Is 3G supposed to drop out when making a Call?

[cfi on the fly]

New guy to 3g and smart phones here.

I have noticed that before I make a phone call I have 3-4 bars with the 3g logo appearing. When making and during a call, the bars drop to 1 and the 3g logo goes away.

Is that normal?

I was under the impression that 3G, besides data, also helped out the call quality, is that not correct?

Thanks.

[coolkidd]

CDMA is not like GSM... In CDMA, you can only do 1 at a time - either call or surf. I might be wrong about this though (I've read it years ago that CDMA cannot do both data and voice at the same time).

[BigTex71]

You are correct coolkidd, the Verizon network can only do voice OR data at one time - not both. But it can do WiFi and voice at the same time to handle data while on voice (if you are at a WiFi spot.)

[cfi on the fly]

Thanks for the quick clarification, good to know.

[Droider]

Would it be a big deal (in terms of cost or size of the device) for the CDMA providers like Verizon or Sprint to put two radios into a phone so you could do both 3G data and voice at the same time?

[garrett]

Would it be a big deal (in terms of cost or size of the device) for the CDMA providers like Verizon or Sprint to put two radios into a phone so you could do both 3G data and voice at the same time?

while this sounds all great and would be a logical solution it would kill your battery in no time.... you would be charging your battery 3 or 4 times a day.


now another option to this is to have 2 radios and only have the second radio come on when needed(like when on a call)... but nobody has come to that solution yet.