Do you remember the problems that plagued the range in 2010 iPhone 4 users? Apple’s design flaw was widely among consumers and has long been taunted fans of smartphones competition. Situation is certainly not eased the manufacturer’s information, that the lack of signal was caused by improper to hold the phone in your hand. Eventually the problem was solved dealt free frames (manufacturer cost about 175 million USD), and since then Apple has not repeated his error in the next generations of iPhone (for customers zaserwowało Curved cover). Now it seems that the roles are reversed, because Samsung in its new series of smartphones Galaxy A also has problems with coverage.
Korean manufacturer of rain fell the gutter. First long been criticized for using poor materials in their flagship designs, and when I finally heard the voices of consumers and released Galaxy models A3 and A5 Galaxy, which received very good reviews, it was found that due to the metal casing of the phone receives less coverage of GSM and Wi -f. Of course you can explain that this is the inevitable situation of using such materials, but the competition has shown that the use of metal does not necessarily mean worse signal. No, but in the end it is the first such device from Samsung, because its designers may not yet have the relevant experience.
It all started with the measurement of a Russian site that compared the strength of the signal generated in the same conditions for Galaxy smartphones and Galaxy S5 A3 and A5. It turned out that the metal devices yielded worse by 19% and 16% compared to its plastic brother. Model A3 provide a signal at -92 dBm and -93 dBm A5, and Galaxy S5 obtained -82 dBm. It is true, do not panic or advance to overemphasize the new phones Koreans, because the loss of Internet connection occurs only at -103 dBm, and the inability to connect to the GSM network at -113 dBm, but noted differences clearly influenced the rate of data transmission.
Similar results were obtained in the case of Wi-Fi networks. Although the use of the configuration of the home you will not see too much of derogations Galaxy models A3 and A5 can not cope when attempting to connect to a remote hotspot, as well as in areas that are covered by a weak network coverage. Please also note that a weaker signal forces the intensive work of the receiver, and thus the battery faster, which in the case of metal Samsung smartphones are not very roomy (1900 mAh A3, A5 2300 mAh). So far, Samsung has not addressed the problems of range and still do not know how to cope with it, or whether he will respond though.
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