has been out of stock in a lot of places, hopefully this is a good sign for what appears to be a popular phone. How will the t68 successor fair in the real world though...