Edward Kirk
August 14th, 2008, 10:29 AM
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Users have been <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/news/users-report-3g-reception-issues-analyst-says-blame-the-chipset" target="_blank">reporting</a> unusually bad reception and an abundance of dropped calls on their iPhone 3Gs, leading one analyst to suggest that the Infineon chipset may be defective. Now a source of <em>BusinessWeek</em> corroborates the story, saying that Apple is aware of the situation and that the problem is in fact related to the chipset. <!--break-->
According to this source, Apple is planning to fix the issue in existing phones through a software update rather than something more disruptive like a product recall. It is said that software residing on the chip that lets it function is creating a problem, which they will fix in the update.
Another source says that Infineon's technology is still too new and hasn't been properly tested in high volumes.
[via <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2008/tc20080813_430402.htm" target="_blank">BusinessWeek</a>]</div>
Users have been <a href="http://www.iphonealley.com/news/users-report-3g-reception-issues-analyst-says-blame-the-chipset" target="_blank">reporting</a> unusually bad reception and an abundance of dropped calls on their iPhone 3Gs, leading one analyst to suggest that the Infineon chipset may be defective. Now a source of <em>BusinessWeek</em> corroborates the story, saying that Apple is aware of the situation and that the problem is in fact related to the chipset. <!--break-->
According to this source, Apple is planning to fix the issue in existing phones through a software update rather than something more disruptive like a product recall. It is said that software residing on the chip that lets it function is creating a problem, which they will fix in the update.
Another source says that Infineon's technology is still too new and hasn't been properly tested in high volumes.
[via <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2008/tc20080813_430402.htm" target="_blank">BusinessWeek</a>]</div>