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iPhone 4 - good at everything but being a phone

patseguin

patseguin

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Display is amazing, speed is quick, camera is great. Too bad I don't have a usable phone. Signal strength is non existent while holding the phone. Putting it down gets an instant 5 bars. Proximity sensor fails during calls and causes me to mute myself or put the party on hold. I've gotten 5 call failed messages in the 5 phone calls I've made so far. I'll give it 2 days to see if any fixes are forthcoming then I'm going to a different manufacturer.
 
I will not put up with that spending 400 or more on a phone is too much for it not to work. Apple better do something about this or they better find a way to let me out of my contract if it does not work because I am coming from Verizon with the Droid.

I have owned the 3g and 3gs, and while they had some dropped calls, it sounds nothing like the 4 is getting. I'm kind of worried now about getting the phone tomorrow.
 
Olivia23 said:
Apple better do something about this or they better find a way to let me out of my contract if it does not work because I am coming from Verizon with the Droid.
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You don't even have your phone yet, and you're already assuming the worst?

Dont' assume that your experience will be bad just because someone else got a bum iPhone.

BTW: my new iPhone is functioning wonderfully.
 
Phone calls are overrated. The iPhone is the future, so in the future everyone will have amazing phones with a high quality browser, tons of apps, but can only make phone calls when the iPhone decides it wants to.

I'm just hoping that my reception as good as it is now when I get my iPhone 4.
 
MICHAELSD said:
Phone calls are overrated. The iPhone is the future, so in the future everyone will have amazing phones with a high quality browser, tons of apps, but can only make phone calls when the iPhone decides it wants to.

I'm just hoping that my reception as good as it is now when I get my iPhone 4.
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I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic, but I, non sarcastically, agree. I wish there was a 45 minute plan for the iPhone. I wouldn't mind paying 1/4 as much ($10 vs $40) for 1/10 the minutes.
 
Voice plans are a joke. I have the lowest voice plan with ATT and every month I talk less than 3 hours a month. The majority of my iPhone is for texting, email, and apps/web.
 
scaredpoet said:
You don't even have your phone yet, and you're already assuming the worst?

Dont' assume that your experience will be bad just because someone else got a bum iPhone.

BTW: my new iPhone is functioning wonderfully.
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+1 - Mine is working great with no issues.
 
Hankster said:
Voice plans are a joke. I have the lowest voice plan with ATT and every month I talk less than 3 hours a month. The majority of my iPhone is for texting, email, and apps/web.
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I agree. We pay for over seven hours per month, but when I checked my iPhone, I had talked for 2 hours in like 8 months!! I'll try to make this go up when I get the iPhone 4 and go to AT&T, but I won't do 7 and a half hours a month :eek:
 
Hellishness said:
I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic, but I, non sarcastically, agree. I wish there was a 45 minute plan for the iPhone. I wouldn't mind paying 1/4 as much ($10 vs $40) for 1/10 the minutes.
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I agree also, but that's the way it works. Those who overpay for data but don't use it subsidize the ones who use briskly, and the people who hardly use their voice subsidize the ones that use lots. I probably use one hour of time monthly...I have so many rollover minutes it's insane.
 
MICHAELSD said:
Phone calls are overrated. The iPhone is the future, so in the future everyone will have amazing phones with a high quality browser, tons of apps, but can only make phone calls when the iPhone decides it wants to.

I'm just hoping that my reception as good as it is now when I get my iPhone 4.
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The problem is that reception issue affects not just voice calls but down/up -load speed as well.
 
Hellishness said:
I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic, but I, non sarcastically, agree. I wish there was a 45 minute plan for the iPhone. I wouldn't mind paying 1/4 as much ($10 vs $40) for 1/10 the minutes.
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I was actually being both sarcastic and serious. Phone calls aren't completely overrated, though they're becoming increasingly outdated. You can text people for the easiest way to communicate, or in around three years when a signficant amount of people have a phone with a front-facing camera, have a video call with them. Phone calls will always be important for business and while driving.
 
Eddyisgreat said:
I agree also, but that's the way it works. Those who overpay for data but don't use it subsidize the ones who use briskly, and the people who hardly use their voice subsidize the ones that use lots. I probably use one hour of time monthly...I have so many rollover minutes it's insane.
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But data is different. When they were all unlimited, yes, people who used less balanced out the people who used more so AT&T still makes enough money. But for voice, people using 6 hours can get the lowest plan. If you talk for 8 hours a day, then you would likely get unlimited, so no one is really subsidizing anyone else.
 
Anyone with no reception problems having the proximity sensor issue?
 
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patseguin said:
Display is amazing, speed is quick, camera is great. Too bad I don't have a usable phone. Signal strength is non existent while holding the phone. Putting it down gets an instant 5 bars. Proximity sensor fails during calls and causes me to mute myself or put the party on hold. I've gotten 5 call failed messages in the 5 phone calls I've made so far. I'll give it 2 days to see if any fixes are forthcoming then I'm going to a different manufacturer.
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You push the screen against your face when you talk on the phone?
 
I dunno what you all are talking about... or rather, not talking about. I always, ALWAYS burn through my minutes each month, usually going well over my 400.

Then again, I could save some money if I upped the texts and just did that.

But I'm old school.
 
I've noticed that after upgrading my 3GS to iOS 4 that I've been dropping calls left and right... This didn't happen with OS 3.1.3.

Nuc
 
patseguin said:
Display is amazing, speed is quick, camera is great. Too bad I don't have a usable phone. Signal strength is non existent while holding the phone. Putting it down gets an instant 5 bars. Proximity sensor fails during calls and causes me to mute myself or put the party on hold. I've gotten 5 call failed messages in the 5 phone calls I've made so far. I'll give it 2 days to see if any fixes are forthcoming then I'm going to a different manufacturer.
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Did you call AT&T to get support? If not, what forthcoming fixes do you expect? I cannot speak to how many of the 600,000 phones are in use right now, but your symptoms sound unique.
 
No Dropped Calls

On my 3GS I had incessant dropped calls. So far on my 4 - NONE. Not a One. Nothing but Crystal clear Voice...
 
PNutts said:
Did you call AT&T to get support? If not, what forthcoming fixes do you expect? I cannot speak to how many of the 600,000 phones are in use right now, but your symptoms sound unique.
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I cant even call the at&t number... This is insane. Every call I make fails before the other phone even rings
 
Take it in to the apple store and they will replace it. It sounds like your is worst than most. I hate to go against the grain but mine gets better reception than my 3GS did and that was before my case. To be fair before the bumper the signal indicator was lower but the sound was better than my 3GS.

I would do a full restore first set up as new phone, and see if that helps, that will be the first question they ask you at apple.
 
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