iPhone 4 Loses Reception When You Hold It By The Antenna Band?

[BlackHitachi]

iPhone 4 Loses Reception When You Hold It By The Antenna Band?

 

[meStevo]

Do they come with a case, or are they going to sell you one to fix/avoid this problem?

 

[sampatterson]

I haven't had this behavior yet. I wonder how many are affected.

 

[tomcrown1]

iPhone 4 Loses Reception When You Hold It By The Antenna Band?

This article is what readers of Gizmodo have to say. It is a mixed bag some have problems with receptions while others do not. In the article one user has stated that he now has good reception in his house with the new phone.

 

[Scott Greczkowski]

Many of them are seeing the signal level change and in some cases see no signal, yet they are not dropping calls. Engadget says that Apple says its a software issue in displaying the bars and will be fixed via a software update.

Most people are saying that reception is a lot better and dropped calls are happening a lot less.

I can't wait to get my iPhone tomorrow

 

[tomcrown1]

Here is what Macrumors have to say on the issuse follow the link.

iPhone 4 Signal Declines While Being Held? A Longstanding Phenomenon? - Mac Rumors

 

[digiblur]

I was just talking about this the other day to someone... I asked them what they thought about actually touching the antenna, we both figured it wouldn't do good things to the signal.

I read the other report about all the yellow spots people are seeing on the display too.

 

[mike123abc]

It opposite of rabbit ears! You touch the antenna and the TV works great you let go and you lose the picture before you get to the couch!

The yellow spots are now rumored to be the bonding agent and they could go away in a couple days when it finishes drying.

 

[yourbeliefs]

I'm sure this will be easily resolved. As anti-Apple as I am, even I can't believe that through all their testing that they wouldn't pick up on such an obvious and horrible flaw such as this..

 

[DodgerKing]

Which is why I never jump and pre-order new technology. I wait until all of the other guinea pigs find the flaws and these flaws get fixed

 

[TheForce]

Next I expect to see a story about the iphone causes cancer because people touch the antenna while talking on the phone.

 

[meStevo]

Next I expect to see a story about the iphone causes cancer because people touch the antenna while talking on the phone.

Silly Don, ALL cell phones cause cancer, even if you dont touch them!

Sheesh.

 

[Ilya]

The signal level does seem to go down on mine by a bar or two.
No problem when using the bumper though.
The bumper is very nice. I will keep it on.

 

[Mark0]

Jobs says it's not an issue, so it's not.

 

[meStevo]

Steve Jobs: "You're holding it the wrong way"

Apple responds to iPhone 4 reception issues: you're holding the phone the wrong way -- Engadget

The official stance is that you can hold every mobile phone in a way that degrades reception.

 

[rockymtnhigh]

Steve Jobs: "You're holding it the wrong way"

Apple responds to iPhone 4 reception issues: you're holding the phone the wrong way -- Engadget

The official stance is that you can hold every mobile phone in a way that degrades reception.

That is funny.

 

[Mark0]

I hate to say "I told you so", but I predicted Steve's response:
Steve Jobs Describes iPhone 4 Signal Strength as a 'Non Issue' - Mac Rumors

 

[meStevo]

I hate to say "I told you so", but I predicted Steve's response:
Steve Jobs Describes iPhone 4 Signal Strength as a 'Non Issue' - Mac Rumors

Yes, you 'told us so' ... it's "not an issue" if you dont hold it like a cell phone.

This is pretty funny too: Hey Apple, you're holding it wrong -- Engadget

 

[sundrop]

I love the "better reception and more clear calls" yes magically a phone made by apple improved the GSM towers and somehow the GSM network has improved voice codecs

 

[rockymtnhigh]

This story has made the New York Times.

On iPhone 4, a Mystery of Dropped Calls - NYTimes.com