People have been bitching about dropped calls and reception issues with the iPhone forever. Everyone who has an iPhone in the U.S. bitches about AT&T. So now when the iPhone 4's quality is called into question, I'm guessing a lot of the AT&T hate is being inappropriately applied to Apple. I'm not saying there isn't a problem with iPhone 4. I actually have no idea, but I'd be willing to bet that the dog pile that's forming is at least partly due to AT&T. How exactly would a consumer be able to tell the difference? All they know is that they can't make a call. Is it the carrier, the phone, or a bit of both? The current bitch-o-rific bandwagon is to blame Apple so that's what everyone is doing.
Part of Apple's solution to this iPhone 4 debacle should be the end of the AT&T exclusivity in the U.S. Of course it may become a little more difficult to convince another carrier to offer the iPhone if everyone thinks the product has a defect... What a mess.
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I thought about this exact thing. As a Calgarian who had Fido/Rogers for my iPhone and then moving to California and using AT&T for my iPhone I noticed an unacceptable amount of dropped calls. In any case I'm in no rush to get the iPhone 4 until I'm 100% assured it's working as it should.
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