Here’s a good photo comparison after upgrading to iOS4. I used to find that the iPhone 3GS always seemed to show wildly different bars compared to the HTC Desire and HTC HD2. Many times I would be away in a hotel and find likewise that the iPhone 3GS not getting a data signal but the HD2 does get a data signal.
I should start out by saying that the HD2 can support HSDPA where the iPhone 3GS can only support 3G. That aside, here’s a comparison now in a low signal area comparing all three.
Left to right are the HTC HD2 (WinMobile), HTC Desire (Android) and iPhone 3GS (iOS4). Each of these are on the O2 UK network.
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Looking at all three devices above you’ll see all are showing 1 signal strength bar now. The iPhone 3GS is very closely showing what other devices are showing. So was the iPhone signal strength algorithm wrong? It looks like it had been, now fixed in iOS 4.0.1
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