Iphone X weak signals

Same problem. Poor signal during phone calls since upgrading from the 7plus to the iPhone X

Sick of people not hearing me (never had that before upgrading )

I’ve been with Apple 8 years and it looks like I will be returning the iPhone X for a refund.

Think there is some problems with this “new” phone. It’s got some problems. Think it has been rushed threw. And Apple will keep it quiet. But I’m going to video me taking the phone back to the Apple store

I’m returning mine within 14 days unfortunately and going back to the 7 Plus. Gutted and relived

I have the same issue - my iPhone 6 and SE were always 3 to 4 bars. My X starts at 4 bars and drops by 1 bar every 5 seconds till it hits 1 bar. This is consistent behavior all the time every day across my 25 mile commute, at home and at office. But no issues with the older phones.

Same here. Had an iPhone 6+ and never had the issues with cellular connectivity that I am now. Bought the phone not under contract and got the Qualcomm modem according to my model. Doesn’t matter, it constantly drops calls or cuts out. Text messaging sometimes is not even worth messing with because they won’t send or take forever to be delivered. I paid way too much money for the latest and greatest iPhone that doesn’t even perform as well as older versions when it comes to cellular connectivity. Very frustrating and Apple needs to address this. I mean I am downtown in a major city and I have 1 bar and snail pace speeds on the internet or apps. Never had this problem before in the same location.

Like you I had used my iPhone 6s Plus SIM card in the iPhone X and had issues with its weak cell phone.

When I complained Apple replaced the iPhone X with another A1901 copy, and provided a new SIM card with it. I'm still having issues... two calls today dropped out for 10 seconds or so in an area which had never been a problem before.

Same here. I live within visual sight line of a cell tower and my wife’s iPhone 5S has full bars but my brand new iPhone X has one bar and it drops in and out. THIS is ridiculous. Judging by all the others who are having the same problem this is a hardware related problem. If I can’t get resolution, this iPhone X is going back.

Thank you for the address I have submitted my concerns. I had already opened a Support ticket and that has been unsuccessful attempts at correcting the problem by resetting network connections on the device, rebooting, etc next was a total erase and reload of the phone which I knew would be an exercise in futility and a waste of my time. From reading about the same issues that others are having it’s clear they have a cellular and WiFi connectivity issue with the X that is not going to be fixed by erasing and reloading my data. It’s disappointing to say the least.

Yes. I feel much better hearing about this ongoing issue on the X. Just got mine last week. Today was the first time going out with it. Using maps, LTE kept dropping out to 1X and 3G. Swapped out the SIM card from my 8, same thing. Full restore. Nothing. Called Verizon, exhausted all the troubleshooting. Took my 8 out for a spin around town, was weak but loaded YouTube and Netflix on 1 bar. Barely played but at least it launched on the 8.... put the sim back in the X... total snail. Safari, barely loaded google. I see a lot of us are affected. And my model number is the Quallcom 1865. Not the Intel 1901 which everyone keeps saying the 1801 Quallcom model is better? I don’t think so at all.

Unfortunately this has nothing to do with switching the internal modems or any of the other useless, time consuming procedures that tech support puts you through, none of it works nor will getting replacement iPhone Xs. You need to be in high signal strength areas for cellular or WiFi for it to be reliable if not expect completely unreliable service. It’s a “city” phone. I should have gone back to my 7+

Yeah unfortunately, it’s so hard to tell. We have about 5 things to blame. Phone, iOS, antenna, cell towers, LTE bands.... but it does narrow it down a lot since I went back to my 8 and have the same issues. I’m the only one who hasn’t experienced call failure. My issue is LTE data is very very slow and weak on 150 mbps. I bought my iPhone 8 to work with me last week to test because I know it always worked perfectly, and noticed less signal than my X..... ran a speed test on the 8, 15-20 mbps.... strange. So long story short, they are both performing the same for me. Something happened from activating the X on my account. I never had a data problem before I got the X. Now all phones I tested are 80% slower. And also tried 6 new SIM cards. I’m completely lost. I can’t see the issue with the antenna because I can stay on the phone all day and never drop a call. And if there is an antenna issue, there’s no way I would get 150 mbps on a defective phone.

Interesting, as I have said in previous posts I have the Verizon 1865 and the signals for both cellular and in Home airport WiFi are substantially below what I was getting with my 7+. Doesn’t matter where I go the cell signal is always weaker than what I experienced in the same locations with the previous phone. I find myself in venues where people around me are all using their phones and I can not text, call or get data.

I have to disagree. This is my 5th iPhone X. Verizon. 1865 model. Can’t even google something unless you’re on WIFI. Speeds are 80-150 mbps and cannot even stream a 20 second video. I’m going back to my 8. It’s not the tower, carrier, throttling..... bad antenna in my opinion.

As I have said in previous posts all the tedious time consuming resets, and other shot in the dark solutions that tech support has you go through have zero effect other than wasting your time. You have a good point that you would think there would be a much bigger outcry from X users but without question there is something wrong with them and I suspect that if you are in areas that have full and strong coverage you may not notice a problem, but if you are in marginal areas it’s no comparison to the 6 or 7+ phones. That’s why I call it a “city” phone.

As You put it , I live in an Marginal area ie ( Rural area ) . And my service coverage has been updated to cover for 4G .

So I suggest you have a word with your supplier . Because my phone now works a treat . Not so good indoors i'll admit , but wifi covers that.....!

I have the A1901 model .

I did have issues with 4G coverage , but as I said . All sorted now....

Yes, indeed, my usual use area is a rural, more marginal one, hilly. All long accepted by the denizens; we typically still get LTE, 2-4 bars in the good spots

The issue has been that this phone seems to stop searching for a signal when I'm on the move. Say I'm in a spot with no bars. I start driving and go into areas that have long-standing known 3-4 bars LTE. Even after an hour, the phone says no signal. I've got to switch off and on airplane mode to get it to search for a signal. I believe that this is an Apple "feature" to preserve the ever-deteriorating battery life. Sure, I can force it to search, but on a $1200 phone? Never happened before on any iPhone I've had.

Practically, driving and using CarPlay it's a menace. I believe Apple should build in an iOS cellular setting switch for "Rural Mode."

Jonathan

Lates model i have is a iphone 7 and that has better reception and faster download speeds believe it or not. My wife has the 8 and she is with spring which is garbage service, but she gets more reliable service then my iphone x. Second my iphone 7 i’ve had for a year and didnt replace battery gave it to my 7 yr old. I did check signal strength and the iphone 7 wins. Hopefully this will