Phone calls breaking up

@jenlq This isn't really an answer, but more a comment on your personal opinion (which is perfectly fine of course). All major phone manufacturers will inevitably have issues, whether it being Apple, Samsung, LG, etc

I am old enough to have lived in the days when mobile phones weren't even invented, so I have seen them from the very start. (The first "mobile phone" we had, was contained in a crate about 36"x18"x24"!)

Having had iPhones since iPhone 5 was released, my personal opinion is that it is a very solid product (although one of the most expensive options). Current daily driver is 12 Pro Max and I am super satisfied.

The problems with unclear calls and / or dropped calls, are more often than not provider related. (But, yes, it can be hardware / phone related.) The service providers all have different settings and sometimes they push out an update to the settings with something that at best qualifies as a beta.

We had an incident here in Norway (with our largest service provider) 3-4 years ago, where they pushed out a new "feature" that was going to make everything eons better. The fact is that it tanked a lot of phones and hundreds and hundreds of people were unable to make calls. (I worked in IT for a very large Scandinavian private security company, and we were severely affected, as it made a large percentage of our devices that relied on the service provider, completely useless.)