Motorola Electrify 2 Now Available

**ropp29** · 08-03-2012, 11:17 AM

If anyone picks one of these up I'd love to hear about the reception and call quality. I've been a long-time HTC user (Touch Pro, Desire, 7 Pro, Hero S which recently broke) and I've been very disappointed with reception on recent HTC's. I've heard that the Galaxy S III has better reception than HTC phones, but no better than average. If this has the usual good reception that Motorola tends to have I'd be tempted to go with it over the S III just because of reception and build quality.

**woodardhsd** · 08-03-2012, 12:14 PM

Originally Posted by ropp29

If anyone picks one of these up I'd love to hear about the reception and call quality. I've been a long-time HTC user (Touch Pro, Desire, 7 Pro, Hero S which recently broke) and I've been very disappointed with reception on recent HTC's. I've heard that the Galaxy S III has better reception than HTC phones, but no better than average. If this has the usual good reception that Motorola tends to have I'd be tempted to go with it over the S III just because of reception and build quality.

I ordered another S3 for myself and an Electrify 2 for my wife. My first S3 had lousy reception and I wanted to give the phone another shot before I wrote it off. I'll be sure to post a comparison of the signal between the two.

**tritium man** · 08-03-2012, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by woodardhsd

I ordered another S3 for myself and an Electrify 2 for my wife. My first S3 had lousy reception and I wanted to give the phone another shot before I wrote it off. I'll be sure to post a comparison of the signal between the two.

A scientific comparison?

**EastMark10** · 08-04-2012, 08:36 PM

Originally Posted by woodardhsd

I ordered another S3 for myself and an Electrify 2 for my wife. My first S3 had lousy reception and I wanted to give the phone another shot before I wrote it off. I'll be sure to post a comparison of the signal between the two.

Looking forward to it ! My S3 sucks for reception and I am thinking of switching to the E2.

Mark

**ace3166** · 08-05-2012, 09:05 AM

The E2 has even better reception than the E1.

Also the answer to "why would someone buy a phone that isn't 4g" question is because Samsung phones are the only phones with 4G right now. If you think the 3G reception is bad on them,4G is even worse.

**tnplumber** · 08-05-2012, 09:09 AM

Hoping someone will post a comparison of the E2 to their old E1. Is it worth the upgrade or not? That might be interesting.

**WI4Fan** · 08-05-2012, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by ace3166

The E2 has even better reception than the E1.

Also the answer to "why would someone buy a phone that isn't 4g" question is because Samsung phones are the only phones with 4G right now. If you think the 3G reception is bad on them,4G is even worse.

Maybe I just live in an area that has great reception overall as I have not had any reception issues with my Galaxy S or my S3. I have also traveled significantly throughout the East Coast & Southern US over the past few years and have not had reception problems with my phones. As for the 3G vs. 4G, that shouldn't affect your signal strength as US Cellular still runs its voice separate from its data (someone correct me if this has changed recently).

**BigE** · 08-05-2012, 11:21 PM

Originally Posted by WI4Fan

Maybe I just live in an area that has great reception overall as I have not had any reception issues with my Galaxy S or my S3. I have also traveled significantly throughout the East Coast & Southern US over the past few years and have not had reception problems with my phones. As for the 3G vs. 4G, that shouldn't affect your signal strength as US Cellular still runs its voice separate from its data (someone correct me if this has changed recently).

I can't speak to the technical question but my signal does jump at least 20 db when I force the phone into 3G only.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3

**EastMark10** · 08-06-2012, 05:35 AM

Originally Posted by BigE

I can't speak to the technical question but my signal does jump at least 20 db when I force the phone into 3G only.

Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S3

Mine jumps too ! Not 20 but alot. I cant tell if it helps the actual cell reception but it seems like no right now.

Mark

**ropp29** · 08-06-2012, 01:00 PM

Originally Posted by ace3166

The E2 has even better reception than the E1.

Do you know this from experience? It's a pretty lackluster phone compared to the Galaxy S III (don't like the smaller screen and slower processor, and HATE the software home/menu/back buttons) but if it really has that good of reception it might be worth it.

**ralphus4121** · 08-07-2012, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by ropp29

Do you know this from experience? It's a pretty lackluster phone compared to the Galaxy S III (don't like the smaller screen and slower processor, and HATE the software home/menu/back buttons) but if it really has that good of reception it might be worth it.

I'd like to know this too- I had an Electrify last year and had some issues with it, ended up swapping it out for a Hero-S which I loved but the reception (which I initially thought was as good as the Electrify) was horrible where I live. I actually said "screw this" and started using an old VE20 and then a BlackBerry 9330, but I'm looking to get back on the Android platform. I like the GS3, but I'm wary of the reception issues because reception is my #1 priority now. Is the Electrify 2's reception amazing?

**tigerwolf** · 08-07-2012, 10:44 AM

Originally Posted by tnplumber

E2 is way under specs of GS3

How so? They look about the same to me.

**ace3166** · 08-07-2012, 11:23 AM

Friend of mine picked up the E2. Was out and about with him over the weekend and the E2 was consistantly-5 to -10dBa better that the E1 in signal strength.

Specs on the GS3 are better, but reception is garbage,even worse that the usual Samsung borderline reception. Stay away from it until a fix is released.

**NoddaProbBob** · 08-08-2012, 01:53 PM

I'm liking what I've read so far in terms of E2 reviews and opinions. I just recently shattered my E1 screen and had the phone replaced by insurance but now I'm having issues with the replacement phone so instead of fighting with more handsets I'm thinking of just upgrading. Does anyone know what the price is of the E2 retail wise? I doubt I can get any type of compensation for the crappy replacement E1 so maybe I can sell it back :/

**tigerwolf** · 08-08-2012, 02:00 PM

I think it's $350 for prepaid, so possibly $350? Hmm...actually I sort of want to say it was <$300 on the ticket-y-thing? I think it's still partially subsidized though either way. I mean if you buy it from USCC. Seems like a pretty nice phone, other than I'd like a user replaceable battery.