One fine day in New York City, Gizmodo reader Mr. Manoj wanted to make a nice normal call, so he pulled out his iPhone, and started calling. He got connected and started talking. Then all of a sudden, BAM. Dropped call. Maroj, being naturally annoyed,
decided to call AT&T to see what happened and why this tends to happen to
him all the time. AT&T said that it was his phone’s problem, because they
were doing nothing wrong. Manoj then went to the Apple store to get the
Geniuses to fix it, but oh nay nay. It turns out, that 22% of all of Manoj’s
calls were dropped, and considering the average rate of dropped calls in New York by iPhones is 30%, that number is pretty good.
Research shows that an average of 30% of iPhone calls are dropped in NYC, and that’s supposedly an acceptable number, according to Apple. It’s mostly AT&T’s problem. The phones themselves work fine, but the network just can’t handle the load. Because of this, people can’t really “fix” the problem, they just have to wait until AT&T fixes the service in large cities like New York.
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chevyorange
September 30, 2009 at 11:50pm
I was unable to make phone calls from my home when I first got my 3GS. I called AT&T every week for three weeks. Yes, it was an hour on hold and being bumped up and down the line each call... but lo and behold... THEY FIXED IT!
It wasn’t the iPhone. It wasn’t the SIM card. They changed something in the towers or coverage... won’t say what... but my iPhone has become the coolest, most amazing tech device ever now. It is exquisite.
