Hey everyone.
Just about every thread on MacRumors right now is about iPhone issues... Well, I'm not writing this to complain, I'm not writing this to bash or praise Apple, I'm just writing to share my opinion and my experiences, as I'm interested to hear what you guys have to say.
A little over a week ago, I moved from Fort Lauderdale, FL to New York City. I bought my 3G iPhone 4 days after launch at the Lincoln Road Apple Store in Miami Beach... I waited in line for 3 hours, but it was worth it for me because the phone worked GREAT. No design flaws, no operating flaws (except for the various little bugs of the firmware). 3G was GREAT. Upgrading from the original iPhone, I saw HUGE differences. I was getting an average of 1.5 Mbps... and I had a great couple of months enjoying the new phone.
Then I moved.
Now that I'm here in New York, I can see all of the problems that people were encountering and complaining about! I'm lucky if I can pull in 0.5 Mbps with 5 bars on 3G... I've been using my phone less because I've been busy exploring the city, yet somehow my battery drains so much faster. My phone constantly switches between Edge & 3G... and occasionally even GPRS... I'm having all the problems that people have been complaining about for months!
So whose fault is it? Apple? AT&T? A mixture of the two?
Most likely the option number three.
But both companies can do a lot to improve the end user experience.
It seems like the reason for poor 3G speeds here in New York is due to the insane number of users constantly hogging AT&T's bandwidth. Fort Lauderdale & Miami are pretty densely populated areas, but no where near as much as New York City. As for the poor battery life? Well... New York City has tall buildings with basements and subways... All of which you tend to loose service constantly loose and regain service in. I'm thinking that the phone's constant need to search for the network, connect to it, switch to Edge when the 3G signal fades (or vis vera.. even though that really shouldn't happen at all) all contributes the the battery drain. In Florida, there are no basements, there are no subways. You pretty much connect, and stay connected.
When it comes down to it, I believe that where you live is pretty much the deciding factor in whether or not you will have a good iPhone experience.
As for me, I'm not having second thoughts about buying the phone.
I'll stick with it till the end! I mean seriously... is there something out there that could give me a better experience? No...
I just have to get used to it... And hey, I'm still planning on spending a lot of time in Florida... so at least I'll get that high-speed goodness sometimes =)
Just about every thread on MacRumors right now is about iPhone issues... Well, I'm not writing this to complain, I'm not writing this to bash or praise Apple, I'm just writing to share my opinion and my experiences, as I'm interested to hear what you guys have to say.
A little over a week ago, I moved from Fort Lauderdale, FL to New York City. I bought my 3G iPhone 4 days after launch at the Lincoln Road Apple Store in Miami Beach... I waited in line for 3 hours, but it was worth it for me because the phone worked GREAT. No design flaws, no operating flaws (except for the various little bugs of the firmware). 3G was GREAT. Upgrading from the original iPhone, I saw HUGE differences. I was getting an average of 1.5 Mbps... and I had a great couple of months enjoying the new phone.
Then I moved.
Now that I'm here in New York, I can see all of the problems that people were encountering and complaining about! I'm lucky if I can pull in 0.5 Mbps with 5 bars on 3G... I've been using my phone less because I've been busy exploring the city, yet somehow my battery drains so much faster. My phone constantly switches between Edge & 3G... and occasionally even GPRS... I'm having all the problems that people have been complaining about for months!
So whose fault is it? Apple? AT&T? A mixture of the two?
Most likely the option number three.
But both companies can do a lot to improve the end user experience.
It seems like the reason for poor 3G speeds here in New York is due to the insane number of users constantly hogging AT&T's bandwidth. Fort Lauderdale & Miami are pretty densely populated areas, but no where near as much as New York City. As for the poor battery life? Well... New York City has tall buildings with basements and subways... All of which you tend to loose service constantly loose and regain service in. I'm thinking that the phone's constant need to search for the network, connect to it, switch to Edge when the 3G signal fades (or vis vera.. even though that really shouldn't happen at all) all contributes the the battery drain. In Florida, there are no basements, there are no subways. You pretty much connect, and stay connected.
When it comes down to it, I believe that where you live is pretty much the deciding factor in whether or not you will have a good iPhone experience.
As for me, I'm not having second thoughts about buying the phone.
I'll stick with it till the end! I mean seriously... is there something out there that could give me a better experience? No...
I just have to get used to it... And hey, I'm still planning on spending a lot of time in Florida... so at least I'll get that high-speed goodness sometimes =)
