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Joe, I honestly wish I knew what that was all about.
In three years or so of owning iPhones, I have yet to ever need to make a call from anywhere I have been where I have not had reception.
As I mentioned in other threads, just to name a few places:
Anywhere in Central to South Florida (in fact, in Key Largo this past weekend, before mine went diving, my wife's Verizon had zero reception from the hotel and mine was fine.
Pensacola
Atlanta
Mobile
Charlotte
Savannah
Nashville
NYC/Long Island
NJ (northern part, near NY to Bridgewater)
Hampton, NH
Maine
Chicago
Indianapolis
Phoenix
Dallas/Ft. Worth
LA area (LA/Anaheim/Diamond Bar)
Sacramento
Portland
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Las Vegas
Denver
San Francisco
San Jose
Austin
Houston

....and quite a few more I frankly don't remember.

So, while I certainly don't doubt there may be areas of bad reception, I can attest that I have never had a problem and I have traveled very frequently to many of these places.
In fact, my business cell has always been with AT&T and I have used that lots before I ever got an iPhone, with no problems.

I must be the luckiest guy on Earth or the reception issue is more BS than reality.

Oh wait, I now remember.
One time, at band camp, I was in an elevator, 15 floors under ground, surrounded by lead, and I recall not having reception.

BTW,
Although I mentioned it, let me restate it. My household has two AT&T cell accounts and one Verizon.
I kept my wife on Verizon due to my daughter so they can talk and save my daughter some money.
When the wife and I travel, we have both carriers available to us.
If anything I have ever noticed is hers experiences more reception issues than mine does.
Go figure.

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Kelly,
Thanks.
Still thinking what I will do.
I am already into the new one so I think to sell it may be best.
On the other hand, if he can fix it, I may be able to get more money if it then works or I can save it for the next time I go swimming.
Will PM you.

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Speakin of reception, the building I work in supposedly has no cel phone reception as it is reinforced with steel rebar and is supposedly able to withstand a cat 4 hurricane and was where we had evacuation for Hurricane Charlie.

I have never had trouble making or recieving calls on my iPhone 3 from the building and work alongside people on Verizon and other carriers who can't get a signal. Specifically, a coworker with the Driod. That same worker finds delight in telling me how much better her droid is due to all kinds of technical advancements she claims the Iphone lacks. Her texting is also brought to new levels due to the keyboard on her Droid. Any 15-30 year old texting fans would certainly be jealous of her ability to text and carry on a conversation at he same time. Me? Blech!

Not my intention to sound like an Iphone fanboy, but all this reception talk seems a little silly for me, an Iphone owner, coming from folks who never owned one.

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Hey, it's a new problem for me. I never had a problem with my old edge iPhone. Five bars just about everywhere, I was even getting calls and texts when I was out in Volcano National park Hawaii. My girlfriend got me an iphone 4 for my bday and it has been anything but good reception wise. I've never seen it hit five bars, I get one bar at my place (old phone had five bars) to no service consistently, and my dropped call rate has gone way up. I thought maybe I had a bum phone, but i'm now on my second device and it still sucks. It's really frustrating, I live in the tristate area, no reason for such crap service. And i've done a round robin with the different iphones here, mine is the only one that sucks service wise. My girlfriends 3GS has five bars here, my old phone five bars, my sisters old 3G no problem, me no service. Did a herf with Yachties at Jr's the other night, guess what, his 3GS full service, me at one bar to no service :r

I really regret giving away my old iPhone. This 4 model is a cool toy with a beautiful display, but I find it seriously sucks as a phone.

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Well, iPhone 4 may not be grateful about a swim, may cost $599 plus tax to replace if lost, but man does it recover almost all that on Ebay, damaged, AS IS.
Not sure what they do with it. Not sure I really care. Waiting with open arms for that PP payment to hit.

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Maybe there are a lot of iSuckers

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Yup. That has got to be it for sure.
Out of all the things on Earth one could have imagined, yup, that would definitely have to be the one.
Thanks for letting me know.
It was killing me to find out.:rolleyes:

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iToldyaso. :r

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I talk on the phone and text at the same time on my iPhone. Maybe she just doesn't know you can do that? I can talk, take pics and text them to whoever I'm talking to, even. Or email them, or whatever.
It hadn't even occurred to me that a person couldn't do that with any phone. I guess I forgot.

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Sorry I should have noted it was just a joke. I can rarely resist Apple related pokes.

All in good fun.

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Me too.
A few months ago, I was sitting in my backyard on a conference call. I sent a few e-mails, sent a few texts, and surfed CA (while having a cigar of course.) All while listening and participating in the call.
I guess you can say I have a slight case of ADD.

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All good.;)

Scott,
I am blown away by this.
I have no clue what they do with them but God bless them.
Mine just sold for $416, clearly explaining not working, water damage and even clarified, salt water damage.
America is a very good country.

Now trying to sell my working 3G to see if I can pay for the new phone in its entirety.

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It sure does make it a lot less painful, that's for sure.
I can tell you I was just as shocked as you when mine sold so high, and was real apprehensive about getting paid, but it showed up real quick. I checked the guy's feedback and he'd bought a number of damaged phones and had great feedback.
I'm sure they have an angle, I mentioned a couple I've heard about. Regardless, they can't be making a big profit. Maybe a hundred bucks a phone, or a little more. The way I figure is that they're doing a damn fine service to blockheads like me and you. :D

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Well, I learned my lesson. Working on getting my new one some swimming lessons.:D

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Being in the keys without a phone or email access for a few days would be a thing of Beauty. :tu

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In my case, I was forced to have sex as it was my anniversary and not much else to do with no phone.
What a tough time.:r:r:r

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Well i have almost decided to sell my iphone 3gs 16gb on craigslist to upgrade to the iphone 4. As long as i can get at least $200.00 for it I will not have to spend anything out of pocket to get it, which is just fine for me. Should I?

And then the question is I have a lot of apps that cost a little money, so I assume I can do a backup and then transfer them to the new one? Anyone done this and how did it work?

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Just sync/backup your old phone before you setup your new one. Make sure you have the apps syncing in itunes (which you should by default).

Aside from that, just plug the new one in and everything transfers. You may have a couple apps or game progress that have data that won't transfer. That's a limitation of the app, not apple. The app will come over, just the data inside it might not.

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Just got back from Clearwater Beach and the offshore boat races.

Took the family on a sunset dolphin cruise and the guy next to me was video recording the pod of dolphins playing in our wake on his iPhone 4.

He was a nice guy and was showing me all the new features and convinced me this is a geat phone.

He also was showing me lots of little tricks I didn't know about like pushing your home key, then the sleep key and a screen shot is saved in your camera roll. This is a cool feature I will probably constantly use. Even works on my 3G, just never knew.

He had his in the Otterbox for the 4 and it is a hell of a lot nicer Otterbox than the one on the 3G.

Final verdict is that I will be probably be upgrading soon.

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Just sold my "wet" iPhone 4, fully disclosed as having salt water damage and not working, for $416.09 plus shipping.
I then sold my 3G, not the GS, for $170.00 plus shipping.

Both sold on Ebay. Both buyers already paid via PP. List them with no reserve, starting at .99 cents and watch it get crazy towards the end of the auction. I listed both for 7 days.

America is a great country!!!

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is it still sex if it is by yourself, Carlos?


Still a good thread. ;)

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Well done, my man. :tu
Now I bet you wouldn't have put out so quick, huh? :r

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I put my Iphone 3GS 16 GB on craigslist this morning for $325 and got one email with characters i couldn't understand, one email from what I believe to be a scammer wanting me to send it overseas and buying it for his cousin and he aint in the country blah blah blah and another email from a guy who is willing to give me $250.00 and he wants to meet at the apple store and have them check it out. I am gonna sell it to him. Get a new I phone 4 16 GB and have $50.00 left in my pocket aint to shabby, and I am an impatient feller so that aint too bad in my book.

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you should have tried ebay, from what I've heard less scammers there than on graigslist.

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I agree.
You can rely on PP for guaranteed payment and can limit out of country buyers.

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Gonna meet the guy Friday at the apple store and get the new one while i'm there.

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Interesting.
All the hater BS and reception crap and then these results come up in surveys.
5.2% had reception problems.
Amazing how that had been blown up to be so much worse by haters.
No wonder I have never had reception problems. I am in the 94.8%.


IPhone four Some love it, others hate it. Already has had a first big affair. And as this product is perceived by its owners?

Changewave Research Society conducted a survey of satisfaction among customers.Interviewed were several hundred, and all of them are iPhone owners 4th The question was thus perhaps at all – as you are happy with him? 72% of owners responded that the iPhone 4 satisfied, 21% reported relative satisfaction and only six percent of respondents are dissatisfied.

Ostensibly they are a high number, compared to predecessors iPhone 3GS what a loss position. In his case it was 82% of owners of very satisfied and 17% relatively satisfied.Dissatisfied and remained at a mere percentage.

Interesting was also the question of the respondents, whether experienced problems with the antenna. Of those surveyed reported is 5.2%, which on one hand is not huge quantities, but the fact that communication problems or having everyone twentieth, not the best card for Apple.

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Well for better or worse unless something goes badly wrong I should be upgraded to the new Iphone in less than 24 hours.