Which is the Most Advanced Mobile Phone of 2017?

Lissa Jhone · 14 Apr 2017 at 11:47

I'm currently watching for a new mobile, preferably on iPhone due to coverage problems around us.

On other side
Samsung has started to ease up their UI however so it's not so bad any longer.

So, which will be good...?

Peew971 · 14 Apr 2017 at 12:31

If coverage is an issue that you have except with iPhones, then just get an iPhone? :confused:

Otherwise wait for the Pixel 2 and get the best 2017 Android phone that doesn't have a custom UI.

Begbie · 14 Apr 2017 at 12:44

Does the iPhone have a better radio chip than most other androids?

d_brennen · 14 Apr 2017 at 12:48

Begbie said:
Does the iPhone have a better radio chip than most other androids?

It has better software hacks

Roar87 · 14 Apr 2017 at 13:28

I sincerely doubt an iPhone gets better mobile reception than the equivalent Samsung Galaxy or other high end Android phone

MrRockliffe · 14 Apr 2017 at 13:45

iPhones are well renowned for having poor reception. If they have to get rid of a headphone jack to make space for other stuff, imagine what they've done to the antennas!

http://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/7-smartphones-with-best-antenna-reception-2016-models-474961/8/

Dazstoke · 14 Apr 2017 at 13:55

Roar87 said:
I sincerely doubt an iPhone gets better mobile reception than the equivalent Samsung Galaxy or other high end Android phone

Does a 'high end' phone get better reception than a budget one ....generally ?

PhoenixUK · 14 Apr 2017 at 19:44

Dazstoke said:
Does a 'high end' phone get better reception than a budget one ....generally ?

Most of the time yes, in same way as flagship phones will get better wifi and bluetooth modules. Maybe not in every case and it depends on your area but it could make the difference.

Rannoch · 14 Apr 2017 at 19:48

My iPhone 7 has much better reception than my old S6 Edge.

Orcvader · 14 Apr 2017 at 20:14

If you get better signal on iPhones then wait for the 7s/8/X or whatever they will call it.

iPhones uses Qualcomm LTE radio chips like other phones, and recently some 7 models using Intel, but from my experience even with different antenna designs they all seem to receive signal as good as each other.

Dazstoke · 14 Apr 2017 at 20:28

PhoenixUK said:
Most of the time yes, in same way as flagship phones will get better wifi and bluetooth modules. Maybe not in every case and it depends on your area but it could make the difference.

Where's your evidence ?
Have any independent comparisons been done ?
Screens,processors,cameras,build quality,I can appreciate they may well be superior in a top of the range phone but reception,bluetooth etc I'd imagine would be pretty consistent across the board.
I only notice differences in reception/signal when I change networks

CaptainComedy · 14 Apr 2017 at 21:28

It's as if antennagate never happened? was this guy born only recently?

MrRockliffe · 14 Apr 2017 at 21:45

Dazstoke said:
Where's your evidence ?
Have any independent comparisons been done ?
Screens,processors,cameras,build quality,I can appreciate they may well be superior in a top of the range phone but reception,bluetooth etc I'd imagine would be pretty consistent across the board.
I only notice differences in reception/signal when I change networks

Higher end smartphones use higher end Qualcomm modems, hence, for a given antenna surface area, they have better signal strength (perhaps) and quality (more likely). Wifi is a similar situation. On my Nexus 6P, I have the same WiFi strength as my S7 Edge, but the S7 has a much higher bandwidth over WiFi, far exceeding my download speed (which the Nexus 6P cannot do).

killianzz · 14 Apr 2017 at 21:45

Lissa Jhone said:
I'm currently watching for a new mobile, preferably on iPhone due to coverage problems around us.

On other side
Samsung has started to ease up their UI however so it's not so bad any longer.

So, which will be good...?

I've got an iPhone 7 Plus. After I had ordered the phone, much to my dismay, I found out that Apple had put a cheaper and worse-performing Intel antenna/modem in the iPhone 7's that they sell over here, whilst the US got the much better one (Qualcomm I think). After comparing 4G/3G speeds/coverage compared to my girlfriend's S7 on the same network, I can confirm that the 7 Plus is not as good, disappointingly.

The idea that because it's an iPhone signal coverage is better is definitely not true (at least in the majority of cases).

Dazstoke · 14 Apr 2017 at 22:52

MrRockliffe said:
Higher end smartphones use higher end Qualcomm modems, hence, for a given antenna surface area, they have better signal strength (perhaps) and quality (more likely). Wifi is a similar situation. On my Nexus 6P, I have the same WiFi strength as my S7 Edge, but the S7 has a much higher bandwidth over WiFi, far exceeding my download speed (which the Nexus 6P cannot do).

OK,makes sense,cheers for the explanation

Dazstoke · 14 Apr 2017 at 22:54

CaptainComedy said:
It's as if antennagate never happened? was this guy born only recently?

You're talking about the issue with the iPhone a couple of years ago ?
That'll be the high end phone with poor reception

CaptainComedy · 14 Apr 2017 at 23:09

Dazstoke said:
You're talking about the issue with the iPhone a couple of years ago ?
That'll be the high end phone with poor reception

You mean the issue that apple tried to deny was a problem and was (and I quote) "A problem with the way the user was holding the phone"? Yeah that one.

Silly Goose On The Loose · 15 Apr 2017 at 00:08

iPhones have rather poor reception. My iPhone 6s often gets stuck on no service when another phone on the same network has full bars.

I've found the Samsung Galaxy S7 to have very good reception.

Zohaib Sajjad · 20 Sep 2017 at 16:23

Well i would say Iphone x

Hades · 21 Sep 2017 at 01:28

I'm going to throw the Lenovo P2 into the mix. It's inferior to the phone listed here. But this thing runs for days. In an era where most phones are good enough the battery takes it above others.

Give me a Samsung or iPhone with this battery and I would pay what they are asking. Until then..

(Bought many Samsung's and iPhones in the past)

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