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  • It would be awesome to see all of this data measured and compared in a consistent way, and released to the public–though it would probably ruin some companies.

  • After watching those videos, a few things occurred to me.

    1. If they test the signal so well, how do phones like the iPhone 4 and Galaxy Nexus with their notoriously bad radios happen? Granted, that was a few years ago, but I have still found that some companies (Motorola, LG) tend to get better reception than the competition regardless of what Verizon says.

    2. I suspect that signal test is also why Verizon phones have a tendency to heat up as they struggle to maintain a connection instead of dropping to a lower power band. Now that my Moto X is on T-Mobile, it scales the radio between H, H+, and LTE depending on what is available that is the most power efficient.

    3. Now I see why they chose Motorola to make the Droid line. They’re just about the only company that has consistently made phones that are extremely durable.

  • Sweet, now where’s the video explaining their X-UIDH tracking and how its there to give us the best experience? Punks.

  • And I thought they just had a nerdy guy in glasses that just walked around everywhere saying, “Can you hear men now?”

  • Ahhhh, now I understand the Verizon logo after all these years. It’s a cell phone hitting the ground.

  • So I watched the video about the signal quality and I want to know if they have actually found phones that failed. I don’t believe I have heard about Verizon sending phones back and telling the OEM they need to redesign the antenna placement, so what good is this testing process actually doing??

  • Verizon: Apple, we want to let you know about a few issues we’ve found with your devices.
    Apple: You’re testing them wrong.

  • Guess they didn’t extensively test the g2. Slid out of my pocket while sitting down from a height of about 20-30 inches and the thing completely shattered.

  • Or, they could just read the spec sheet that the OEM sends with the unit, and save the money…

    • Or the thunderbolt, I literally watch someone drop their thunderbolt 1 foot or less and the glass and digitizer both shattered.

      I have dropped my GNex and GS3 100 times each and never had a problem, just put the battery and back plate back on, boot right up, not even a scratch on the glass.

  • how many of these tests or on what phones does verizon do? If vzw is doing these call / drop tests, how do they come to the conclusion that oh no it dropped and everything’s cracked and shattered is acceptable? And if their dropping it in their test and it isn’t breaking then maybe the guy who designed that test to simulate the real world should be fired.

  • Every phone tested. That’s good. I see the results are fantastic.

    Which is why in 5 different spots in my house my:
    G2 had 4-5 Bars 4G
    G3 had 3-4 bars 4G
    Droid Turbo has 2-3 bars 4G
    Moto X had 1-3 bars 4G
    Note 2 and S3 had 1 bar 4G-3 bars 3G
    Note 3 had 1-3 bars 3G.

    You’re welcome to use my house for testing, Verizon. Just know it doesn’t have any cool useful spikes in it.

    • Report back in dbm and then compare. Bars are just a relative representation…not even all devices use the same amount of total bars. Remember the complaints of low bars after an android update (don’t remember which one) and so in the next update they just changed the calculation so you had more bars…

      • Sad but true. Verizon released a statement, reported here at DL, that they would change the bars to make it look like there is a better signal than there actually is.

  • I really doubt VZ is getting a Nexus 6, especially with leaks of a Motorola Droid branded device which is “nearly identical” to it making the rounds online.

    • Doesn’t matter, every Nexus 6 has the radios for VZW cdma and lte inside, so the consumer already wins, except for those who want a subsidy.

      I have to pay full price for mine, but I knew that ahead of time and budgeted for the phone.

      • And except for those who want voice and data at the same time. It won’t happen until Verizon supports the Nexus 6.

  • Do they have a lab of unsuspecting customers where they test to see how much money they can squeeze out of them? Wanna buy a case with that? lol

  • This is like having a car dealership running crash tests on their new cars. Leave the engineering and test work to the manufactorers, stick to sales.

    • If best buy was the one doing the testing, I’d agree with that analogy. Neither Best Buy nor the dealership have skin in the game once you’ve purchased from them (for the most part). Verizon, as well as other carriers, have to ensure their customers are happy with the service and in order to do that they have to ensure the phones they sell work on their network under “typical” use. The average person will often assume the issue lies with the service even if the problem is with the phone.

      • While I can see your point, Verizon (or any of the big carriers for that matter) have quality standards from their suppliers. They set a standard in which their vendors have to adhere to, it is the vendors’ (Apple, Samsung, Moto, etc) responsibility to ensure that their products meet those minimum standards. If they fall short, they should be held liable. Case in point would be a store like Costco. They have an “in-house” (Kirkland I think) brand that is manufactored from all outside sources. These products have to meet strict guilines and quality benchmarks that Costco sets for them. It is the manufactorer’s responsibility to test and QA their products before they hit the shelves of Coscto, not Costcos.
        Makes you wonder how the Galaxy Nexus ever made it to the shelves if their testing was so complete.

        • But how do CostCo or Verizon *know* that the quality standards are not being met? I guarantee you CostCo does or contracts out independent testing of its house brands periodically.

      • Isn’t that what FCC certification is for? It’s pretty extensive.

        Honestly, Verizon must’ve put some of the Samsung devices that received botched updates in a drawer somewhere and claimed to “test” them.

  • I wonder if they test how rooted and unlocked phones run on the network. Since they claim they would have an effect on the network

  • It’s great to know that Verizon wants to unnecessarily test things of the phones they sell as if the OEMs themselves didn’t already test these things.

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