Comments on: BlackBerry Bold to Rival iPhone in 3G Reception Issues http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080825/blackberry-bold-to-rival-iphone-in-3g-reception-issues/ by John Paczkowski Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Skinner http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080825/blackberry-bold-to-rival-iphone-in-3g-reception-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2147 James Skinner Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:44:41 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=3796#comment-2147 I have to agree with the Swedish researchers and others when they say that It is AT&T's fault and and not the IPhones problem with 3G. Other that the fact that Steve Jobs could call his own shots with AT&T and tell them what was going to happen with the way the phones were marketed I simply do not understand why he chose AT&T- who has the most dropped calls than Verizon or the other companies. Had he gone with one of the others Apple would have twice as many IPhones on the market. People seem to understand more and more about technology so they just naturally take it for granted that when something is not working properly they look for other alternatives. I have to agree with the Swedish researchers and others when they say that It is AT&T’s fault and and not the IPhones problem with 3G.

Other that the fact that Steve Jobs could call his own shots with AT&T and tell them what was going to happen with the way the phones were marketed I simply do not understand why he chose AT&T- who has the most dropped calls than Verizon or the other companies. Had he gone with one of the others Apple would have twice as many IPhones on the market.

People seem to understand more and more about technology so they just naturally take it for granted that when something is not working properly they look for other alternatives.

]]> By: Eric Welch http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080825/blackberry-bold-to-rival-iphone-in-3g-reception-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2139 Eric Welch Mon, 25 Aug 2008 16:01:02 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=3796#comment-2139 Swedish researchers and others are now coming to the conclusion that the iPhone 3G problems are indeed with At&T and not the iPhone. http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2008/08/25/survey-suggests-networks-to-blame-for-some-iphone-3g-issues http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crosslink.jsp?d=444&a=440573 Swedish researchers and others are now coming to the conclusion that the iPhone 3G problems are indeed with At&T and not the iPhone.

http://arstechnica.com/journal.....-3g-issues

http://www.gp.se/gp/jsp/Crossl.....p;a=440573

]]> By: Bill Carlin http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20080825/blackberry-bold-to-rival-iphone-in-3g-reception-issues/comment-page-1/#comment-2138 Bill Carlin Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:31:44 +0000 http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/?p=3796#comment-2138 With all due respect, this story morphed as it was repeated in the blogosphere. I have a copy of the Citigroup analyst's report and he did not say that the device reception issues are similar to the iphone problems. There are plenty of complaints about the iphone dropping calls and having poor reception problems, but that is not the case with Bold and that is not what the Citi analyst said. He said that the signal occasionally switched from 3G to 2G, especially in high-rises. But that is normal for all 3G phones, especially in big city high-rises where you are more exposed to multiple base stations and the phone switches back and forth between base stations. So, maybe AT&T is simply managing congestion in big cities and pushing people to 2G when needed, but I wouldn't use the Citigroup analyt's report as a basis for believing that Infineon or Apple aren't the source of their own problems. With all due respect, this story morphed as it was repeated in the blogosphere. I have a copy of the Citigroup analyst’s report and he did not say that the device reception issues are similar to the iphone problems. There are plenty of complaints about the iphone dropping calls and having poor reception problems, but that is not the case with Bold and that is not what the Citi analyst said. He said that the signal occasionally switched from 3G to 2G, especially in high-rises. But that is normal for all 3G phones, especially in big city high-rises where you are more exposed to multiple base stations and the phone switches back and forth between base stations. So, maybe AT&T is simply managing congestion in big cities and pushing people to 2G when needed, but I wouldn’t use the Citigroup analyt’s report as a basis for believing that Infineon or Apple aren’t the source of their own problems.

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