I know most of you are probably fed up with all the stories about the iPhone 4 antenna-gate issues, but I though you might like to hear this. Norways largest newspaper is claiming that the iPhone 4′s reception is no worse or better than it’s competitors, and the reason users are having trouble in the US is because of AT&T’s significantly weaker network.
After testing out various smartphones in remote parts of Norway, they found no problems with reception. The paper compared iPhone 4 against the HTC Wildfire, Nokia E71, and Apple’s previous iPhone 3GS. It stated that all of the phones reacted similarly when gripped tightly (losing signal bars due to attenuation), but that all of the phones were able to sustain a conversation.
However they did say that both the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4 had worse call quality than the other smartphones, but it was still acceptable. On the contrary, when using the phones’ data service to pull up a web page, the reporters said only the iPhone 4 ‘was close to having a stable connection,’ successfully pulling up a page while the other models reported no service.
Many have tried to replicate the loss in signal in Norway, trying the death grip and every other trick known to kill the signal, but have been unable to get less than one signal bar.
So they are claiming that there networks in Norway are much more robust than the US ones, and thus reception isn’t an issue.
I have to say, this did cross my mind a couple of times, as the network reception here in Ireland and the rest of Europe seems to be much better than what the US reception sounds like. I wonder if there’s any truth in this?
The iPhone 4 is set to go on sale in Norway tomorrow, along with Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, New Zealand, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland.
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