Network Signal Strength

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Hi,

One of the really disappointing things about the Diamond was it's poor ability to to hold onto a network, especially 3G. In place where you'd get 100% full bars on a nokia, you get maybe just 60% on the Diamond.

So.. have HTC corrected this flaw on the HD? Any cell phone that has poor reception is not worth buying.

what is you experiance? is it god or bad? Will I be disappoined after spending over £500?

Thanks

Mark

I would also like to hear how the Touch HD is performing on 3G compared to the Diamond. As this is the only reason for me to get the Touch HD.
Thanks!

I may not be much help here as my last phone din't support 3G so don't know what coverage is like in my area but i have had my HD for 5 days now and have only ever had a 3G connection about twice and it was a very weak signal at that, my connection always falls back to edge which is very disappointing.

Have had mine for 5 days now and have no issue's what so ever with signal strenght, am in a 3g covered area all the time and have yet to have it drop the signal on me.

Not so good for me...

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I live in a poor reception area and have tried sim cards for Orange, T-Mobile and 3 and I can confirm the HD does not seem to get a signal, my Hemes would JUST get a signal and was good enough to leave on the side in the house for the push email and phone to ring, I always had to goto the window to talk though, but the HD only works at all if I go outside.

I really like the HD, the larger screen is perfect for me having quite big fingers, I even forgive the poor shutter performance of the camera, but a phone that gets no signal in my house is very close to a deal breaker for me and am extremely unhappily considering returning for a refund.

Incidentally I used to get the same problem with my old universal but not my Blue Diamond, I tried changing radio versions on the hermes to see if I could make it better than ever but the 3 different radio roms I tried all had the same signal strength.

I contacted HTC this morning (0845 8900079) they said there was no known issue and offered no help other than for me to return the handset

I'm not a happy nerd.

As long a the reception is as good as my Touch pro I'm all good. I've herd its better than the Touch pro.. I would find it hard to believe it would be worse since it uses the same hardware..just a different radio rom. We do know the GPS reception is better than the Diamond or Touch Pro from user tests.

hmmmn

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Same processor etc, but different form factor must mean differences of layout of the components within, so things like the positions of antennas must be a factor in signal quality, difficult to say that if a touch diamon/pro/hd share hardware they will all have good reception.

All I know for sure after my tests in my rubbish signal area is that the Blackstone does not perform as well as my Hermes.

I cannot confirm this. I think my Touch HD in weak signal areas performs much better than my old Hermes. Where I always had 50% signal strenght now I have 90 to 100%. Also the HSDPA is available much more than just 3G. I think signal wise this is a fine piece of engineering.

Network is working brilliantly for me.
It autoconnects to my known networks perfectly and fetches all my mail without flaw.

I also noticed that contrary to the other HTC devices people at the office own, my HD has a battery lifetime of over 4 full days with WiFi constantly conencted.

Not sure what to make of it then, i've just done some more tinkering and still the hermess (orange M3100 running wm6.1 and latest eu radio) is getting a single bar of network on my window sill compared to a constant network searching on the blackstone, i wonder if i have a dicky blackstone, perhaps an exchange is the way to go. I'll be really pleased if thats what it is, i want to love the HD!!