Apple Inc. may be having teething problems with another iPhone rollout, this time in the U.K. Some people who have bought the iPhone since it went on sale there on Nov. 9 are complaining of a weak signal or no signal from O2 (U.K.) Ltd.'s network.
About three dozen people have reported problems with reception, mostly when they are indoors, in threads at Apple's discussion board. Some said they have received a good signal when using different phones, also on O2's network, in the same location.
"My iPhone can barely pick up even the slightest signal, although on occasion can pick up 3 bars, only for it to drop out again. I have two other O2 phones, a Sony Ericsson and a Nokia n95, with no reception problems at all," wrote a person using the name Lawlbaker2.
It was difficult to gauge the extent of the problem. More than 5,000 people have viewed the threads on Apple's board. Along with the complaints, about 10 people wrote that their phones were working perfectly. A few users started a much smaller, similar complaint thread at O2's Web site.
Apple representatives in the U.K. did not return calls for comment today. A spokeswoman for O2 said there are "no problems whatsoever" with the O2 network. She said O2 is "aware" of the discussion thread at Apple's board, but she would not say whether O2 considers it a problem or whether it is investigating.
Source:http://www.computerworld.com
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