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att taking the blame for the iphone?
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<blockquote data-quote="james515" data-source="post: 966205" data-attributes="member: 51977"><p>it does not appear that anyone paid attention to this bit in the article. I copied it straight from</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13digi.html?_r=1&ref=technology" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13digi.html?_r=1&ref=technology</a></p><p></p><p>True AT&T's network needs some big improvements, but so does the iPhone, its been buggy since day 1 and Apple has NOT fixed all the problems with it which still cause iPhone owners to have problems which they feel is AT&T's fault, when its actually Apple's problem. There are tons of other 3G devices that do NOT have the poor voice quality/signal strength and dropped call issues that the iPhone has.</p><p></p><p><em>"When I set about looking for independent data, however, to confirm the superior performance of Verizon’s network, I was astonished to discover that I had managed to get things exactly wrong. Despite the well-publicized problems in New York and San Francisco, <span style="color: Red">AT&T seems to have the superior network nationwide.</span></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em><span style="color: red">And the iPhone itself may not be so great after all.</span> Its design is contributing to performance problems.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Roger Entner, senior vice president for telecommunications research at Nielsen, said <span style="color: red">the iPhone’s “air interface,” the electronics in the phone that connect it to the cell towers, had shortcomings that “affect both voice and data.”</span> He said that in the eyes of the consumer, “the iPhone has the nimbus of infallibility, ergo, it’s AT&T’s fault.” <span style="color: red">AT&T does not publicly defend itself because it will not criticize Apple under any circumstances,</span> he said. AT&T and Apple both declined to comment on Mr. Entner’s assessments."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="james515, post: 966205, member: 51977"] it does not appear that anyone paid attention to this bit in the article. I copied it straight from [url]http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/business/13digi.html?_r=1&ref=technology[/url] True AT&T's network needs some big improvements, but so does the iPhone, its been buggy since day 1 and Apple has NOT fixed all the problems with it which still cause iPhone owners to have problems which they feel is AT&T's fault, when its actually Apple's problem. There are tons of other 3G devices that do NOT have the poor voice quality/signal strength and dropped call issues that the iPhone has. [I]"When I set about looking for independent data, however, to confirm the superior performance of Verizon’s network, I was astonished to discover that I had managed to get things exactly wrong. Despite the well-publicized problems in New York and San Francisco, [COLOR="Red"]AT&T seems to have the superior network nationwide.[/COLOR] [COLOR="red"]And the iPhone itself may not be so great after all.[/COLOR] Its design is contributing to performance problems. Roger Entner, senior vice president for telecommunications research at Nielsen, said [COLOR="red"]the iPhone’s “air interface,” the electronics in the phone that connect it to the cell towers, had shortcomings that “affect both voice and data.”[/COLOR] He said that in the eyes of the consumer, “the iPhone has the nimbus of infallibility, ergo, it’s AT&T’s fault.” [COLOR="red"]AT&T does not publicly defend itself because it will not criticize Apple under any circumstances,[/COLOR] he said. AT&T and Apple both declined to comment on Mr. Entner’s assessments."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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