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I've had the dropped calls on alot of phones, the resets stopped for me after 2.0.1, and I'm not sure what you mean by an "immature OS", but I prrefer it to other smart phones. - Blackopsmanners

Has everybody had this many problems? I haven't had too much wrong with mine except for problems with visual voicemail, and that's not available anywhere else - I'd be curious to read what people have to say in comments. - Sanjay

It's not a phone -- it's a lifestyle - Brian Sullivan

Um. Samsung Blackjack. Worst. - Andru Edwards

you obviously never used a Palm phone either! hah - Michael J Cohen via NoiseRiver

The only disappointment I've had with the 2nd generation iPhone has been the GPS which rarely gives me the blue dot. - Akiva Moskovitz

Even with the 2.0.2 update I still get better 3G connectivity on my Windows Mobile phone in the same spots than I do with the iPhone. I have tons of dropped calls a day. UI gets sluggish and barely usable (like writing emails or sending text messages). Like Chris, I often have to do hard resets just to get hte phone to work. - Brandon LeBlanc via twhirl

I agree. And mine crashed the day I bought it >:( - Jax Dragon

or the at&t tilt :-/ - Robert DeBord via fftogo

You must be one of the 2%, 'cause mine rocks... either that or user error - Jason Carreira

Don't know about the actual phone, but on my iPhone 1.0 the OS bugs have been about fixed. Also I think that at&t service is crappy. Were I live there is like no service. Also I think Apple should have set up their own towers. - Daniel

I've had none of these problems with my 3G. Must be a hardware defect afflicting a small population. - Kevin Fox

I have a love/hate relationship with mine. Not sure what I could replace it with though. there's just nothing that compares IMO - Jesse Stay

mine hasn't crashed since the first update - battery is fine for my usage - applications just work (though some do indeed crash) - it definitely has less dropped calls than my last phone - Frederic

Wow. I've got the BlackBerry Curve and have enjoyed it lots. the boss is buying me a 2.0 iPhone. I've got this fear that I'm going to hate it. - Chris Brogan

The signal is a bit weak compared to my last phone, but no major problems. I love the applications. - Charles L

Why is it if people don't experience these problems themselves they easily shrug it off as a problem "afflicting" a small portion of iPhone users. Because you don't have any problems hardly means its not impacting a good amount of people. - Brandon LeBlanc via twhirl

@Brian Sullivan +1! Nicely done! - Mark VandenBerg

@chris brogan same here. I love my Curve, the only issue is that sometimes it freezes. - Phillip Jeffrey

@Brandon because Steve Jobs came out and said it was a problem affecting 2% of phones - Jason Carreira

To paraphrase Winston Churchill: It has been said that the iPhone is the worst form of smart phone - except all the others that have been tried. - invariant

My dad still has a great rotary dial. Has never crashed in 30 years. Next... - rob

As far as I know, my mother still has a rotary phone hanging in the garage. It can receive calls but, unsurprisingly, it can't make them. - Akiva Moskovitz

HATER! EVERYBODY DON'T BUY AN I-PHONE WHAT HIS NAME SAYS ITS BAD - orionstarr

+1 orionstarr - Akiva Moskovitz

Akiva, my parents have TWO rotary phones. Can make and receive. - Cyndy

One of my phones is a working rotary phone. And, yes, I/it can still dial! :-) - Joanmarie

3G iPhone has been fine here - Hutch Carpenter

Thanks, I'll consider myself warned. - Helen Is SOOO Not Of Troy via fftogo

done. - Josh Haley

I am about to get one... I've heard good things everywhere! - Kyle Lacy

iPhone is still the best phone in the world - Steve

and there you go! - Sara Beach

Never dropped a call here, though I live in the city of AT&T's former international headquarters. - Robert Haas

The iPhone is the best smartphone, hands down. The problem here is that you expect it to be like all other apple products...near perfect. In the cell phone market, this is not really possible yet because apple does not own the telecommunications company. - Bob Blunk

I don't have problems with dropped calls, but 3G sucks in San Francisco on it. - Thomas Hawk

Absolutely LOVED my 1st gen iPhone with 1.1.4 firmware. Ever since the firmware upgrade ... suckage. Slow apps, frequent crashes, poor battery life ... that has NOTHING to do with cell coverage or network. It's ALL on Apple. *booo* - tj hanton

I'm trying to figure out what smart-phone to buy http://is.gd/1Nx3, so I'd appreciate any comments/hints/recommendations. - Alex Popescu

I love my blackberry. Never drop calls (even in the mountains), qwerty keyboard, awesome. I never actually "surf" on my phone so I'm perfectly happy with the browser for my immediate needs (ie - Wikipedia for bar arguments) - George Smith

I love my blackberry 8150 pearl also. surfing is great...Google apps work beautifully. email always right there...good speakerphone..no complaints1 - John Foss

Gotta say I disagree. I've been using the iPhone 3G for a month and am pretty happy. I haven't had many problems with it. It's not perfect, but I'm glad I switched from my Blackberry. - Mark Logan

I'm a blackberry owner too and want to gloat about what a wonderful phone I have. It's a 8300 curve with no dropped calls, it has a Internet browser that isn't 3G but that's why I also carry a really nice iPod touch. The blackberry operating system works really great, with no problems at all. I also have push email. And I got google maps, gmail all on the phone. :) - Colide81

I was REALLY happy with the iPhone v1. The 3G has been lass reliable, but I love the apps. Updated to 2.0.2 yesterday and so far so good. Fresh issues aside, I'd never switch back to BlackBerry. I love my iPhone dearly. - Steve Isaacs

The new iPhone sheen is wearing off for me, too. I neglected to charge mine last night so now I have a dead phone. The battery life is poor. Reception not good, either. My screen requires constant cleaning. I'd say as a pocket computer it's very cool, but as a phone it's debateable. - Jason Kaneshiro

The styling is awesome, the screen is fantastic (when they don't use a bad supplier) and the browser is pretty good. The rest of the functionality? I prefer my Winmo phones which are pretty mature. The HTC Diamond Pro should bring it all together and not force me onto AT&. - Soulhuntre

And as its from Apple I bet you paid a tonne for it? I'm very happy to never have owned or desired to own anything from Apple. I'll give it to them their marketing department is brilliant but I seem to find their products are over-hyped versions of other products/unoriginal features put into a new box, more expensive and lesser quality. - Kol Tregaskes

my housemate has a 3G and it's UI is annoyingly sluggish. I used it briefly and it was immediately evident. He hates that part of it. - Chieze Okoye

Shame on you Apple!! ;) - Jigar Mehta

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