Geel_jire Posted June 26, 2010 Reports of call and data signal strength problems in the new iPhone 4 have a basis in fact, a hardware expert said Thursday. Later in the day, Apple acknowledged that holding the iPhone 4 may result in a diminished signal that could make it difficult to make and maintain calls or retain a data connection. "Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone, " Apple said in a statement issued to several media outlets, including PC Magazine, which had run tests earlier Thursday. "If you ever experience this on your Phone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases." basically this is a design defect .. where the metal strips on the outside of the phone are part of the antenna system .. and when you grip the phone with moist hands you short the antenna thereby changing its electrical properties (wavelength) and significantly degrading its performance. how they did not catch this in testing is crazy ... but that is what you get when you put form over function. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peasant Posted June 26, 2010 blame on the pressure put on them by google! Buy your apple products always after their second release the first releases are always buggy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Juxa Posted June 28, 2010 i was just about to get one, is it worth the ££££? if faulty in such an early stage? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
