There has been much said regarding battery drain problems and AT&T’s lame nationwide 3G coverage, but here’s something new: Apple just got slapped with a class action lawsuit for dropped calls and slow data speeds. The suit was filed in an Alabama US District court, and since it was just filed yesterday, Apple still hasn’t actually been served…yet.

“Apple sold these devices on the promise that they were twice as fast as the pre-existing phones and that they would function suitably, or properly, on the 3G network. But, thus far, Apple and the phone have failed to deliver on this promise,” Jonathan Kudulis, an attorney with Birmingham, Ala.-based Trimmier Law Firm, told ABCNEWS.com. Trimmier is the firm representing the Ala.-based plaintiff, Jessica Alena Smith.

WOW.

I have to admit that part of what kept me from biting on the 3G iPhone was the fact that I wasn’t naive enough to think that just because my phone was capable of 3G speeds, I would actually get them. Try telling that to the average consumer, though. Because the 3G iPhone is strongly marketed as twice as fast, it should have been just as strongly marketed as only capable of achieving those speeds in select markets. As for the dropped calls? I’m not sure what’s going on there, as I have found the AT&T network (EDGE, anyway) to be rock solid.

Chip problem, AT&T problem, Apple Problem…who knows, but everyone gets an equal shot in the article’s possible blame game. You’ll have to read the ABC News article to see what AT&T and Infineon are saying about the brouhaha; of course Apple is staying mum, since it is (after all) only pending litigation.

So do you have a 3G iPhone? How has your experience been? Are you interested in jumping aboard the lawsuit train…or are you wondering what all the fuss is about?

Source: Chris Spera phone call after seeing Clinton’s tweet.

Via: ABC News: Apple Hit With 3G iPhone Lawsuit