First let me clarify - when I refer to the iPhone being the worst mobile phone I have had in years I am talking directly about the using the device as a phone itself. My reason is quite simple, the coverage is terrible and I have had more dropped calls every day and failed connections than I can ever remember having with any previous mobile phone.

The first thing people say is that it must be AT&T and if I had not been an existing AT&T mobile phone customer for years I might believe them. However, my previous AT&T phone, a Blackberry Pearl, had excellent coverage and I almost never dropped a call and never had a problem initiating calls.

I now have to stand near the front windows of my house or wose stand outside to get reliable coverage.

Another co-worker was in town with his iPhone and had the same problem in the same areas I had - again areas where my AT&T Blackberry worked flawlessly.

Something is definitely wrong with the iPhone's phone capabilities and I have already recommended to people in my area to stay away from it.

Now, the iPhone's phone may work perfectly in other areas of the country but when I had a previous AT&T phone then upgraded to a new only to have less quality and covergae I find that completely unaccetable.

DAJ