AT&T iPhone 4 Drops More Calls Than Verizon, Report Says

After just nearly two months of the iPhone on Verizon, IMO, it's too soon to tell about this "dropped call" thing. It's all nice, fine, and dandy that Verizon is doing so well, according to this survey, but let's wait and see what happens when iPhone 5 comes out and we really see a fair head-to-head battle based on both carriers being on equal footing having the phone at the same time (with AT&T currently having an 8 month sales head start on iPhone 4).

Of course I know studies like this are going to be done, but still, it isn't a totally accurate representation just yet.

 

Wow, this is great news for "Challenge Wave"! They make some un-scientific, probably half-a$$ed report with "iPhone" in the title, and suddenly their name appears on several major websites without having to spend a dime in advertising. Well done Challenge Wave! :highclap:

 

Why so much doubt in a report that seems to mirror general consensus opinion over the last few years?

 

Calling people randomly and asking them if they experienced a drop call in the last 90 days isn't too scientific, IMO. But maybe it's because I'm a network engineer and used to dealing with real and credible statistics. If my boss asked me how his network was performing and I told him "Well, I called a few random people, and most of them said they were happy" I'd be flipping burgers by the end of the week.

 

Well, if everyone else is reading their name as carefully as you did, Change Wave can't rest on its laurels just yet (Although I have to say it would be poetic justice if everyone only paid attention to the words iPhone, AT&T and VZW in that report )

 

Lol, I will bet you a burger (and RR wouldn't even have to flip one. ) that people are doing just that. I personally saw iPhone, VZW, and at&t in the subject line, and didn't read the rest of the post.

 

You did better than I did. I registered iPhone, AT&T and dropped calls on my first pass through and moved on, thinking "nothing new here".

 

I'm pretty certain that a company offering opinion data for money will have a scientific basis for their research and probably has spent a fair amount of money validating their statistical sampling method.

Funny how you can not even read the whole article, jump to some random conclusion based on not reading the article, and THEY are the one making a half-a$$ed report?

Their report: http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2011/att_verizon_iphone4_20110405.html

 

Well, to be fair, he did say half-a$$ed report, not half-a$$ed company. As far as the report goes, the article does indeed mention the sample size to be slightly over 4000 users. IMHO, the sample size is not large enough to be statistically sound. We're talking about millions of iPhone4 users on both networks spread over a very large geographical area. The latter is very important, too -- just ask any AT&T subscriber in Bay Area who drives I-880 between CA-237 and CA-101 (several miles stretch) if their call drop rate is about once per mile and I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is yes. Jump a few miles to I-280 and you can stay on a call all the way from CA-101 to CA-84 without a single drop. You really need a much larger sample to even out those oddities.