CNet UK Declares the iPhone the Worst Phone in the World
CNet UK has written an article concluding that the iPhone is the worst phone in the world.
That’s right, we said it — and we’re not taking it back. The iPhone may be the greatest handheld surfing device ever to rock the mobile Web, and a fabulous media player to boot. It may be the highest-rated mobile phone on CNET UK, rocking the pockets of half of our crack editorial team. It’s certainly the touchscreen face that launched a thousand apps. But as an actual call-making phone, it’s rubbish, and we aim to prove it.
The article praises the iPhone for being the best handheld computer there is; however, goes on to describe how it fails when it comes to call quality, dropped calls and data gaps, receiving calls, heat, and battery life.
Many of these same criticisms have been leveled against the iPhone in American although its usually AT&T that takes the blame.
Interestingly the article mentions a report in Ny Teknik that claims the most likely cause of the 3G problems is defective adjustments between the antenna and an amplifier that captures very weak signals from it. Apparently, this could cause the 3G connectivity issues and slow data speeds.
Perhaps AT&T isn’t completely to blame?
Via iclarified.com
November 5th, 2009 at 12:04 am
Maybe they do have very poor reception there in UK. Here in Canada, I even have the 1st generation and now the 3GS and I don’t have a single problem on dropped or quality of calls.
November 5th, 2009 at 9:06 am
Well not so true…
i have the 3gs and i use the have the 3g about almost to years with at&t sim , after me and my wife got sick of the service + paying to at&t almost 400$ a month for 2 lines we moved to t-mobile , i live in ny and i used to get like 7 drop calls a day!
and now after we got the t-mobile sim its a different story , maybe i drop call a day !
so this is on the iphone problem its AT&T!
November 5th, 2009 at 9:13 am
@yakuzahi did u sn0w it or factory unlocked it?
November 6th, 2009 at 9:28 am
Andew
I just used Black Snow
November 8th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Kool i dont think ive ever gotten a dropped call in my life lol