“The 3G coverage of T-Mobile is as good as the competition, there can therefore not lie. We suspect that it is a hardware / software specific issue of the iPhone itself,”
That’s radically different from the rest of the wireless industry who fears the wrath of Steve should they step out of line. Of course there is some self interest. If T-Mobile blames Apple, it takes the heat off of them.
Though T-Mobile may have a point. Richard Windsor of Nomura published a research note (Spotted by GigaOm) Tuesday singling out the iPhone 3G’s chipset, made by Infineon, as the culprit for the reception problems:
“We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain that Infineon is the 3G supplier,”
If that’s true, then this will make that Nvidia circus look like a minor hiccup.
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T-Mobile Holland And Normua Says Apple To Blame For Dodgy iPhone 3G Reception
Apple got bitch slapped a rude awakening when a blog posting went up from T-Mobile Netherlands blaming Apple for the reception issues with the iPhone 3G:
“The 3G coverage of T-Mobile is as good as the competition, there can therefore not lie. We suspect that it is a hardware / software specific issue of the iPhone itself,”
That’s radically different from the rest of the wireless industry who fears the wrath of Steve should they step out of line. Of course there is some self interest. If T-Mobile blames Apple, it takes the heat off of them.
Though T-Mobile may have a point. Richard Windsor of Nomura published a research note (Spotted by GigaOm) Tuesday singling out the iPhone 3G’s chipset, made by Infineon, as the culprit for the reception problems:
“We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we are almost certain that Infineon is the 3G supplier,”
If that’s true, then this will make that Nvidia circus look like a minor hiccup.
This entry was posted on August 12, 2008 at 6:15 pm and is filed under Commentary with tags Apple, iPhone. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.