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    Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York

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    Image of Crashproof Crashproof
    09/30/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    I have never, ever, EVER had a dropped call from T-Mobile. Ever.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    I wish I wish the iPhone would come to Verizon. I think that Verizon could handle it network wise much better. I never have problems with calls, SMS/MMS, email, and attachments on my blackberry.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    Wait, what do you mean the phone's problems are network related?

    I thought the iPhone just worked on magic, rainbows, and puppydog tails.
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    09/29/09

    @Lite: hates Illinois Nazis: I thought they were handcrafted from kittens.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    That's weird, I almost never have dropped calls. In the two years that I have had mine I've had about 3 dropped calls. I work and live in NYC.
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    Image of ValerioB ValerioB
    09/30/09

    @Noobs-R-Us: REALLY? You've never had your phone say "Call Failed" on the bottom more than three times? I find that incredibly hard to believe. I call shenanigans.
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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    09/30/09

    @ValerioB: OK, if you add the
    'called failed' it goes up to maybe 5-7 times in the two years. But really, I don't have problems with ATT service. Now, I'm not mobile most of the time I call people so perhaps that explains it. I don't call people when I'm on the bus or in my car so I can't say that they have rock solid handoffs. When you're stationary, rock solid service.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    Holy Mick Foley... and I thought T-Mobile was bad. I drop a few calls now and then, but never 30%!
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    Image of MrBlahBlah MrBlahBlah
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    Every day, a palm pre on sprint gets more and more appealing
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    Image of balls187 balls187
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    Apple: Mediocrity FTW.
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    Image of squishyalt squishyalt
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    This sounds more like the network is overloaded than that there are any technical issues that need to be addressed.

    Still....it sucks.
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    09/29/09

    @squishyalt: If the network is overloaded as a matter of course, then that is a technical issue that needs to be addressed.
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    09/29/09

    @HeartBurnKid: Agent of R.O.A.C.H.: Actually, it is not a technical issue.

    A technical issue would be an error in coding or a broken physical component.

    This is a shareholder issue. The shareholders allow (actually insist that) the corporate heads squeeze every last drop from the customer base's wallets while keeping operating costs as low as possible.

    Allowing customers to be kicked off cell towers because the towers are overloaded is a calculated risk that the shareholders are willing to take. they will continue in this behavior until something MASSIVE and NEGATIVE happens to the bottom line that makes it more important to spend the money to upgrade the towers and coverage - like a mass exodus of customers.

    Unfortunately, people are stupid. That's why they choose the iPhone's "shiny" over Verizon's rather plain (but more dependable) network. The shareholders know that American consumers are a vain bunch and that those vain, stupid customers cannot go anywhere else to get their iPhone fix.

    So, you have people that "just have to have an iPhone" and only one place to get it. (Sounds like a monopoly on iPhone service doesn't it?)

    People won't wise up. Apple will blame AT&T and AT&T shareholders will demand that the AT&T corp heads squeze those vain, stupid people for all that they are worth (and then some if they can get it).

    In the real world, vanity feeds greed. The greedy know this and the vain don;t care enough to change.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    I totally don't mind having my iPhone drop my calls. After all, why would I want to talk to my mother? She's got about a month to live so really, how important are those phone calls?

    And my sisters and baby brother? Please! They're only about 800 miles away from me. Compared to how far the Earth is from the Sun, it's practically in the next room.

    Or my grandparents on the West Coast. They're old and nothing they have to say is worth a damn.

    Thanks for totally treating my phone calls so shittily.
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    Image of FriarNurgle FriarNurgle
    09/29/09


    @OMG! Ponies!: Thanks OMG! Ponies!, now my life doesn't seem so bad. If you're serious, hope your mom is comfortable.

    Since Apple has basically admitted to selling a product in an area with crappy coverage, doesn't that count as a breach of contract?
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    Image of Stndsh0 Stndsh0
    09/29/09

    @FriarNurgle: OMG! Ponies! is never serious.
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    09/29/09

    @Stndsh0: There is nothing more serious than a group of ponies that know how to use smartphones.
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    09/29/09

    @Stndsh0: Actually, I'm quite serious. My mom is dying from lung cancer and is in her final days. She's probably not going to live to see November.
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    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    I find it ironic(the Alanis Morissette ironic) that the call drop rate is around the same rate as XBox RRoD's.
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    Image of nutbastard nutbastard
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    yay ipod touch and bulletproof shitbrick nokia dumbphone.
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    Image of MaaseyRacer MaaseyRacer
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    I live in San Francisco and I am in New York on business for the next two weeks. I thought service was bad in San Francisco. It is awful in New York. Half of my calls do not go out in Manhattan, I have to try and dial two or three times to connect a call.
    This is much more annoying than SF where there are just dead spots across the entire city (including my house, in the center of town).
    What is most frustrating about AT&T is that when you do not expect to have service say while in a quiet mountain town, you have full service. However, some how cities like San Francisco are riddled with dead spots.
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    Image of Sir Gibler Sir Gibler
    09/29/09

    In reply to Apple Genius Bar: iPhones' 30 Percent Call Drop Is "Normal" in New York
    Is it just me or does it imply nowhere that Apple finds it "normal." It basically says the phone works fine but the customer should take it up with AT&T.
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    09/29/09

    @Sir Gibler: "the problem is consistent with the service provided by ATT"

    So yes, Apple will treat your dropped calls as a normal issue with ATT service.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/25/09

    In reply to $50 Refurbed iPhone 3G 8GB Is Back
    Does it come with free Microcell?
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    Image of Fenister Fenister
    09/10/09

    In reply to Jailbreakers: Hold Off on iPhone OS 3.1 Until Dev-Team Updates
    The frikkin update broke my phone ... all my apps gone and the same with my music. I backed it up and it couldn't restore it after the update.

    And mine isn't jailbroken or anything. I'll go and be angry at some poor "Mac-Genius" tomorrow :D
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    Image of Eruanno Eruanno
    09/10/09

    @Fenister: Mine went bork too, but I restored it to factory settings and reverted to an old backup, and tadaaaah! Works again. I had to remember what music and apps was on there before, but what the hell.
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