up until 3 weeks ago the signal was super strong, 5 bars all the time. Now as soon as I get in the area, I go to data roaming and 5 minutes later I have no signal at all. don't know what happened but I hope it gets fixed soon, I can't spend all this money and not be able to use the phone due to poor service.

In and around Cooper University Hospital, reception is surprisingly poor and intermittent for being in a metropolitan area (i.e. Camden, NJ)

I've been with Verizon for many years but for the past 2 or 3 years the reception doesn't seem to work as good as before. I go inside the Kim's nail salon on Browning Rd.and Rt. 130 and can't get or make calls and I see other people talking on their phones. The dropped calls are getting worst and the phone gets really hot when on the line for 20 minutes. I got my son a phone to stay in contact with him and it's a waste of money because I rarely get a hold of him, phone doesn't ring or register that he missed a call. I'm so ready to pay the penalty to cancel my contract after 9yrs with Verizon.

3 and 4 bars out of 5. This is my moms celli. Can't wait to give here my old vx6000, I expect it to do better.

4 full bars here in my mom's house. Excellent web browsing as well.

Direct connect is terrible. Goes from 4 bars to zero when standing still and, more often than not, DC signal turns into a garbled mess. We have 10 phones, all i530's, and poor dc signal is common on all.