Mobile Phone Signal Reception Quality

daveoc22

Forgive me if this is a silly question, but my phone tech knowledge is limited.

About three years ago my wife and I each bought a new mobile, her a Samsung A16 and me a Moto Go4(?), each costing about £100.

We each have an O2 sim but from day one, when we are out about, I regularly struggle to get a signal while she has no problem. I changed my sim in case it was faulty but it made no difference.

So, my question is, even if similarly priced, are some phones better at getting a signal than others?. If so how do you know before buying, or is it pot luck?. Thanks

JSmithy45AD

The Samsung besides the obvious 5G support against 4G LTE has a better hardware spec in all parts of it's network architecture. It's also getting many more OS upgrades compared to the Moto.

Frozen_up_north

More recent phones will have more frequency bands, potentially better coverage. Equally EE or Vodafone/3 may have better coverage.