Mobile phones review - Best smartphones

[PhilT]

@mark_m

The one criticism of the reviews is the lack of any assessment of the signal strength performance of each mobile.

I had a similar discussion with Choice a while back, noting test reports had everything except how well a mobile worked as a phone. As for real world experiences there are a few allied topics that affect phones being phones, beside the phones, including

Mobile phone doesn't ring but do get SMS about 'missed call'

Scenario: Phone does not ring Person ringing me gets recorded msg that I am not answering or my phone is turned off Phone does not register that I missed a call Phone does receive, shortly afterwards, in same spot, an SMS saying that xyz rang and left message abc (or saying that xyz rang and did not leave a msg) The location is consistent (I am at home). The service by Telstra is inconsistent - sometimes calls get through and sometimes they don’t. There even some times I notice the inconsis…

and some now dated input to the question about what is important,

What do you look for in a smartphone?

Morning Community, We’re evaluating how we score smartphones in our reviews and we’d like your help. What features do you look for when its time to buy a new smartphone? And what characteristics would you consider a deal-breaker? Tells us about your old smartphones, and why you loved or hated them. We’d like to hear it all. Thanks, Tony Ibrahim Choice - Digital Home