Australia's Telstra awards iPhone 4 "Blue Tick" for superior reception
Australian mobile provider Telstra has awarded iPhone 4, when used with a case, a special "Blue Tick" approval for use in rural areas of poorer service coverage, due to the phone's antenna performance.
In a blog posting titled "tips for great iPhone reception, Telstra says iPhone 4, without the use of any accessories, has been approved for use in metro and major regional coverage areas.
The carrier notes that "to help maximise coverage performance in metro and major regional areas, Telstra recommends that customers team their iPhone 4 with an approved rubberised bumper or case."
The tip adds, "we?ve found that an approved bumper or case can also improve the consistency of data speeds when customers are using a fast network like the Telstra Next G? network. So if frequent mobile internet is important to you, we suggest you grab a bumper or case."
Blue Tick worthy for rural customers, when a case is used
"The great news for our regional and rural customers," Telstra says, "is that an approved rubberised bumper or case can help to maximise the coverage performance of the iPhone 4. In fact, the handheld coverage performance is improved so that it is equivalent to one of our Telstra ?Blue Tick? devices."
The posting explains, "we award our Blue Tick to mobiles that have the best coverage performance and recommend them to customers working or living in regional and rural coverage areas."
Telstra adds that it "uses a two-phase methodology to test the coverage performance of each mobile phone model it offers to customers. The first test is conducted at Telstra?s anechoic chamber in Sydney and examines a mobile?s handheld receiver sensitivity. The second test is conducted out in the field. Testing looks at elements like voice quality and how successfully a handset makes and receives calls at the edge of coverage."
iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow, along with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
In a blog posting titled "tips for great iPhone reception, Telstra says iPhone 4, without the use of any accessories, has been approved for use in metro and major regional coverage areas.
The carrier notes that "to help maximise coverage performance in metro and major regional areas, Telstra recommends that customers team their iPhone 4 with an approved rubberised bumper or case."
The tip adds, "we?ve found that an approved bumper or case can also improve the consistency of data speeds when customers are using a fast network like the Telstra Next G? network. So if frequent mobile internet is important to you, we suggest you grab a bumper or case."
Blue Tick worthy for rural customers, when a case is used
"The great news for our regional and rural customers," Telstra says, "is that an approved rubberised bumper or case can help to maximise the coverage performance of the iPhone 4. In fact, the handheld coverage performance is improved so that it is equivalent to one of our Telstra ?Blue Tick? devices."
The posting explains, "we award our Blue Tick to mobiles that have the best coverage performance and recommend them to customers working or living in regional and rural coverage areas."
Telstra adds that it "uses a two-phase methodology to test the coverage performance of each mobile phone model it offers to customers. The first test is conducted at Telstra?s anechoic chamber in Sydney and examines a mobile?s handheld receiver sensitivity. The second test is conducted out in the field. Testing looks at elements like voice quality and how successfully a handset makes and receives calls at the edge of coverage."
iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow, along with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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Personally, I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device.
Just don't palm the phone for too long, you won't see any problems.
... of course these declarations of 'no issue here' have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the, "iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow, along with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland."
Personally, I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device.
Anonymous user reports are about as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane and as credible as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Hell, you claim to have three Android phones and two Android tablets and we all know you're lying through your anal cavity.
Anonymous user reports are about as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane and as credible as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Hell, you claim to have three Android phones and two Android tablets and we all know you're lying through your anal cavity.
Especially when these anonymous reports come from the same sources that already seem to have an axe to grind every time Apple is mentioned...
Anonymous user reports are about as useful as an umbrella in a hurricane and as credible as former Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich. Hell, you claim to have three Android phones and two Android tablets and we all know you're lying through your anal cavity.
Much more telling is your tone reeking of both bitterness and jealousy.
Android Phones in My Home: DROID, DROID X, and DROID Eris
Android Tablets in My Home: Archos 5 IT/32gb, and Archos 7 Home Tablet.
Note: My integrity is always in tact, too bad your ability to respect the posts of others clearly is not.
Personally, I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device.
Pretty satisfied with mine. The Bumper improves reliability in rural zones, which was the only handicap I found in the past weeks.
Thanks for asking.
Especially when these anonymous reports come from the same sources that already seem to have an axe to grind every time Apple is mentioned...
Anything to 'follow the crowd" for some -
Anyway... I specifically stated that 'I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device", and alluded to absolutely nothing regrading 'anonymous reports' from anyone.
There's World of Difference
Pretty satisfied with mine. The Bumper improves reliability in rural zones, which was the only handicap I found in the past weeks.
Thanks for asking.
Question: Are you currently residing/using your iPhone 4 in Australia?
I only ask because this article originates directly from Australian mobile provider Telstra, and clearly states that the, "iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow"... Hmmm?
Much more telling is your tone reeking of both bitterness and jealousy.
Android Phones in My Home: DROID, DROID X, and DROID Eris
Android Tablets in My Home: Archos 5 IT/32gb, and Archos 7 Home Tablet.
Note: My integrity is always in tact, too bad your ability to respect the posts of others clearly is not.
+1 for having the balls to buy all that crap.
Personally, I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device.
All good here
Question: Are you currently residing/using your iPhone 4 in Australia?
I only ask because this article originates directly from Australian mobile provider Telstra, and clearly states that the, "iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow"... Hmmm?
No, but I used it in other countries on the list and of course in my home country.
I think that my experience is valid although I'm no Telstra customer.
All good here
Just Curious: Where in Australia do you live, and how were you fortunate enough to get the iPhone on Telstra's network a day before its release?
Much more telling is your tone reeking of both bitterness and jealousy.
Android Phones in My Home: DROID, DROID X, and DROID Eris
Android Tablets in My Home: Archos 5 IT/32gb, and Archos 7 Home Tablet.
Note: My integrity is always in tact, too bad your ability to respect the posts of others clearly is not.
perhaps you are telling the truth, but lets face it, 9 times out of 10 (or worse) that a commenter makes such a statement in order to bolster his point, it is crap.
They've been out seven hours now.
Of course your droids would be absolutely useless here, we dumped CDMA years ago.
Question: Are you currently residing/using your iPhone 4 in Australia?
I only ask because this article originates directly from Australian mobile provider Telstra, and clearly states that the, "iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow"... Hmmm?
Just Curious: Where in Australia do you live, and how were you fortunate enough to get the iPhone on Telstra's network a day before its release?
As I work in a phone store in Australia and it's tomorrow now, we got a demo iPhone 4 yesterday, first thing I did after activating it was try the issues.
Touching the "black strip" did nothing, holding it tightly in both hands made it drop from 5 to 4 bars.
My mate from the Virgin store brought his demo up to activate it as he had an older version of iTunes, we tried all the touching, poking, prodding and squeezing tests with no bars dropped.
Now we can reassure customers that a lot of the hot air from windbags like you is rubbish.
Telstra has also endorsed the iPhone 4, Australia has the population of New York spread across 3 million square miles.
Today will be a HUGE day in sales.
... of course these declarations of 'no issue here' have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the, "iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow, along with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland."
Personally, I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device.
... of course these declarations of 'no issue here' have absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the, "iPhone 4 launches in Australia tomorrow, along with Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland."
Personally, I'd rather hear how things are once actual users have had some time with the device.
Na, it means they are not stupid enough to deliberately find a weak reception area and grip as hard as they can to kill any signal there is. Smart bar-stuards those bloody Aussies
+1 for having the balls to buy all that crap.
Maybe it's some kind of magic.
They've been out seven hours now.
- Of course your droids would be absolutely useless here, we dumped CDMA years ago.
- Now we can reassure customers that a lot of the hot air from windbags like you is rubbish.
Note: Blah... Blah.. Blah... Omitted for clarity - Mate
01 - "Of course your droids would be absolutely useless here, we dumped CDMA years ago."
Given that I never expressed such a desire, nor was it even a part of this thread's discourse, any point you were attempting to make about using a Droid in Australia is rendered entirely MOOT
02 - "Now we can reassure customers that a lot of the hot air from windbags like you is rubbish".
Maybe that's because you're Not In The United States or utilizing AT&T's US Network, resulting in much different carrier/user experience, which doesn't mean that US customer's are incorrect in their 'experiences' just different than those residing in Australia on a completely different network.
Completely Different Situations - See How That Works?
Na, it means they are not stupid enough to deliberately find a weak reception area and grip as hard as they can to kill any signal there is. Smart bar-stuards those bloody Aussies