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Re: [Jan 15th New Sprint Radio V1.11.00F] Official CDMA Diamond Radio Thread

Here's my experience with radio's:

I've tested pretty much all of them... And the only one that I've noticed that worked in my place of business is the Telus one. All the others I got late text messages, missed calls, sudden voicemails, hours after they were sent.

My Office gets extremely poor reception as it is. Even with the Telus radio, I get 0 bars most of the time at my desk, I'm lucky to get 1 or 2. And even then it jumps to roaming a lot. But I at least get my messages and calls when they actually happen.

The verizon radio gets better signal at my house, but I already get good signal there, so that wasn't very good. Max signal as compared to 3-4 Bars, not much of a difference at that point. But this one burns up my battery noticably faster than the Telus, most likely due to poor reception at the office.

The sprint ones make my phone get super hot when using it for anything, even little games like Solitare or Caver or whatever. Both the 1.00.00 and 1.11.00 cause this. Also with 1.11.00 I got late text messages and late calls, even in good service. It would only ring like 1 time and then go to voicemail. They also burn my battery a LOT faster, I am at low 20's in percentage by the end of the day after using it to browse a little at lunch time, text lightly throughout the day (maybe 7 or 8 messages?) and like 2 calls, and a few games of Solitare.

With the Telus, everything is a plus on it, aside from reception at my house. Web browsing seems to respond more quickly. Battery life is awesome, I can do the same as above and still have around 65-70% left at the end of the day. It doesn't get hot at all while using it, warm of course, but not hot like the sprint ones. And best of all, I actually get my messages and calls when they happen and not half an hour to sometimes 2-3 hours later.

A little side information here, I live in northern Illinois in mostly country type areas. My office is in a slightly rural area. My house is in the middle of nowhere.

But, with all of that said, that's just my experience with it. Some radios work better in other places. Just try them all out. Hope this helps others.
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