Dropped Calls, Poor Signal - Flawed Chip?
Although I have not been updating my blog lately, I am still in touch with the developments of the iPhone. One of the latest gripes that iPhone 3G users have is the poor signal and dropped calls.
Reports have point to a flaw in the Infineon chip in the iPhone which Apple plans to rectify with a firmware update instead of a more costly product recall, though AT&T says that their service is running smoothly and Infineon Technologies (IFX) say that there are no problems with the chip which is also being used in Samsung mobile devices.
However, I am not sure if this is so much with a flawed chip than the nature of shared SIM. As a user of a shared SIM where I use the same SIM card to make and receive calls, text and connect to the web on 3G, I get dropped calls too sometimes, when I am also connected to 3G at the same time.
Worst is that if 3G signal is totally down, I would not be able to make and receive calls or text at all, let alone connect to 3G. That’s why I’m contemplating splitting my voice/text and 3G subscriptions.
But that’s not all the woes that have plagued iPhone 3G users. There are times that there’s no 3G reception at all when other devices on the same network were able to connect at the same spot at the same time. Now, this one is a little odd. One wonders, why we would be subscribing to a service when we can’t even use it. Let’s see if Apple could rectify this problem with just a firmware upgrade.
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