Looking for a good smartphone with an option to add extra/external antenna
If you can assist, that'd be awesome
Thanks!
Best Phone for Travelling about Australia
eagleanthony on 19/04/2016 - 21:19
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Can't help you with the device, but if you're heading well outside major cities and population centres, as much as I dislike their pricing Telstra does have by far the best coverage.
Nothing wrong with Telstra prepaid pricing
What is your budget, and what is the phone going to be used for (just calls and texts or data, internet etc)?
Where are you planning to travel?
You can try and find a phone with an RF port so you can attach an external antenna but I gather they are hard to find these days. Telstra has the Tough Max but it's expensive and I've seen a lot of bad reviews.
"For the best possible mobile phone reception in a vehicle, especially in rural areas, carriers recommend the use of a mobile phone hands-free car kit with an external vehicle-mounted high gain antenna." ACMA
Don't get a repeater unless you get a licence.
http://www.smh.com.au/digital-life/digital-life-news/consume…
You need the Telstra network (note, not a reseller except Boost).
If you are going to remote areas you might want to post somewhere like myswag forums where you can get first hand recommendations.You don't mention price, or exactly where you plan on going…
Australia is huge and poorly served for contact over large expanses in the farther flung places - if you decide to get really adventurous and don't wish to chance things.
:)http://www.pivotel.com.au/pivotel_satellite_phones_inc_thura…
Those new Thuraya SatSleeves are a pretty impressive innovation.
A Whirlpool thread, if interested at all - http://forums.whirlpool.net.au/forum-replies.cfm?t=1828288
More importantly the choice of network. Telstra has the best coverage. Get a telstra blue tick phone for rural coverage. If you are going to isolated areas you need a satellite phone