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What's the Problem With iPhone 3G Reception?

Posted by Soulskill on from the solar-flares dept.

CWmike writes "Apple's iPhone 3G was just a couple of days old when reports began trickling onto the company's support forum from dissatisfied customers complaining about poor reception. Although no one outside of Apple and AT&T — and maybe a chipmaker or two — really knows, that has not kept others from speculating, or in a few cases, making claims based on unnamed sources. What's going on? We may not have all the answers, but we do have questions. Gregg Keizer put together everything we know in a FAQ on the griping about iPhone 3G reception."

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  1. With the fees that Rogers charges in Canada by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    We've all made our own Canadian version of the iPhone:

    1. take your regular plain old cellphone
    2. buy an iPod touch
    3. buy duct-tape
    4. if you can't figure out step four by yourself, please return your Handyman membership card to Red Green.

  2. WHAT DID YOU EXPECT? by mrSteveBallmer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Apple sells crappy products! If you stick with a majority company like MS you will have no problems people! http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com/

  3. If your Jesus phone won't work... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...it's because you're not praying hard enough. Try prostrating yourself towards Cupertino five times a day.

    1. Re:If your Jesus phone won't work... by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 5, Funny

      I love it! Faith based communications.
      If it does not work, you are clearly not worthy.
      The bar display does not indicate signal strength, it shows if your aura of cool is sufficient.

  4. The Apple Product Cycle. by LarsG · · Score: 5, Funny

    We have now reached Whiny, artistic types post lengthy diatribes about how this terrible design flaw has made the device unusable and scarred them emotionally.

    --
    If J.K.R wrote Windows: Puteulanus fenestra mortalis!
  5. Re:Beware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    a nice girl like you doesn't need a penis

  6. Re:Wide-spread discussion. by Niten · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Cellphone is two parts
    1) a radio transceiver
    and
    2) a computer ,

    <SteveJobsRDF>

    ... and an iPod, and an Internet communications device!

    </SteveJobsRDF>

  7. Re:Wide-spread discussion. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    But the problem may lie with the way Apple's software uses the radio [businessweek.com].

    I know that I have full faith in the detailed engineering analysis ordered by a speculating stock broker. Which was then off-handedly barked to a respected journal such as Business Week.

    It is good to see others do too. That's why our economy is so awesomely strong.