Smartphones with the best antennas
Telecommunications companies are often blamed for poor mobile coverage and slow internet on the phone, but telecommunications companies are often entirely blameless. Often, poor mobile coverage and slow internet is experienced since the antennas in mobile phones are, basically, of a very poor quality.
Mobile phone manufacturers often sacrifice a good mobile antenna in favour of a small, attractive design. Neither are mobile phone manufacturers required by law to inform consumers about antenna quality. The result is damaging for many people. Especially those living in rural communities. They thought they bought a racer fast smartphone, but what they experience is a slow turtle grasping for an internet connection.
Manufacturers appear to have free range to equip mobile phones with a poor antenna, but Professor Gert Frølund from Aalborg University has proved a clear link between mobile radiation (the SAR-value of the phone which mobile phone manufactures are bound to give information on) from cell phones and the antenna quality. The higher the mobile radiation (SAR value), the worse is the quality of the mobile antenna.
Therefor I have applied the phones SAR value in my assessment of mobile phone antennas. The listed phones are ranged on antenna quality (the value for the antenna is the reciprocal of the mobile phone SAR value). The higher the score, the better the antenna.
/Stein Jürgen
Samsung Galaxy S20 FE 128 GB + 4G
81/100
8 / 10
$ 450 /
€ 430
Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus 128 GB
89/100
8 / 10
$ 1010 /
€ 960
Xiaomi Mi 10T Pro 5G 128 GB
82/100
8 / 10
$ 590 /
€ 560
Samsung Galaxy S22+ (Android) 128 GB
91/100
8 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S22+ (Android) 256 GB
91/100
8 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Xiaomi 12 Pro (2022) 256 GB
91/100
8 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Xiaomi 12 (Android 2022) 256 GB
86/100
8 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
OnePlus 10 Pro 5G (2022) 256 GB
90/100
7 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
OnePlus Nord (2020) 128 GB
77/100
7 / 10
$ 420 /
€ 400
OnePlus Nord (2020) 256 GB
77/100
7 / 10
$ 510 /
€ 480
OnePlus Nord 2 5G 128 GB
82/100
7 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
OnePlus Nord 2 5G 256 GB
82/100
7 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
OnePlus Nord CE 2 (2022) 128 GB
75/100
7 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 128 GB
80/100
7 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S21 FE 5G 256 GB
80/100
7 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Apple iPhone 11 64 GB
66/100
7 / 10
$ 640 /
€ 610
Apple iPhone 12 64 GB
72/100
7 / 10
$ 860 /
€ 820
Apple iPhone 12 128 GB
72/100
7 / 10
$ 920 /
€ 880
Apple iPhone 12 Pro 128 GB
78/100
7 / 10
$ 1530 /
€ 1450
Apple iPhone 12 Pro 256 GB
79/100
7 / 10
$ 1220 /
€ 1160
Apple iPhone 12 Mini 5G 128 GB
72/100
7 / 10
$ 830 /
€ 790
Motorola Edge 20 (2021) 128 GB
72/100
6 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 128 GB
88/100
6 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 256 GB
88/100
6 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra 512 GB
88/100
6 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S22 (Android) 128 GB
78/100
6 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
Samsung Galaxy S22 (Android) 256 GB
78/100
6 / 10
$ 0 /
€ 0
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