Analyst: Infineon chipset possible cause of iPhone 3G issues
A financial analyst believes Apple's iPhone 3G reception issues may be the result of some faulty chips.
Richard Windsor of Nomura published a research note (spotted at GigaOm) Tuesday singling out the iPhone 3G's chipset, made by Infineon, as the probable culprit for the reception problems we reported on Monday. The dropped calls, service interruptions, and abrupt network switches experienced by iPhone 3G users reminded Windsor of similar complaints five years ago, when 3G phones were first launched in Europe.
"We believe that these issues are typical of an immature chipset and radio protocol stack where we … Read more