There are people here who do, in fact, get more than a little uptight if you criticize an Apple product in any way. It's not everybody obviously, but there is a core contingent.
Course they may just be straw-manners lying in wait. Who knows.
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'Consumer Reports' Satisfied that iPhone 4S Fixes Antenna Issues
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There are people here who do, in fact, get more than a little uptight if you criticize an Apple product in any way. It's not everybody obviously, but there is a core contingent.
Course they may just be straw-manners lying in wait. Who knows.
Nope, only the iPhone 4 had a very precise, very small spot to simply touch. Steve tried to cloud the issue with the "grip" thing, there never was a grip required.
They ticked the iPhone 4S down because it didn't have a crappy 3D camera? I'd rather have the iPhone 4S's camera which actually has decent low light capabilities and color saturation than a junk 3D camera. Why are they enabling useless gimmick creep?
well if apple wants to assert that all phones have antenna issues - then anyone can assert that all phones have battery issues
lol.
And it seems Apple didn't need to fix the antenna... oh wait.
Quite happy with my iPhone 4S' reception and its lack of a death touch.
+1 (although you are in the negatives, mon concitoyen)
Wow... objectivity gets voted down... I know I shouldn't be surprised, though...
This is a know issue for those who jailbreak an iphone 4 and retain the 1.59 baseband for unlocking. Do you fall in that category by any chance. Nothing to do with ATT.
So, can you do this in the forums:
1) Post "Apple is great"..
2) Get a gazillion plus votes
3) Edit your message to "Android is great" (not saying it is or isn't, just an example).
4) See "Android is great with a gazillion" plus votes?
:-D
1) Post "Apple is great"..
2) Get a gazillion plus votes
3) Edit your message to "Android is great" (not saying it is or isn't, just an example).
4) See "Android is great with a gazillion" plus votes?
:-D
No nebo1ss...never jailbroke any of my phones. It's a stock ATT phone. First noticed it yesterday and it happened again today. It'll stay with the no service notification until I turn airplane mode on then back to off.
Don't worry, it's just people jealous they couldn't get an iPhone 4S on launch day like I did.
Don't worry, it's just people jealous they couldn't get an iPhone 4S on launch day like I did.
Nah, I'm still content with my 3GS. Might upgrade to 4S in the near future, but not hurry. I've grown up and happily left my "gotta have it right ****ing now" phase behind.
It was objectively overblown. It was national news for weeks. It was an antenna problem on a mobile phone that had so little impact that demand for the phone exceeded supply for almost a year. At the same time, the same antenna actually improved reception for most users over the previous version.
As far as being "chastised by Apple", you are projecting. As far as people on this board denying the actual problem, some posters are irrational, but there is not reason to insinuate that their opinions justify anything or are representative of a larger group.
Once again, correlation does not imply causation.
iPhone4 just worked like 99% of phones, they drop a little signal if you cover the antenna, happened and test with like 30 phones at the time of the "antenna gate". Just a anti apple marketing. Now that iPhone 4S is one of the few phones to switch antennas on the go, haters and troll can say that indeed was a problem..... Get a life.
Oh look, someone else who doesn't understand the actual issue.
At least we know Steve's deflection worked. A lot of people are now confused about the actual issue.Of course Joe Shmo isn't going to know, but when you read Joe Shmo's review and then the next 20 or so reviews you get a very clear picture of how the product performs in the real world. Professional reviewers may be more savvy than your average consumer but they also only offer a very narrow viewpoint and opinion. Also, by definition, professional reviewers are getting paid for their opinions. The money to pay them usually comes from a variety of manufacturers and retailers, some of whom are responsible for the products they are reviewing. Therefore, professional reviewers are never %100 objective and occasionally they are completely paid off.
I'll take the collective opinions of a bunch of non-solicited Joe Shmos over one bought and paid for "professional" reviewer any day. This includes the reviewers at CR. They aren't some sort of not-for-profit watchdog organization. So they are no more credible than any other subscription based publication.
I mostly don't, but it just gets annoying to be voted down when you say something like "I still like my 3GS".
I think Consumer Reports was justified in not recommending the iPhone 4 because of the antenna problem, it was a silly thing Apple should have fixed before it went into production.
Anyway, that's so 2010. iPhone 4S is a great phone for those that like iPhones
Bummer that people downrated you. I think the 4 truly had a fundamental issue. I mean, the guy in charge was literally drummed out of Apple for it. They did fix it, but pretending it wasn't noticed would be naive. That said, it's over now.
Honestly I had no idea the antenna issue existed when I got my iPhone 4, nor had I run into any signal issues in my use. I didn't end up finding out about the issue until I read articles on tech blogs on the phone a couple weeks after receiving mine.
I agree that there is an issue with the design, but I don't agree with the attitude of some that it effects everyone whether "they like it or not".
Despite it's flaws, I love my iPhone 4, and am glad to see the design was carried over, with updates to address them.