[naner]

Currently I have a very basic Nokia model. There is a process called 'handing over' or 'hand shake' that happens when you move from one cell (a small region of an entire area) to another or when one cellphone tower 'hands over' the signal to another tower. This process is handled exceptionally well on most smartphones, but not so well on the basic phones such as lower-end Nokias.

Are you sure this is accurate? I've never had call drop issues on the various non-smart phones I've owned.

[neya]

I have a Nokia C1-00. I've also had a dozen other basic models from LG and Samsung and they too had this, for some strange reason. I think it has something to do with the phone's inbuilt micro-processor not being powerful enough to hand-over on time....

[greyboy]

That's weird and, well, not my experience.

I've never owned a smartphone and usually use basic candybar or flip phones, such as this cheap $20 Nokia sitting next to me. I can't say that reason sounds likely. (And I have a whole drawer full of old, cheap phones that I give to foreigners visiting the US)

Dropped calls are rather rare for me and usually happen when I'm sitting still in my office, not moving about.