Telstra Blue Tick is touted as an objective and independent testing of a phone’s ability to receive a signal in rural and remote areas with limited tower coverage. It has been a subject of considerable debate in Reddit and Whirlpool forums. As our insightful readers have often pointed out, it…
…tower coverage. Update: After this review was published the S24-series received Telstra Blue Tick for rural use. While we cannot argue the point we feel that the best phone should have the best reception strength. In case you are wondering there are no Apple iPhones in the Bluetick List. Battery…
…12 antennae (excellent) and finds all four towers are very good strengths. Its strongest signal was 7.6pW (picoWatt), which should earn it a Telstra Blue Tick. Excellent for city, suburbs, regional and remote use. Note the strongest signals are with the fold open. The New Sound-Sealed Call feature can partially…
…This has 12 antennae (excellent) and finds all four towers at usable signal strengths. Its strongest signal was 7.9pW (picoWatt), which should earn it a Telstra Blue Tick. Excellent for city, suburbs, regional and remote use. Note the strongest signals are with the fold open. Battery mAh 4400mAh (test 4270)…
…signal was 2.5pW (picoWatt), which is good but won’t earn it a Telstra Blue Tick. Excellent for city, suburbs and regional use. Rural users may need to look elsewhere. Battery mAh 3700mAh 2 batteries in serial Battery 1: 10.47Wh/2700mAh (test 10.16Wh/2620mAh) Battery 2: 3.88Wh/1000mAh (test 3.76Wh/971mAh) Rated maximum charge 9V/2.77A/24.93W…
…city, regional and rural use. Note OPPO did not apply for Telstra Blue-tick certification, but its signal strength is stronger than the Samsung S22 Ultra with Blue Tick. Stronger signal strength than the S22, + and can find towers two and three. A phone that should be fine for rural…
…higher is better. Tower readings 1: -86 and between 2 and 3 pW (strong) 2: -96/250fW 3: -97/199.5fW 4: unreliable This is among the strongest antenna signals we have seen. It is up there with Telstra Blue Tick regional standard. It supports all relevant 4 and 5G bands for Australia….
…Snapdragon 410 processor, 2GB of RAM, and 16GB of expandable storage. Notably, the Telstra Tough Max’s 2500mAh battery can be recharged wirelessly. Telstra has given the Tough Max it’s “Blue Tick“, meaning the handset is able to provide reliable connectivity in rural and regional areas. Users can however plug in…
