On the next update I would like to reiterate the importance of smartphone capabilities and performance for being phones, not just cameras. I was perusing a few review sites and came across one that tested phones against signal strength with 4 known towers.
Some phones were only usable on one tower, some two, some three, and very few all four – at least for those I looked at. Comments were made about chipsets that don’t perform well, and antenna design and placement in the phones.
This one is a good example for city, regional, and rural use; and this one is best kept in the city/suburbs where there are good signals. The point is not these mobiles, it is the test report. Hopefully Choice will incorporate more phone and less bells and whistles in future reviews, especially with the variable experiences with NBN that mobiles need to be competent at more than photography.
