If you have Sprint you absolutely must have a Sanyo phone to get the best possible reception with them. I learned this over the years, it's true in all areas. I've been with them since 96 and have lived all over the U.S. My phone works inside the elevator at WFH, thats how good sanyo is with sprint. If you have Cingular Motorola works the best. You would think a company would only want to carry phones that offer the best possible service with them because it makes them look bad otherwise. However that isn't the case, subscribers with an inferior phone therefore often assume its the service. Lg and Samsung make light weight little phones with lots of features but they have compromised antenna reception to do so. They only dead spots I experience last for a few feet in areas where it messes with everyones phone no matter what they have which are scenic hwy, 12th ave / gonzalez and pace. have not experienced a problem anywhere that other people with different carriers dont.

1 bar or no reception in my appartment. Outside it's fine. Sometimes I get SOS only which can last for hours. very dissapointing. I hope that these issues will be diminished after the merger is complete

Outside I get full bars, but inside my apartement I get 1 bar or no bars. You can put the phone by the window if you're using a wireless headset. That seems to work.