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Consumer Reports published that they have found the same antenna issues on the Verizon iPhone4 that they found on the AT&T version. While Apple reported the they had fixed this issue, it would seem that the truth is a little stretched. There is a different antenna in the Verizon iPhone4, but that has not helped the problem apparently. Consumer Reports did say that “there have been relatively few complaints about dropped calls from those using Verizon’s iPhone.” I would suggest that while AT&T tried to put most of the blame on Apple for the dropped calls issue, the problem is actually a beleaguered network that is in serious need of upgrading/build-out.  I have been on the AT&T network where I live since 1997, and did not experience the dropped call problem up until 6 months ago, and it is getting worse.

Of course I am not an iPhone user, and would not change networks just for a phone (not to mention the no calls and data at the same time), but many have. Just not as many as they would like you to believe.

Verizon announced that they are having an issue with their ’4G’ LTE and 3G handoff. What is the issue? When you roam from the LTE service to the 3G service you will loose your connection for up to 2 minutes. While they say that they are working on a fix, why didn’t they test for this before they launched? It is not really a show stopper, but gives me pause that someone missed this during testing and begs the question; what else did they miss?

2 minutes is a long time to loose your connection. Say goodbye to your streaming video, surfing, video conference, streaming audio, etc. Not such a big deal when you are walking, but we have enough issues with people using their phones while driving to add trying to restart your connection is a problem.

True, they don’t have phones yet. All you can use with the LTE service is a USB dongle, so only the laptop users are having issues. I am sure that they will find a solution before the phones hit the market, but still what a let down.