greghughes.net - 8/25/2008
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A couple of small, independent evaluations of the iPhone 3G's performance, which has been much maligned by many of it's customers (including me from time to time), have been published in the past day or so. The results are interesting to consider, especially side-by-side. In the first test, Swedish tech site GP took their iPhone 3G to a super-fancy antenna test chamber at a company called ...
iphonebuzz.com - 9/1/2008
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Sometimes small, independent studies yield the most telling
results. We already talked about Wired's testing of 3G...
networks across the world, but it seems GP, a Swedish tech site has also conducted a few tests of their own. And when the results are ...
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Independent iPhone 3G tests show antenna is fine, 3G ...
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Independent iPhone 3G tests show antenna is fine, 3G networks need work
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... and as well as any other 3G phone on the market.
Combine that with Wired's test that showed the 3G networks are, as greghughes.net says, "woefully underperforming." So what does this all mean? 3G coverage needs to be improved. And though Apple could do something about the switch off when 3G is performing poorly and EDGE is performing well to conserve battery life and to perhaps stifle app crashes, the reception won't improve until the networks are bolstered.
[via greg hughes - dot net]
Independent iPhone 3G tests show antenna is fine, 3G networks need work
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... just as it should and as well as any other 3G phone on the market. Combine that with Wired’s test that showed the 3G networks are, as greghughes.net says, “woefully underperforming.” So what does this all mean? 3G coverage needs to be improved. And though Apple could do something about the switch off when 3G is performing poorly and EDGE is performing well to conserve battery life and to perhaps stifle app crashes, the reception won’t improve until the networks are bolstered. [via greg hughes - dot net ] [image] ...
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