my take
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Yes it is a software issue, yes the iPhone does suffer degradation when held, and more than other phones, but not so much for it to be considered defective.
so it's a crappier phone then... not defective just crap phone.
my take
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Yes it is a software issue, yes the iPhone does suffer degradation when held, and more than other phones, but not so much for it to be considered defective.
Then explain to me how I had perfect reception at my home and my office with my old iphone but now I hold the iphone 4 and the call drops.
Complete BULL****
This is not new. Anandtech proved empirically this was the case in their report earlier this week.
Apple won't be "fixing" anything. There is no "defect". All phone attenuate. Some more. Some less. The iPhone falls into the more category. Doesn't mean it's broke. It does mean it requires a stronger signal.
Your option is clear and completely fair. Return the phone for a full refund.
A good article on this issue saying these issues are overblown. From an antenna engineer:
http://www.macworld.com/article/152469/2010/07/iphone4_antenna.html?lsrc=rss_main
How could it be just mis-calculating my bars when if I put my finger over the gap, my data stops in its tracks?
Rubbish. Apple openly admits to have made a rather blunt error, and they are about to fix it.I thought about that too. They don't want to publicly admit they really screwed up so a quiet update hidden in their "status bar update" might be coming.
Or I could be reaching...
This is ridiculous.
Based on the testing posted earlier, there's obviously a real issue. Covering it up with a different grading scale is not a real fix. I'm pretty disappointed that this is what they came up with...
LoL, i call ********. no matter how tightly i grip my Nokia 5800 XpresMusic. NO bars drop :|
Apple = FAIL
The only reason or way why that could be the case is if the data speed and connection would be dependent on the same calculation of signal strength... Somehow I don´t believe that.
Return the phone if you're unhappy.
Yes it is a software issue, yes the iPhone does suffer degradation when held, and more than other phones, but not so much for it to be considered defective.