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5600 RF? great?
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Posted by: flnsx

Better than the V3 or 6230? comments?

Posted by: lb505

Almost as good as my 6230. I am generally on no bars at my house (low signal area) and haven't dropped a call. The 6230 seems to have less fading in and out in the same area.

Posted by: george2350

I would not classify it as great - just good. For some strange reason my V551 has better signal inside my office (a granite stone building

), but never dropped a call. On occassion it goes into a network searching mode which I do not see with the V551. Another strange thing I noticed is that my SMT5600 takes a long time to regain signal than other phones - looks like we need to do something about the refresh cycles.

Posted by: koifish

I would qualify the reception ok for the SMT5600, too bad that theses judgement are based on observation rather than strict testing, wish there was a way to conduct RF test for the consumer... heck every manufacturer boast "great RF" theses days. I would have to agree with george2350 that the SMT5600 take longer than many other phone on regaining signal after the boot cycle, a good 10sec after menue and pluggins are loaded...

-koifish-

Posted by: hitch

My experience is nearly the same as the others just listed. The 6230 is slightly better. I have experienced the 5600 causing the bt headset to sound kind of garbled when the signal strength is down to 1 or no bars. I've had to disconnect the headset to continue calls where the 6230 will maintain the clarity. I've found the 5600 to be nearly a complete replacement of my 6230/Pocket Pc combo for normal use. I'm very pleased.

Posted by: another_punk

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Originally Posted by flnsx

Better than the V3 or 6230? comments?

It's comparable to 6230! My friend has a 6230 and I have a SMT5600, and we both seem to have almost same RF performance.

Posted by: ngr2001

I get good RF with my 5600, the 5600 gets better service with cingular then tmobile though cause of 850. I agree it does takes a while to get service on a fresh boot.

However a nokia 7260 I have that I am selling does get better singal strength then the 5600 on tmobile areas that I have trouble getting a signal in with my 5600 seems to be fine on my nokia 7260. This pisses me off cause I hate nokia phones.

Nice thing with my 5600 is that even with no bars I can still recieve calls and make calls without them getting dropped.

Posted by: JBHorner

I've had both the 6230 and 5600. By far, the 6230 was better in fringe areas. The call quality, and ability to either pick up a signal or retain a call were notably different.

As I've had this happen with three handsets (5600s), I'm comfortable saying that I didn't/don't have a defective handset. I still use the 5600 as my primary handset, as I really like the Smartphone platform--but didn't want the grief of the MPx220.

Joel