[SunkenCiv]

The series of cheap old-style (no more recent than 2G btw) phones I’ve used did have excellent reception and transmission. I’ve never had any serious problems with flat ones, but once in while (like at the beach) there’s no signal.

also:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4340262/posts?page=22#22

[mass55th]

Thanks for the link to your comment. Greatly appreciated.