Having Apple store check it for bugs?

I live in the bahamas and i am coming over next week to buy Iphone4s. With all the bugs I am reading about i am thinking about asking a tex at the store if they can put a sim in it and try it if they will because if i get it home and have problems it cost me money to send it back. My friend got one and keep dropping calls, sent it back and got a new one , same thing. So far hes spent over $300 in shipping alone and still no working phone. Anyone have any feedback on this.

You should be able to try your phone as soon as it is activated. That is what I did when I got mine. There is no guarantee that it will work without problems once you get back to the Bahamas if it works well in the store. You are essentially taking it out of the 'country'. Dropping calls is related to the cell phone network and signal strength where you use the phone. I have a work phone on the Sprint network and it frequently drops calls or does not connect even though I work in a major city. Their network is very poor in our area.

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