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Cellular strength and throughput

We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Nokia 7 Plus's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add.

Like a freaking BoSS...
At my in-laws place, the network is so weak that with all my earlier phones, be it MiA1 or G6 or U11, I had to go outside to make a call that too at a particular place.
And FORGET about using Mobile data ever.
But then comes Nokia 7 Plus...
I call people from anywhere and everywhere...
I watched Chelsea vs Huddersfield live on Hotstar streaming.
While others suffered with their mobiles...
Freaking BAWSE

I would say that it is awesome. As a comparison my wife and I are on the same network and both of us had the same LTE network bands.
At times my wife's Mate 10 lite / nova 2i would lose signal and mine will still have excellent LTE signal.
But there's only one complaint is that the phone, despite of me selecting manual network, it will then change back to other network. ( I received 2 bands of LTE network at my place one is faster than the other and both have strog signal but it will always go back to the slower one).

Easily goes into 4G+ mode and hence, higher speeds.
Sent from my Nokia 7 plus using Tapatalk

Does anyone nokia 7 plus heat up during weak coverage...mine get extremely warm to 45C when coverage is very weak.

Y45 said:
Does anyone nokia 7 plus heat up during weak coverage...mine get extremely warm to 45C when coverage is very weak.
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That's normal for most if not all phones. To avoid this try locking into a single network like 3G only if 4G is weak

Great signal quality and coverage here as well.
Like some phones( sony and samsung for example) it heats up a bit and use a lot of battery during low signal quality.

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

Rate this thread to express how you think the Asus Zenfone 5V's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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WiFi signal strength is noticeably weaker than Galaxy S7.
Connection drops from time to time.
3 stars.

It's terrible... This whole phone is a huge disappointment to me. One of my favorite experiences I've ever had is with the Asus Zenfone AR. With three degradation of my pixel 2 experience ( I can't even use it it's so slow) I miss the AR. To get back on topic yes the wifi receiver in this 5z is honestly really really weak. All the crazy positive reviews on this phone all over the web I am starting to not put any stock in any review now. Maybe it's just my particular device blah blah blah .....I'm Asus biggest fan but c'mon now.... Anyone have a 8gb Zenfone AR wanna deal?

Wifi signals are weaker compared to even other midrange phones.

I also confirm same. WiFi singal is not only weaker but weakest. AZF5Z India version.

Same spot at hotel room, my zenfone 5z get poor signal (1 wifi bar) but redmi 5 plus can get good signal (4 wifi bar).
Just bought this phone and I regret it.

Can it be rectified through an OTA update? Or is it a hardware issue?

any solution to weak WiFi in Asus 5z?

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 8's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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Rate this thread to express how you think the Xiaomi Mi 8's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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Wireless signal strength is avarage to poor. My Xiaomi Mi4c finds networks where as my Mi8 doesn't. My Xiaomi Mi4c has almost full bars where my Mi8 has only 1 and even disconnects. The Mi4c wireless is the best I ever had on a phone, even beats the iPhone X in both range and performance.
Troughput is good, i dont have wireless AC, only 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz. I get 200/20 from my ISP. A wireless speedtest when i have full connection over 5Ghz results in the following:
Download: 168 mbps
Upload: 20,5 mbps
Ping: 10 ms
These results probably could be better when using better equipment. My wireless network is provided by a TP-Link WDR4300 with stock firmware.

It's excellent. Nothing to complain about, 250/250 connection.

Excellent, on 600/600 5 GHz wifi

Can anyone else contribute on the wifi connection range and strength vs other phones?

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Can anyone else contribute on the wifi connection range and strength vs other phones?
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Nope, as it's excellent, just like most phones today.
If someone have an issue it's due to their ISP/router etc. like @ndonkersloot, not the device.

No problems. Better than the Huawei V10.

Poor
My Mi 8 has a poor signal, I had a Mi 5 and the strength it's better, like @ndonkersloot I have the same issues

I just tried to disable the data, then I connected to the WIFI at home and I activated the Hotspot. Then I connected to hotspot with an old simless smartphone and was able to surf the internet. Virtually the Mi 8 global with MIUI 10 stable function as WIFI extender. Stefano from Italy.

Average at best. I have noticed it suffers from some of the issues that older iPhones had due to antenna placement. When you hold the phone horizontally (landscape), poor connections take a huge hit.

Cellular strength and throughput

We know how much you like to stream, ahem, "videos", and so cellular data is mega-important. Rate this thread to express how you think the Realme X2's LTE performs. A higher rating indicates that it's fantastic: throughput is excellent and signal strength is top-notch.
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My recent phones i.e realme 3 pro and 5 pro had relatively bad indoor cellular strength, internet speed was lower than other devices indoor but was fine on outdoor.
Thanks realme fixed this in x2.
Excellent strength both indoor and outdoor.
Edit: i talked to customer support and got to know that none of realme phones supports carrier aggregation (4g+),in my locality indoor receptions is low so 4g+ is a must here, as realme phones don't support it, indoor reception is really poor and slower internet speed.
I think I will be trying to enable it with tools from xda, as this chip supports it, but maybe or maybe not our devices lacks required antenna.

Indoor receptions have some issues.
Very slow internet speed indoors sometimes untill you put the phone on and off of Airplane mode.
Could definitely be fixed by software updates though.

Same problem with my unit too!
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My recent phones i.e realme 3 pro and 5 pro had relatively bad indoor cellular strength, internet speed was lower than other devices indoor but was fine on outdoor.
Thanks realme fixed this in x2.
Excellent strength both indoor and outdoor.
Edit: i talked to customer support and got to know that none of realme phones supports carrier aggregation (4g+),in my locality indoor receptions is low so 4g+ is a must here, as realme phones don't support it, indoor reception is really poor and slower internet speed.
I think I will be trying to enable it with tools from xda, as this chip supports it, but maybe or maybe not our devices lacks required antenna.
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hello,
as you mentioned the problem,its exactly the same with me!
tried speed tests with moto one power with same jio sim and found my X2 is consistently giving about 1.5 times less speed from that phone!
researched a lot and found moto has 2CA and my device even with sd 730g which supports 4CA is giving ****ty results bcz realme doesn't bother enabling it!
if you have any solution please let us know!
thanks

Can anyone help I have realme X2 but after software update I am not able to use lte 4g it automatically connects to 2g
I have done factory resets
Apn settings
Force lte
But still I am getting this issue..
Please Help

WiFi strength, range, and throughput

Rate this thread to express how you think the Samsung Galaxy A71's Wifi performs. A higher rating indicates that it has excellent range, throughput, and signal strength. Like when you're taking a dump in the bedroom upstairs, do your videos have to buffer or do they come through without interruption?
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No different to my S10 S10 plus or any other Samsung I've owned.
Perfect wifi throughout

Worst wifi receiver I've ever used
I come from a Note 2, perfect wifi signal receiver.
I decided to change after decades and bought an A71.
Good enough this phone concerning all but the wifi receiver. It is almost frustrating. While my wife's Hw Y7 and my children's old Samsungs do find the wifi signal at 2 dots I do not see any wifi network available even being in the same identical overrided position.
Very bad thing. Also thinking that if it is so poor receptabling for my safeness, while I'm in the same little space together with people with more dangerous devices I even do risk my health..
In few words: I do not appreciate this from Samsung.

I just bought this phone over the weekend, previous phone was Asus Zenfone 3. Wifi in my house and my parents house seems pretty similar, which is disappointing because I wasn't very happy with the Asus's wifi especially 5Ghz speeds. I did speedtests and ran wifi analyzer on both phones at various points in my house, the Asus typically had slightly better signal strength but similar speedtest result. I compared both against my wife's iPhone XR, that was significantly better in all tests. We have 300mbps internet and an AC3200 wifi router in a ~1500 sqft townhouse. The weakest point for wifi is my office because it's on the opposite corner of the house to the router. The midrange android phones were barely getting to 100mbps on either of my 5ghz networks while the iPhone was between 150-200mbps. When testing near the modem, the android phones would top out around 270mbps but the iphone would go over 300mbps for the duration of the test. On this basis, I am considering returning the phone as I've been working from home for the past 5 months and need my phone to have a strong connection.

it's because high end device have 2x2 WiFi (2 antennas) so the theoretical speed will be double (on 5ghz 867Mbps vs 433Mbps). mid range and cheap phones only have 1 antenna