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Big differences in antenna quality among most popular mobiles in the Nordic Region

05.09.16 | Fréttir
Nordiska rådets session i Stockholm 2014.
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A new study of the 26 most popular mobiles in the Nordic Region has highlighted big differences in antenna quality between different makes and models. The worst performing mobile needed a signal strength ten times better than the best performing mobile for a functioning connection.

With the support of the Nordic Council of Ministers, Gert Frølund Pedersen at Aalborg University has studied the antenna quality of the most commonly used mobile phones and tablets on behalf of the energy and telecommunications authorities and trade associations in Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

The greatest differences in performance are for voice communications, with a variation of up to 15 dB on the most important 900 MHz band.

The variation is smaller but still significant for data services, i.e. when the phone is used to send e-mails and browse the internet.

Of least importance to mobile coverage performance is the antenna quality of tablets. 

One of the conclusions is that consumers must be made aware of the importance of antenna quality for mobile coverage. If mobile coverage is weak in an area where you use your mobile often, you may be able to improve your coverage by choosing a better phone.

More facts from the study:

  • There is no single “number one” phone. The best or worst phone is relative to where you use the phone, and what you use it for.

 

  • The user’s head or hands weaken the mobile signal as they shadow the antenna. For some phones in the study, coverage varies greatly depending on whether the phone is held in the right or left hand during the call. Coverage can be improved by using a headset, and especially a wireless headset.

 

  • Some mobiles have a good antenna quality in all the tested combinations of technologies and frequency bands (2G, 3G, 4G) for both voice and data communications.
The full report can be read here: 

The devices tested are listed here. Please note that they have NOT been listed in order of performance.

 

Device

Phone Model

1

Apple iPhone 6

2

Apple iPhone 6S

3

Apple iPhone 6S Plus

4

Apple iPhone SE

5

Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge

6

Samsung Galaxy S7

7

Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge+

8

Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini

9

Samsung Galaxy J1

10

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

11

Sony Xperia Z5

12

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact

13

LG G5

14

Microsoft Lumia 640

15

Microsoft Lumia 650

16

Microsoft Lumia 950

17

Nexus 6P

18

Nexus 5X

19

Huawei P9

20

Huawei Honor 7

21

Huawei Y360

22

Xiaomi Mi5

23

HTC 10

24

HTC Desire 626

25

Doro Liberto 825

26

Doro PhoneEasy 530X

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