I still found that calls regularly broke up on some major streets. In New York City, riding in a taxi along the Hudson, one important call was dropped three times on the new iPhone. Finally, I borrowed a cheap Verizon phone and got perfect reception.
— Walt Mossberg in The Wall Street Journal today.
There are so many other reasons, but above all, it’s a phone! I’m no fan of Verizon but I have never had calls dropped like that in the middle of New York City. Well, not since I was an AT&T customer years ago, when you couldn’t make calls anywhere near Penn Station….