“Amid growing criticism from 3G iPhone customers, a class action complaint was filed against Apple Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Alabama,” Ashley Phillips and Ki Mae Heussner report for ABC News.com.
“The lawsuit alleges that despite aggressive marketing that the 3G iPhone is “twice as fast for half the price,” the much-hyped smartphone is actually much slower than advertised and prone to dropping calls,” Phillips and Heussner report.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple clearly states on their website (in multiple places):
Twice as fast. Half the price.*
*Comparisons between iPhone 3G (8GB) and first-generation iPhone (8GB) running on EDGE. Actual speeds vary by site conditions. Requires new two-year AT&T rate plan, sold separately to qualified customers.
Phillips and Heussner continue, “‘Apple sold these devices on the promise that they were twice as fast as the pre-existing phones and that they would function suitably, or properly, on the 3G network. But, thus far, Apple and the phone have failed to deliver on this promise,’ Jonathan Kudulis, an attorney with Birmingham, Ala.-based Trimmier Law Firm, told ABCNEWS.com. Trimmier is the firm representing the Ala.-based plaintiff, Jessica Alena Smith. But Kudulis says, because the complaint was only filed yesterday, Apple has not yet been officially served with the lawsuit.”
“Earlier this week, as customers complaints ran rampant, Apple released a software update for the 3G iPhone on iTunes. The software, called iPhone OS 2.0.2, is for “bug fixes,” but whether that includes the problems customers described to ABCNews.com is unclear. So far, Apple has not released a statement elaborating on the software update,” Phillips and Heussner report.
MacDailyNews Take: That is incorrect. USA Today’s Ed Baig reported yesterday, “Apple spokeswoman Jennifer Bowcock said on Tuesday, ‘The software update improves communication with 3G networks.'”
Phillips and Heussner continue, “Jupiter Research analyst Michael Gartenberg characterized the problem as a minor one. ‘Any product is going to exhibit a certain amount of problems. Well, I have reception problems with a variety of [carriers]. Reception in terms of cell phone really comes down to where you are,’ he said. ‘I’m not seeing anything that indicates that this [is] widespread. & If the Internet tends to magnify smaller problems, then the fact that it’s an Apple product tends to magnify it even more.'”
Full article, full of uninformed speculation, including a recycled “recall” FUD from quote-for-hire Rob Enderle, here.
A mere six weeks after initial release, Apple is perfectly within their rights to be fine-tuning and optimizing iPhone 3G software, if that – as we currently believe – is indeed what’s happening.
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I hope she’s ordered to pay Apple’s legal fees, for clogging the system with a frivolous lawsuit. It’s the carrier that is responsible for dropped calls, not the hardware manufacturer. Besides I really doubt she could prove that her calls were worth the amount she is probably suing for, even if she somehow won.
Oh, pleeze!
Someone please do some tort reform! I bet that they didn’t sue Microsoft for Vista saying it was advanced technology…
Alabama? Have you been to Alabama?
Possibly they have too many “Southern Cross” flags flying from the local towers.
The problem with getting switchers is that the ranks of Apple users swell with whiners…..
Being twice as fast as EDGE should have been a really low hurdle to clear. Seriously, EDGE is like getting sketches of websites delivered by carrier pigeon.
“Possibly they have too many “Southern Cross” flags flying from the local towers.”
I think you are referring to the Stars and Bars. The Southern Cross is the flag of Australia. Just sayin.
I’m amazed the lawyers didn’t file suit in the Eastern District of Texas. Talk about needing reform!
Apple isn’t innocent here. Come on people most of you will blindly follow anything Apple says or does and make excuses for them when they are wrong.
The twice as fast and half the price is a bold faced lie!!!! It’s not twice as fast and it actually costs more over the required 2 year contract.
This may just be to try to reduce some of the switching to iPhones (and to the Mac) as Friday’s multi nation roll out continues.
When innovation and R&D;fail, get out the lawyers!
Ever since I upgraded to the iPhone 3G, I’ve had more dropped calls than the previous model. Additionally, .mail, iCal, and my address book is not being pushed even though the settings are in push. Moreover, it’s not just the dropped calls. I’ve experienced more applications quitting abruptly on this model than the previous one. I am still trying to resolve these issues with tech support. However, I just feel that people now a days are just too litigious.
Eastern District of Texas? Have you watched Southern California- Seriously, please class action our Legislature! They should be sued for “for the people!” Arrrrghhhhh, they only sue the wrong people!!
My over taxed, under-represented, FAILING, OVERSPENDING, LATE FOR A BUDGET-EVERY DAMN YEAR and partisan California government two cents worth!!!!!!
Apple ought to just give her a US$500 refund and make her give the iPhone back…
… then tell her 2 go back to her trailer and StFU. Damn whiners.
Eastern District of Texas? Have you watched Southern California- Seriously, please class action our Legislature! They should be sued for “for the people!” Arrrrghhhhh, they only sue the wrong people!!
My over taxed, under-represented, FAILING, OVERSPENDING, LATE FOR A BUDGET-EVERY DAMN YEAR and partisan California government two cents worth!!!!!!
Sorry, but it is so upsetting- had to post twice!!!
@NCG598
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Not to get into a pointless flag discussion but the stars and bars is actually the first flag of the confederacy which mimicked the union flag but only had three stripes instead of thirteen (hence stars and bars). The southern cross is the confederate battle flag which is most familiar (giant blue x with stars – general lee and dukes of hazzard). The x is actually a St. Andrew style cross which is also part of the design that makes up the Union Jack (Great Britain) and is featured in the upper left corner of the Australian flag. Why the plaintiff being from Alabama would have anything to do with the lawsuit being frivolous is beyond me. The appropriate regional stereotype for that sort of thing would be New York or Las Angeles not Alabama.
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Regardless of her state of origin I do agree that the suit is frivolous.
Greg M “Apple isn’t innocent here. Come on people most of you will blindly follow anything Apple says or does and make excuses for them when they are wrong.”
Far from it. I just *hate* frivolous lawsuits.We ALL end up paying for it. It is theft from every customer that buys a product. Plain and simple.
I hate theft.
@silverwarloc
Dropped calls might be an issue with a small (~2%) of 3G models. If you are one of the few effected by this Apple says they are working on a software fix. It’s hard to be sure what is causing your dropped calls since network coverage and many other issues could be at play.
Push issue you don’t mention if you’re using MobileMe or Exchange, but that is an issue that Jobs says they will be working on if you’re using MobileMe, and they have given an additional 60 days free. I don’t use the push feature, I just use sync myself.
Apps quitting? Like Safari? Mail? 3rd party? You don’t specify. Third party did not exist before the 2.0 software came out. That’s something I expect Apple will be working on over time to get it more stable. I had numerous Safari quits under 1.x tho.
“Apple, you say you’re snappier, well, we’re Trimmier. Show us the money.”
Interesting world we live in…
Apple is under pressure to make things actually work because they, so far, refuse to follow the Microsoftian establishment where product is churned out with known flaws, many of them fatal, and that’s okay because that keeps the buzillions of trained and certified MS IT and service techs feeding off of the calculated flaws that MS intentionally builds into their products.
Just for the sake of trivial pursuits, I wonder how many millions, nay billions, of dollars are wasted in billed time, salaries, and lost productivity on MS products and MS “Certified” products on an annual basis – And I have to, in turn, marvel at the amazingly subdued outcry.
Don’t forget, for all of you long time Apple nay-sayers, that Apple computers and products are just toys – is it really worth a law suit? Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more…
Thanks MS for setting us up for techno-communism where the real atrocities are eagerly overlooked and true innovation and problem solving becomes the scapegoat.
Here’s a thought – Maybe that’s why Apple keeps so much cash on hand, because they see the proverbial handwriting on the wall.
AT&T;needs to fix their damn network – when I have good 3G it is really fast.
If Apple let the case in Alabama which they’ll likely do. She stands a much better chance of loosing and the case being tossed on merit alone.
Her attorney was blinded with dollar signs and jumped in with both feet without looking. The fact that he’s talking to the press even before Apple has been served said, all that needs to be said about his legal ethics.
@Useless and Questionably Accurate Information
You do live in the United States of America – Right?!
@ Mr. Peabody. Yes I live in the USA that’s why I have (despite my public school education) a familiarity with US history including the flags of the most significant period since the founding – the Civil War. Side Note – Australians may refer to their flag as the Southern Cross but in the US the Southern Cross is the Confederate Battle Flag (actually the Confederate Navy Jack since is usually presented in rectangular rather than square format).
So that’s what this was all about!
I bet some LOWyers hired some folks to start complaining and spreading rumours so they can sue
People have multitude of problems with other companies and phones, but it’s Apple that is getting sued.
Bastards
@Rob
“Bastards” – That’s exactly the word I wanted to use but my f@&#ing;literary ethics wouldn’t let me – Damn it!
Sue happy people are jumping the gun as usual trying to make a quick buck through the legal system. It’s not going to work, and Apple is working on all the issues and has proved that by releasing the firmware updates. There have already been two firmware updates in less than two months working on related issues. A third one may be on the way as soon as sometime in September according to other sites who have stated that Steve Jobs himself wrote them personally. I can’t say if that was really him but most of the articles claim it was and that is all I’m going to state about that.
I find there lack of patience annoying. If it was as easy as flipping a switch, Apple would have done so long ago. This is very complicated and when Apple does something, they usually will persist until it is finished that pleases most people. Maybe that’s why Apple was rated number one in customer satisfaction.
This seems to be a pattern that Apple is going the way of Microsoft. The new iPhone performance has been a dissapointment with the lagging OS and the signal quality. I never had to reboot a phone at least twice a day to get it to work properly, until the iPhone.
Sign me up for the lawsuit!
MDN, sometimes you guys really are too blindly loyal to see the light. You have to admit that once in a blue moon Apple does mess up. And this IS one of those times. I never heard the official statement from Apple that “The software update improves communication with 3G networks.'” So as an owner of the phone, the ONLY thing that has been communicated to me via the software update is that it was for “bug fixes.” I have been an Apple faithful user and evangelist since 1984, but as a new 3G owner, I have to say this baby is not what it is advertised to be. I have been running 3G/EDGE side by side speed tests all week and EDGE wins every time in every location against 3G when it comes to loading pages. Many times, like this morning, I couldn’t get a page to load at all. Then I switched over to EDGE and like magic my page loaded no problem. And I am not in the sticks. I live in the metropolitan Boston area and work in downtown Boston all areas which AT&T;”claims” are totally covered for 3G on their coverage map. Well, if the coverage map is accurate then the iPhone 3G has a problem. Or, to give Apple the benefit of the doubt, maybe AT&T;is not being truthful with their advertising of the coverage. Most of the time I can barely get 2 bars. I am not a big fan of class action suits but I really feel that I have been duped by one of the companies or both.
@silverwarloc
I found that you have to be very careful to have exactly the right mobileme and application settings on all computers being used to sync and push. After you double check, go to mobileme system preferences, and click on the Advance button in the Sync tab. Select “Reset Sync Data” and choose Calendar from from the choices offered. This finally got iCal working in push mode for me. Pretty cool to see all my calendars updated on four Macs + my iPhone. I posted a more complete step list in the Apple support forums.
Now, who’s going to sue Microsoft for “Play for sure”?
GOOD – They should be – Where do I sign up?????
I’m kind of with Nutcracker. Just release her from her contract and buy the phone back.
I’m assuming they are defining the class as all 3G iPhone buyers. Proving actual damages to every member of the class due to a slow connection or a dropped call would be really hard to do. If 3G is twice as fast as EDGE even most of the time it would seem like a fairly hopeless suit.
@Pete,
Exactly.
Impunity – Now there’s a word!
Why is it in America, that everyone wants you to fail?
Friends, family, new products.
If you get ahead, overcome adversity, and make something of yourself, people come after you like you murdered their child.
This is something I have never understood, and in my opinion it needs to end.
It sickens me to no end.
They has the intarweb in Alabamy? Who knew? I wonder if Jessica Alena Smith’s reception problems are only in her outhouse…
I’m gonna sue Honda… My Civic Hybrid is only getting an average of 43MPG, not the advertised 45!!!
Damn them! Damn them all to hell!!!
Buster says:
“The problem with getting switchers is that the ranks of Apple users swell with whiners…..”
Are you kidding me? Apple users have ALWAYS been the loudest whiners! This is my subjective, anecdotal-evidence-based opinion, of course.
Whoop-de-do, another class-action lawsuit. Five years from now, former owners of iPhone 3Gs will get $20 coupons for iTunes. Meanwhile, the lawyers pocket millions. Remind me again how this helps consumers?
——RM
@ Buster
Unfortunately, we had plenty of whiners prior to the increasing success of the ‘switch’ campaign. And let me state (before I get flamed by the overly sensitive) that there are legitimate gripes/criticism and there is whining. I support the concept of seeking for improved performance and functionality. But I get tired f the excessive expectations of perfections, and the egocentric viewpoints of those who feel that, if they have a problem, then it must be rampant and the result of incompetence at Apple.
I’m not defending lousy products. But there are a lot of them out there that do not seem to generate class action lawsuits or international outrage at the drop of a hat. Apple generally seems to try to rapidly and effectively address its problems. Steve/Apple has acknowledged the MobileMe issues and provided 90 days of free service as compensation, for instance, while also assigning top personnel to fix it. I say give Apple a break, for once.
@ Eric
And your MPG goes down even further when using gas with 10% ethanol, since ethanol contains about 66% of the energy of gas by volume.
MDN – “A mere six weeks after initial release, Apple is perfectly within their rights to be fine-tuning and optimizing iPhone 3G software, if that – as we currently believe – is indeed what’s happening.”
Uh, yeh, I think that’s called Beta-Testing on your customers.
Not that everyone doesn’t do it, they do……doesn’t make it right.
Try that crap with a pistol, or a chain saw….
Apple’s made a huge mistake sewing this up with ATT, MANY people I know won’t buy something they REALLY want (iPhone) because of ATT, including myself.
@LordRobin,
Your comment helps lend a large dose of perspective.
@MeanGuy,
As does yours, at least with regard to ATT [insert any cellular service provider here], and the mob tactics used by it and all of the big cellular providers via “contracts”, and etc.
I don’t believe for one moment that suing Apple is going to make them move any faster, in no small part because I believe that they are already in high gear because this is a premiere, top-of-the-line product for them.
And with regard to ATT culpability, uh, yeah, exactly – It’s a service that does and will always have a huge variability in quality of service based on where the end user is located [and without any regard whatsoever for what flag may be flying over the users outhouse]. For instance, I don’t even get the choice of whether or not I want to use the iPhone because ATT has no service where I live – at all.
And lest we all forget, at most, this is 50% Apple’s issue. Does anyone think for one moment that Apple is happy being stuck with a single service provider – hell no. They want to sell as many phones as possible, and I for one have little doubt that the iPhone was offered to more than one service provider before ATT, and once ATT gave the green light, and knowing what the potential of the iPhone was going to be if things went well [and they obviously have], they accepted the iPhone into their fleet of phones as long as Apple agreed not to keep shopping around for x-number of years. Duuuhhhh.
I work day in and day out with high end Apple hardware and software, and support it, and it ain’t perfect – but the alternative, at best, is no better, and my personal experience has been that it is decidedly worse, (the alternative that is). My personal experience also indicates that Apple always intends for it’s products to be the best, and to make its products function as close to perfect as humans can make computers function. My experience does not indicate this for Apple’s primary competitor.
Make no mistake, this suit is frivolous. At the same time, Apple should continue to keep the late night oil burning getting the bugs out, those that Apple is directly responsible for that is, [which is not all of them]. A law suit – what laugh.
What are the damages? The cost of the phone and the service plan? Big deal.
The first thing they should do is tie her tubes. Best way to limit further damage…
I installed Apple’s 2.0.2 update on Wednesday. Now, I’m getting 1 bar of signal strength in what once were 2-bar, 3G areas and half a dozen or more call fades and drops with each 3G network call. The iPhone doesn’t seem to roll over to 2.5G Edge at all. Before the update, I had similar problems, but they weren’t nearly this bad.
And this morning, I couldn’t had no 3G Internet access at all in Folsom, California — even though I was in a 2-bar (3G) and 5-bar (2.5G) area.
2.5G network calls work fine, and I’m also getting much better battery life than before. I think the previous software update was draining the battery in less than 4 hours each day.
Apple quality cntrol thesedays is awful.
Shame on you, Jobs!
“Dropped calls might be an issue with a small (~2%) of 3G models.”
Well it’s happening with 100% of the iPhones I own. So I really don’t care to much if you’re GUESSING that it’s 0.2% 2% 5% 50% or 100% of phones that have problems.
One way or another I expect Apple to fix this, software, new phone, whatever.
When are people going to realize that they can’t sue for this kind of thing first because the cell phone companies have fine print in all their contracts that cover them as does Apple with it’s software and hardware EULA’s. Take your unreasonable expectations and find a better alternative. Any lawyer that takes this case may just make the idiot of the year awards. The language of the user agreements and contracts are written so as to void expectations where circumstances are not optimum for operation. Don’t like the Iphone 3G, I understand RIM is introducing the curve via ATT in a couple of weeks.
“The language of the user agreements and contracts are written so as to void expectations where circumstances are not optimum for operation. “
But Federal law expands your rights, and eliminates many of those particularly onerous clauses.
Apple sold it as a phone not a paperweight. They made performance claims about it. There are implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for purpose. It can be shown to perform badly where other 3G phones perform well, so it’s not purely a network or coverage issue. If Apple can’t fix this in software, they will be replacing hardware.
@Going Down
what other 3G phone capable of rendering full web pages is out there on AT&T;’s network to compare? Even on foreign 3G networks no other phone is doing the heavy lifting expected of an Apple Iphone. Other smart phones are routed to web pages made specific for PDA’s and that would not be a fair comparison. The laws of physics overules any Federal law that may seek to engage and enforce rights where none exist, e.g the right to float 10′ above the planet indefinately, the right to have cellular or web communication beyond what atmospheric and equipment limitations may allow. There has only been an admission by some that only 2% of Iphones are affected. Granted 2% of 4 million is 8000 units world wide, assuming Apple has sold that many. If it’s 2% of the first million sold that is still only 2000 units. They can be exchanged if they can’t be fixed by software. They are still under warranty.
“what other 3G phone capable of rendering full web pages is out there on AT&T;’s network to compare?”
Bobby Boy this has nothing to do with web pages.
My phone and many other people’s won’t even reliably make or hold up phone calls, and when I check with other people’s 3G phones at the same time they have 5 bars and are having no problems.
My guess is it’s more than 2000 phones. I haven’t even reported the problem to AT&T;or Apple. They’re well aware of the problem, what would waiting on hold to be told to wait for the 2.02 software release achieve?
I suspect a lot of people are taking that approach. After the 2.02 release, the fix will be reverse engineered and the true nature of the fault and Apple’s corrective measures will be known. And if that doesn’t fix it or it is just some hacked workaround that tries to hide the problem, the floodgates will open. And if Apple doesn’t do the right thing, that’s when this class action gets some legs.
The suit alleges the Iphone 3G is slower than advertised (implies web pages) and prone to dropping calls which is a 2.5 G function having nothing to do with 3G. I have no more frequency of dropped calls between Iphone 2.5G and Iphone 3G but I’m not denying that some people do. I’m just saying that a class action suit is nebulous at best , will not provided the intended remedy and if a certain percentage of the Iphone 3G are defective I’m sure Apple will replace them. When I first got my 8 gig gen 1 Iphone the touch screen refused to work after 2 days. I sent it back to Apple for repair and they provided me with a loaner phone (@ a $25 fee) while my phone was in for repair. When I go my phone back it worked flawlessly. I gave it to my sister after buying the new 16 Gig 3G Iphone. Apple has not denied replacing or repaing defective product in the past I don’t see why they should start now. A class action suit can’t fix defective product and it implies that Apple is not acknowledging or attempting to fix the problem.
“A class action suit can’t fix defective product and it implies that Apple is not acknowledging or attempting to fix the problem.”
Well, Apple’s not exactly being straightforward with the facts. And it remains to be seen if they really will recall 3 million phones if it’s a hardware problem, or do what they’ve always done every other time which is initially try to pretend no problem exists, or pretend it only affects a few people, then when it’s proven beyond all doubt, replace product but only for those who complain.
But that process is beginning. Maybe 2.02 will fix it, maybe it wont. If not, maybe Apple will provide a new phone to everyone affected, maybe they won’t. If not these lawyers have staked out their turf for the resulting class action.
Is it just me, or was the twice as fast in context of web browsing via 3G rather then 2G and not in reference to the actual phone speed???
People really need to get a life, and not sue over stupid things…
“Is it just me, or was the twice as fast in context of web browsing”
It’s probably just you. The big push was “Twice as Fast, Half the Price” Not “Twice as Fast Web Browsing, Half the Price Data Plan”.
Twice as fast was mentioned in context of a visual to web browsing. Half the cost was in context to the initial user cost not data plans. AT& T charges more for the 3G but it’s now on par with data plans for 2.5G Blackberrys.
@Going Down
Well, Apple’s not exactly being straightforward with the facts. And it remains to be seen if they really will recall 3 million phones if it’s a hardware problem, or do what they’ve always done every other time which is initially try to pretend no problem exists, or pretend it only affects a few people, then when it’s proven beyond all doubt, replace product but only for those who complain.
Another example of people holding Apple up to unreasonable standards. Define straight forward. SJ stated that the problem seem to affect about 2% of users. You obviously weren’t part of that sample because I believe you stated that you did not report your unit. No manufacturing company is going to issue a recall on an entire field population without proper justification. The suit does not state that anyone’s unit was bricked, it just mentions dropped calls and not meeting performance claims. The claims have a disclaimer from both AT&T;and Apple of proper conditions must be met. As for the dropped calls there could be an issue of competing receivers in certain Iphones. No other phone on the market allows simultaneous voice and data communication except the New Iphone 3G. Yes you can have a speakerphone conversation while while checking a map location or web surfing simultaneously. I don’t even think the Iphone 2.5g does that or at least it did not last time I checked. It is possible that under certain conditions the 2 modes of operation in the IPhone 3G interfere. If so what are the exact conditions and can complaint data be correlated to validate those conditions. The only reason to replace units would be terminal or consistent malfunction or catastrophic operation check your torte law. Find me one company that has lost a law suit on performance claims that weren’t medically related ( drug companies can’t provide cures that disfigure, diable or cause death even if death is listed as the ultimate cure). I think the suit will prove frivolous and is baseless FUD. If there was that much of a problem you would not have lines to purchase the product 2 months after launch. As for 2.0.2 software it seemed to improve 3G receprion in my bphone and improved battery life. Hope it works for you .
“No other phone on the market allows simultaneous voice and data communication except the New Iphone 3G. “
What are you smoking? All my older 3G phones did that. Remember Apple is late to the 3G party. Others have had 3G GSM phones out for years.
“The only reason to replace units would be terminal or consistent malfunction or catastrophic operation check your torte law. “
Spell tort right, and realize that an action for a breach of an explicit or implied warranty is a contract action not a tort one. Of course you have a cause of action if a product does not perform as promised, even if it doesn’t completely fail. Here the phone is radically under-performing other phones by not making or dropping calls in strong coverage areas. As such that wouldn’t meet the minimum standards of merchantability or fitness for purpose.
“No manufacturing company is going to issue a recall on an entire field population without proper justification. “
No, but you and I know that Apple knows more about what’s going on here than they’re letting on. They may know that 100% of phones are affected, yet since they’re locking them into 2G mode as they go out the door at the store, few people are complaining. What I mean by transparency is telling consumers exactly what was wrong with the phone and what was done to fix it. If the fault is minor and the explanation of how it was fixed is convincing then there’s no problem. The iPhone hacker community will figure out exactly what is wrong with the phone and exactly what Apple tried to do to fix it and whether it’s a good fix or a bad hack to try to mask the problem. At that point Apple would have been better to have said what they know and explain how well they’ve fixed the problem than firefight against press stories saying Apple is spreading misinformation to avoid a recall.
But as a rule Apple is secretive about problems and needs to be strong armed to do the right thing, and filing this suit starts that process. If Apple can make the problem go away with software updates, then the suit dies. If they find it’s a hardware fault and offer new hardware to all affected, the suit dies. But if they don’t do the right thing, that’s what the courts are for.
Geez Going Down are you an engineer? I think people just want their equipment to work and are not interested in the details of exactly what’s wrong. As for what I’m smoking? Only two smart phone vendor had an AT&T;based 3G phones. These phones are not used the same way the the Iphone is used, check the stats. AT&T;’s 3G network is not exactly long lived and really hasn’t had the workout from a true performer like the IPhone. RIM just released the Blackberry Bold which is the first 3G GSM phone for AT&T;. In all my previous post I mentioned smartphones only. People are comparing performance to Motorola RAZR’s and other flip phones and I have consistently stated that this is an unfair comparison. The first Iphone used a 2.5G radio and could not do voice and data at the same time I know I had one but because the Iphone 3G use 2 different radios for the 2 different tasks this is a no brainer , especially with a multitasking OS like Mac OSX.
The vast population of Iphones are not underperforming as you keep implying, without any evidence to back it up. All you have is speculation by so called journalist. Check post related to the problem on this site dated 8/25 where real engineers did tests to confirm that the Iphone’s antenna performance is not much better or worse than other smart phone antennas. Also check on the Yahoo finance website with news on AAPL and you’ll find an article stating just what to expect from all the various types of 3G networks out there from Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile. Nobody has placed any blame with AT&T;and yet that may very well where the blame belongs. A 3G flip phone on the AT& T network is not carrying the same kind of traffic that an Iphone carries. A fairer comparison would be a Mac Book with a cellular modem that alllowed you to make phone calls through a Vonage USB dongle. BY the way AT&T;’s network may be fledgling but it is poised to surpass the networks of bothe Spring and Verizon and give near wifi performance in the next year or two. Peace!
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