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iPhone 3G users complain of dropped calls
WHILE thousands of Apple fans in Singapore
have placed orders for the iPhone 3G to be launched here next
Friday, users elsewhere are disgruntled over its
glitches. 14 August
2008
WHILE thousands of Apple fans in Singapore have placed orders
for the iPhone 3G to be launched here next Friday, users elsewhere
are disgruntled over its glitches.
Widespread complaints about the iPhone 3G's reception have
spread across the internet a month since Apple and AT&T
released the successor to the original iPhone.
The companies insist nothing is wrong, but complaints have been
mounting through e-mails, water-cooler discussions and message
boards on Apple's website, reported CNET News.com.
iPhone 3G users are having trouble connecting, and staying
connected, to the 3G networks in their areas.
GIVEN UP
Sales professional Mr Ryan Shaw has had enough of the
hassle.
After his third iPhone 3G continued to cut him off in the middle
of his conversations, he has decided to give it up for a Verizon or
the Blackberry.
He said: 'The phone was a disappointment from the standpoint
that it couldn't maintain a consistent connection with the 3G
network.
'All the other features were fantastic.'
Other users say the iPhone switches between 3G and other
high-speed data networks even when the device is untouched.
They will lose reception in the middle of a call while traveling
through a 3G-rich environment.
Added another iPhone 3G owner MrDavid Howard: 'Frankly, if I
knew it was going to be like this, I wouldn't have paid the extra
US$10 ($14) a month.'
These issues do not appear to be confined to AT&T's network:
iPhone 3G users in other countries report similar problems with
their new phones.
While an AT&T spokesman said the iPhone 3G is doing well, he
is 'not denying that people are having problems', adding that they
are dealing with it on a case-by-case basis.
Though neither Apple nor AT&T acknowledge the internet
uproar, the issue could be a combination of network glitches and
device problems.
Network coverage is not the only possible cause as users of
other mobile phones on AT&T's 3G network are not reporting the
same kinds of issues.
Some users who have exchanged their iPhone 3Gs for new units
also report stronger reception with the new phones.
