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Phones/tablets with external 3G antenna and/or good sensitivity?

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  Phones/tablets with external 3G antenna and/or good sensitivity? cl@isbd.net - 2015-09-24 09:58 +0100
    Re: Phones/tablets with external 3G antenna and/or good sensitivity? Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> - 2015-09-24 10:34 +0100
      Re: Phones/tablets with external 3G antenna and/or good sensitivity? cl@isbd.net - 2015-09-24 11:52 +0100

#22446 — Phones/tablets with external 3G antenna and/or good sensitivity?

I need a phone/tablet with good 3G (well, generic 'phone') sensitivity
as I often want to use the phone in places where the signal is fairly
weak.

Are there any phones/tablets known to have particularly good
sensitivity or even ones which allow one to attach an external
antenna? 

I'd probably prefer a tablet for the sort of uses I want this for but
a phone would be OK.

Currently I have a Motorola Moto E whose sensitivity seems pretty good
to me and a generic 7" phablet whose sensitivity is very poor.  What I
want is a handy device which is as sensitive as the Moto E but is,
hopefully, cheaper and on which I can change the SIM quickly and
easily as I'm often using several different providers in one place in
quick succession.

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Chris Green
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cl@isbd.net wrote:
> Are there any phones/tablets known to have particularly good
> sensitivity or even ones which allow one to attach an external
> antenna? 

Many phones can take an external antenna.  If you pop off the back cover
(assuming they have one) you often find an antenna socket inside.  For
example, here's one for a Galaxy S4:
https://www.telcoantennas.com.au/site/samsung-galaxy-s4-patch-lead-and-back-cover-combo

Look for teardown pictures of phones and you'll see the antenna sockets.

Theo

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Theo Markettos <theom+news@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote:
> cl@isbd.net wrote:
> > Are there any phones/tablets known to have particularly good
> > sensitivity or even ones which allow one to attach an external
> > antenna? 
> 
> Many phones can take an external antenna.  If you pop off the back cover
> (assuming they have one) you often find an antenna socket inside.  For
> example, here's one for a Galaxy S4:
> https://www.telcoantennas.com.au/site/samsung-galaxy-s4-patch-lead-and-back-cover-combo
> 
> Look for teardown pictures of phones and you'll see the antenna sockets.
> 
That might be OK, thanks.

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Chris Green
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