... what is the quality of the calls on iPhone??
Like most of you, I wish this device did more than it does, but my number one concern is that it's a decent phone, first and foremost!
Ever since I bailed from T-Mobile to Cingular to get the ROKR (and later, the SLVR), I have regretted that decision. Neither phone was very reliable at simply making phone calls in either of the two places I've lived during that time... the most recent being really ludicrous since I can see a giant cell tower across the street from my home office window!
To be fair, I live in a brick triplex, but my wife's RAZR gets much better reception. Every time I try to make or receive a call in my home office, living room or kitchen, it's a disaster. When a call does connect at home, it sounds like I'm inside of a bee's nest because of all the electrical interference the SLVR picks up. For no reason at all, the signal will often completely vanish while the phone is idle in my pocket. It's gotten to the point where I don't bother to use the thing too much, and I've built up nearly 5,000 rollover minutes as a result! And don't get me started about simple tasks like checking the weather using Cingular's awful MEdiaNet...
So for me, the biggest question about the iPhone is, can I make & receive clear calls on the doggone thing?? I'll find out soon enough... regardless, I am buying one because I am fed up with my current phone, and because iPhone has the best implementation of e-mail and a true web browser that I've seen thus far. Everything else is icing on the cake, as long as the phone part of it lives up to my expectations!
- JRB
