Reception on Droid X

Anyone have a phone that is noisy. I swapped out the phone and it still sounds terrible. I was right next to a cell tower and it sounds like a swishing noise in the background..

splicer8 wrote:
There is definittely white noise in the backround. Verizon techs say it sounds fine to them. I like the phone but just might return it and wait for a different phone. In a couple months or so I'm sure there will be even better phones. In the store I tried the incredible and that sounded great although i like this phone size. The option 2 for roaming did not work.
If you do have 30 days to test out a verizon phone. You have the chance to get a different new phone or same new phone. If you exchange after 30 days that'll go towards warranty. With warranty you'll get a refurbished device most likely.

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