Hiya-
So, my trusty old iPhone 5S has two nasty issues going on:
(A) It's old, and the battery is dying quickly. It will go from, say, 47% battery to shutdown mode in a heartbeat. It will shut down because it thinks it has no juice. When I plug it in to charge it, the meter will read 47% again, and continue charging. Oddly, this seems to more problematic when Low Power mode is on.
(B) My phone gets horrible signal in my office. I work in the middle of a decent-sized city (Memphis, TN). My office is in the middle of the facility, and I cannot get a reliable signal in my office. Calls and texts fail. Walk outside in any direction, and the 4G signal goes to two, maybe three bars, and is usually fine.
So, mainly because of the battery issue, I need to upgrade my phone. I know I can slap a new battery in the 5S, but frankly I want the new shiny. Thinking about an iPhone XR.
The reason I'm posting is because I guess I will sign onto some two-year deal with Sprint to pay for the phone over time. So if I were to need to switch providers, now is the time. My main question is, are the radios in new phones better at acquiring and holding signals, so I might get better reception in my office with a new phone but still on Sprint? Or do I need to switch to Verizon or T-mobile or whoever?
I have asked other folks at my shop how their reception is, and they seem to have no problems, but they don't work in the middle of the building, they have newer phones, and few of them are on Sprint.
Any and all thoughts are welcome.
Thanks
EDIT: ugh, I guess I should mention that I'm talking about the cell radio, not AM/FM. Sorry.