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When will iPhone 7 /7 plus call issues be fixed and why aren't customers being notified of the problem before being sold the phone?

I just upgraded to an iPhone 7 plus 2 days ago. I am in AZ in zip 85379. Since the upgrade my outgoing call quality is terrible. The people I call either hear complete silence or the my voice breaks up and they have no idea what I'm saying. My inbound calls are not much better. Multiple times when I've answered the phone it is silent like the call is having trouble connecting and I can't hear the person on the other end and they can't hear me. I never have more than the first two dots of service strength and if I move around it often drops to one or none. Three of my calls so far today have been dropped and I suspect it would be more but I haven't been using the phone very much because the call quality is bad and I know people won't be able to hear me. I did a little research online and found that this is a widespread problem with this phone. Is there anything that can be done about it? I am current on all software updates. I'm so frustrated that I wasn't made aware of this issue when I ordered the phone, especially since I don't have a "home phone". I'm supposed to be scheduling an appliance delivery for tomorrow and now I'm worried I either won't get the call from the company or they won't be able to hear me and the call will fail/drop. I have been a very long time customer of Verizon but am so disappointed in the company now.

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allisonc_vzw

Having good call quality is what we strive for, Adblack. Dropping calls definitely is not fun. Since you just got the phone, I want to make sure that all the packing material has been removed from your new device. The packing material can block sound significantly and cause poor call quality.

Do you have WiFI? Are you using WiFi calling? I want to ensure that you get your appliances delivered.

-Allison

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Adblack

I have enabled wifi calling in the short term. As for the packaging, it was all removed and the phone is not in a case so there shouldn't be anything interfering with the signal.

veronicam_vzw

Thanks so much for the feedback. We want to make sure all is set up correctly. Thanks for enabling the wifi calling. Can you please tell me if any others are having this same problem? Is the software up to date?

Adblack

As I stated in the original post the software is up to date. There is no one else in my household, however, after reading other posts and researching online there are A LOT of other people having this problem nationwide with this phone which makes it more frustrating. It is not confined to my home. It happens outside, it happens when I'm driving in the car to anywhere else (not confined to a specific area of town), it happens at other people's homes across the city. It is so bad that I text now instead of trying to call anyone. I need a solution.

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