CNET.uk says the iPhone is the "Worst Phone EVAR"

maybe its the worst PHONE, but I'm sure it's the best SMART-PHONE out there... 

I guess the dropped calls depend on where you're at. I've had my iPhone G1 since June 29, 2007 and use it everyday and have NEVER had a dropped call.  It's the best phone in my book!

Its because O2 suck big time. Worst phone till I stuck a vodafone SIM in it...

It is the worst voice reliability and call quality yet the best data speed and hardware build quality in my experience. I hate talking in the phone, so it is a thankful deterrent for the people who want to tie me up by the ear because they can't make the time to text or email me or meet in person over a meal. And it brings me close to other iPhone users as our shared comraderie over frustration with AT&T's edge network. If I could just pay for data and drop voice, I would. I have an iPhone because I couldn't talk my wife into an iPod touch and a Verizon MiFi combo.

Well, they seem to be blaming the phone for the poor quality of the network service.

I've had a jailbroken iphone and tried several different sims in different countries, and it just works fine.

I works as good as your service provider does.

Aint it?

"and we aim to prove it" And did they prove it?

Wow this guy should be recievving a lot of money from Microsoft or Rim or Nokia for saying that.

An independen COMUNICATIONS company already proved that iPhone is one of the best PHONEs (smart ones and cheap ones) EVER. They test how the iphone handles call between one cell tower to other. but hey, what the heck, this UK cnet boys need to show in the map, let give them a hug....

Maybe it depends where you live. I don't think that it's right to make a blanket statement like that. It certainly does not ring true to my experience. (no pun intended) My iPhone is my fourth cell phone and first smart phone.

It is BY FAR the best cell phone that I have ever owned. In a year and a half, I've had one, maybe two dropped calls. It works the way I want it to work. Visual Voicemail is wonderful. For where I live, the coverage is good. All of the useful apps are just gravy... It's a great phone!

I can appreciate that your mileage may vary, I expect largely based on your carrier. From what I've read it sounds like AT&T kind of crapped the bed for a lot of people. In Canada,  and more specifically in my area, Rogers have done pretty well.

My only complaint is I still say the monthly bills are too high.

Have any of you who are slating CNET actually read the article? FYI there are problems not only with dropped calls but with waking from sleep and failing to connect calls.  It's quite a substantial problem too, it's something I personally struggle with daily and it is immensely frustrating. Can you imagine what it's like trying to call someone repeatedly and it just wont connect. How about when the other iphone is in the room beside you and you know they're both on with signal.  

I'm not the only frustrated customer either, it was recently featured on a consumer affairs BBC programme called watchdog.  Apple are reportedly looking into it (slowly). 

For those of you who are fortunate enough not to have had the problem then great I'm happy for you. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist. Now calm down, we all love our iPhones but they're not perfect and are rarely immune from criticism.

I have had an iphone since launch day 1 in the UK. While I have had no problems with the 1st gen I have had 5 replacements (kid u not) with the 2nd and 3rd gen Phones. Only last week I visited the 'Genei' at Glasgow Apple Store and told him this exact thing. The phone is a fantastic gadget but an utterly shit phone. Poor reception, abysmal battery life, and multiple call dropping / not getting through in-spite of full reception displayed are some of the problems I have encountered. I would gladly tell my story to any consumer investigators although I have to say that Apple have been fairly OK..ish regarding replacing faulty phones and customer service. They ought to spend more time getting the fundamental functions sorted - I mean it is supposed to be a phone...right????

I have had an iphone since launch day 1 in the UK. While I have had no problems with the 1st gen I have had 5 replacements (kid u not) with the 2nd and 3rd gen Phones. Only last week I visited the 'Genei' at Glasgow Apple Store and told him this exact thing. The phone is a fantastic gadget but an utterly shit phone. Poor reception, abysmal battery life, and multiple call dropping / not getting through in-spite of full reception displayed are some of the problems I have encountered. I would gladly tell my story to any consumer investigators although I have to say that Apple have been fairly OK..ish regarding replacing faulty phones and customer service. They ought to spend more time getting the fundamental functions sorted - I mean it is supposed to be a phone...right????

Somebody just bought this chick out....I mean... she wrote this column a few months ago...what the heck? http://reviews.cnet.co.uk/floragraham/0,291000193,49301482,00.htm

pretty weak. otherwise, pretty good.

(Check the calling features, not the other features)

This is Awesome! 

Oh, instead of giving me the thumbs down, just post a picture of your self inside the picture of a heart with some small bubbles coming out of your head and the heart going up to the iPhone. 

Then, show another picture of yourself with a picture of war behind you and the however the iphone saves you from a bullet and the more you profess your liking / love of the iphone and everyone else's stupidity for not agreeing (no matter what their individual personal experience), the more personal life points you get that ultimately add up making you an amazing person that everyone emulates.