The iPhone 3G has been under fire as of late due to poor reception, dropped calls and a general lack of "3G." As we reported on Tuesday, analysts believe the Infineon 3G chipset may be to blame. And while it was initially thought a chipset replacement would be required to rectify the issue, Apple is now rumored to be working on a way to fix the problems with software upgrades.
Even though the problematic dropped calls are only supposedly affecting 2-3% of iPhone users, many are very concerned. Apple declined to comment on the matter and AT&T would only say the phone is performing well on their networks.
But interestingly enough, Infineon spokesman, Guenther Gaugler made an interesting comment to BusinessWeek. Though he would not comment on how their chip is performing in the iPhone 3G, he did say the chips are working just fine in other phones.
"Our 3G chips are, for example, used in Samsung handsets and we are not aware of such problems there,"
In the game of whose to blame for the poor 3G, it looks like Infineon just threw the ball back in Apple's court.
[via BusinessWeek]
i challenge Infineon to actually point out which Samsung phone model that is in production and using their 3G solution — then provide performance comparison data; and then some third party research firm should compare it with Qualcomm 3G solution…
the worst BETA SOFTWARE AND HARDWARE iphone 3g and os3 in the market bus all the place no connection drop calls loose signal and battery no GPS CRAP GAMES THAT YOU DONT PLAY MORE THAN ONE 30% of market researce says i stak with this toy i need argent replace with a real phone
ps too all marketiars dont try to sell crap phones in the market respeact the people