I wouldn't be surprised if the people doing product reviews managed to not hit this scenario often enough for it to show up in a review. The average reviewer ma

I wouldn't be surprised if the people doing product reviews managed to not hit this scenario often enough for it to show up in a review. The average reviewer may not be running special software to figure out what their signal level and mode are when outdoors. Could also be specific to the type of modem being used or specific frequency band for the article author (who is in France, I think?) vs reviewers who might be in the US or UK or etc. Personally I've had very bad experiences with quality control on Google phone handsets. Every single one I've owned had various problems that wouldn't make it past QC at other manufacturers - like a broken proximity sensor on the Pixel 4 I got for work, improper cooling on the nexus 5X I bought while working at google (constantly thermal throttled), and a nexus 4 I bought that had a bad internal flash drive that failed a week after I set it up (RIP my 2fa codes).