MY AT&T service is terrible, despite the fact that I live in one of the 'best' zones according to their coverage stats.
I love my iPhone but regret that I cannot use it as a phone at home. Its fine on the road.
By the way its not my house that is the problem, I can go outside, still virtually no signal.
Then to make matters worse AT&T has no roaming agreement with SeaMobile which is the company that services the cruise ships (Crystal) that I like to cruise on. So I cannot use the iPhone on board, although if it were t-Mobile or verizon I could.
I used to have Pac Bell, then they became Cingular and now AT&T. Back then the service was terible. It was more than 5 years ago. Not sure if it improved since.
This is the major obstacle for me getting an iPhone. I rather wait for the iPod 6g if I am only planning to use the iPhone as an iPod.
I used to get service about 5% of the time inside my house with AT&T and a brand new samsung phone I got about 3 months ago, and dropped calls were almost guaranteed. Now with my iPhone i get service 95% of the time.
There is a search function in the forums. Try to use it before starting a topic that has already been answered in abundance. This question has been answered in about 8 similar threads already.
As far as reception I have found it second to none. And have answered that in detail in other threads with the similar title.
so far i hate it. this is a great toy but the reception is awful. I had customer service and they told me all i needed was and update and to shut my phone off yadda yadda. that worked for a second. if i have to go by the window to talk to someone on my phone in nyc then this is a peice of trash and at&t sucks. they should have dealt with reception issues before the launch of such an expensive product. what a f**ing disaster
I'm in LA. Love my iPhone, hate my service. Cannot tell you how frustrating it is - constant dropped calls, "cannot connect to EDGE" - slow, slow data. It's a really bad scene around Los Angeles (I'm in west LA, near the water.)
Well, I am planning to try the iPhone for 2 weeks. If I end up hating the reception I will return it and get the iPod Touch instead.
It's very hard, some people say the reception is great others says it is crappy. So I guess only trying myself will answer if the iPhone and AT&T is right for me.
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I love my iPhone but regret that I cannot use it as a phone at home. Its fine on the road.
By the way its not my house that is the problem, I can go outside, still virtually no signal.
Then to make matters worse AT&T has no roaming agreement with SeaMobile which is the company that services the cruise ships (Crystal) that I like to cruise on. So I cannot use the iPhone on board, although if it were t-Mobile or verizon I could.
I used to have Pac Bell, then they became Cingular and now AT&T. Back then the service was terible. It was more than 5 years ago. Not sure if it improved since.
This is the major obstacle for me getting an iPhone. I rather wait for the iPod 6g if I am only planning to use the iPhone as an iPod.
As far as reception I have found it second to none. And have answered that in detail in other threads with the similar title.
So, I feel pretty good starting a new thread. If you are not satisfied, then is not my problem.
I appreciate the ones who contribute to this topic. Thanks!
MY AT&T service is terrible, despite the fact that I live in one of the 'best' zones according to their coverage stats.
You claim your area is NJ but that really isn't very helpful now is it... Well hey, I live in NJ and my coverage is GREAT...
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Well, I am planning to try the iPhone for 2 weeks. If I end up hating the reception I will return it and get the iPod Touch instead.
It's very hard, some people say the reception is great others says it is crappy. So I guess only trying myself will answer if the iPhone and AT&T is right for me.