LONDON: New research has found that the expensive smartphones of today do not work as well for calls and texts as mobile phones from a decade ago.
A study carried out by industry regulator Ofcom has found that the handsets of the past provide better signal performance for making calls and sending texts than modern smartphones sold by the likes of Apple and Samsung.
The tests were carried out in laboratory conditions, and showed that despite being packed with technology, smartphones are not as good at picking up weak signals as cheaper devices.
On average, the smartphones examined required a signal at least seven times stronger than the average non-smartphone on the 2G network.
