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"Teddeli" <nospam@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Nov 2004 16:11:05 GMT, "Philip"
> <1chip-state1@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>Michael wrote:
>>> I've been looking at some of the newer phones, and have noticed that
>>> they seem to be going digital only (LG models). My current 730
>>> Motorola will flop back to analog if no digital signal can be found.
>>> Not sure how useful this is, as when it does go to analog, it's not
>>> the best (and kills the battery). Anyone drop the dual mode phone and
>>> go to digital only phones? Regret it? Haven't noticed a difference?
>>> Thanks for any thoughts.
>>
>>My travels take me to areas not serviced well or consistently by digital.
>>In spite of the nice LG features, I will NOT own a duel mode (digital
>>only)
>>phone. I still need analog and digital (tri-mode). In fact, there is an
>>area right in the middle of Orange County, CA (Tustin Ranch) where for
>>some
>>unknown reason, my phone will sit there and switch back and forth between
>>analog and digital and back every couple of minutes on WEEKDAY evenings!
>>There there's another such pit in the hills overlooking Lake Elsinore on
>>hwy
>>74. Each time digital signal fades, analog comes on for a couple of
>>minutes, then switches back to a full strength digital signal. This is a
>>weekend phenomenon. But usually the outer desert areas are where the
>>phone
>>stays analog most of the time. Let me cite another example from this
>>past weekend. I was with a group out in Beatty, Nevada. With my phone
>>and
>>Verizon service, I had 3-4 bars of BOTH digital and analog signal. One
>>friend with SPRINT had NO signal whatsoever for the entire weekend and
>>another with AT&T had a very transient digital signal. Both recieved a
>>slug
>>of waiting voicemails and SMS messages by the time we traveled about 85
>>miles south toward Las Vegas, NV.
>>
>>Stay with tri-mode phones and Verizon for the better fringe area service.
>>DON'T give you analog anytime soon. Digital coverage isn't nearly as
>>comprehensive as the charts would have you believe.
>
> I agree with your assessment of tri-mode vs. all digital. I would not
> want a phone that "duels" either. Could be dangerous when in your
> pocket
But seriously,here is some thing for one who may not need
> analog to consider though.
>
> In those areas where you say your phone alternates between digital and
> analog would it be possible that an all digital phone would hold on to
> the digital signal? It has been said in the forums that an all
> digital phone is better at holding a digital signal.
>
> I now have an Audiovox 9900 trimode which in a certain few places will
> go into analog. My Motorola V60i trimode never did this. I seem to
> have the same reception in those spotty places with both as well as
> the LG VX 6000 (all digital) I once had. The 9900 is the best.
>
> One thing I do reccomend though is a phone with an extendable antenna.
> In my experience they have better reception than a stub.
I have a LG VX4400 tri-mode. There were areas where it would switch back
and forth between digital and analog. I set the phone to digital only mode.
In those areas where it would sometimes go to analog it now keeps the
digital signal.