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Our Blogs Core Dump Rotten hardware core in Apple's iPhone 3G
Our Blogs Core Dump Rotten hardware core in Apple's iPhone 3G | Rotten hardware core in Apple's iPhone 3G |
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| by Stephen Withers | |
| Thursday, 14 August 2008 | |
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Page 1 of 2 Various users and tech journalists are reporting their own issues with very patchy 3G reception in the US, Australia and other iPhone 3G countries, while enjoying excellent 2G reception. My own limited experience with an iPhone 3G on the Optus network was that even when the display showed weak 3G reception, voice calls were perfectly clear with no dropouts. Richard Windsor, an analyst with Nomura Securities, is widely quoted as advising clients "We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain Infineon is the 3G supplier." Windsor reportedly went on to suggest that the issue probably could not be fixed in firmware, but several commentators have rubbished that idea. Perhaps the most illuminating report comes from Swedish publication My Teknik (New Technology), which reports that the nominal sensitivity measured for an iPhone 3G is well below the figure specified by the 3G standard. Since prototypes must have been tested for conformance with the standard, it follows that the problem was introduced in production. So what does My Teknik finger as the cause? See page two. |
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