Apple Takes on Droid X With Latest Smartphone Antenna Video

[CFreymarc]

I own the iPhone. I use it. That doesn't change anything about the lies that are being told.

And you are NOT cashing in on anything.

Enjoy the mortgage payments and the cubical. The rest of us will have fun and defy gravity!

 

[aliensporebomb]

is that supposed to be some sort of euphemism? if so...AWESOME.

or are you really not familiar with the phenomenon where you can lightly touch your finger to the side of the phone and it completely drops a signal? in which case, youtube/google/anything is your friend.

Mine doesn't do that. Never has.

 

[AbSoluTc]

It has come to this conclusion...you do not own the iPhone 4. So move on.

Lol, thanks for telling me what I don't have. If it wasn't sitting next to me I might have forgotten about it.

 

[NT1440]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fup7fb1qIM

Another video showing the supposed death grip on the droid x.

Uh, this issue only comes up with in weak signal areas.

 

[DMann]

Why do my comments HAVE to be based on experience with an iPhone 4? Alas I am not the President of the United States but don't I have a voice on his decisions? Sheeeeeez. Relax.

First you rant relentlessly about your non-experiences with the iPhone 4, make flippant assumptions, i.e. "If it were truly a fact of life, we all would have heard about it before...," and now you attempt to downplay them?

Your rolling eyes and snobby comments seem to be for the 99% of people out there that don't, for a billion reasons, own an iPhone 4. Let us all bow down to you and mute ourselves as we shall not voice our opinion about the latest Apple product which has a major product flaw.

Rolling eyes, where?

Conversely, droves of snobbery, presumption, and finger pointing generalizations can be found within your previous rant.

Hmmm...out of the LITERALLY BILLIONS of cellular phones that have been in literally BILLIONS of people's hands for the last 20+ years, nobody has ever heard of this problem...until now with the iPhone 4...and Apple is totally grasping at straws to promote that it is a widespread problem.

I have used 4 cell phones non-stop since 1997 and NONE, including my 10 month old iPhone 3GS, HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM!

This problem? The one which you, yourself have never experienced, first-hand?

I guess you didn't read my post. "Is it a problem for you?"....ummmm...no, never has been...and I clearly stated that I own a 3GS.

How, then, would you know whether, or not, signal reception experienced on the 3GS is markedly better on the iPhone 4?

If it were truly a fact of life, we all would have heard about it before...and NONE of us would have SCREAMED when the iPhone 4 failed to work! Hello?! McFly?! The world screamed when this issue popped up and we screamed because IT...IS...A...PROBLEM....people don't scream at things that happen normally in life (like my refrigerator running just fine or my car starting when I turn the key or my faucet dispensing water when I turn it).

Presume much?

Shheeeeez. Apple...either fix the problem (not a bumper WORKAROUND thank you very much) or be sure this never happens again in your future iPhone releases.

Why Apple is even digging itself deeper into this hole by YAPPING and keeping the public aware is beyond me...Apple definitely sounds like a cry-baby here...unable to admit a design flaw and a simple promise to fix it or at least promise it won't happen again.

Promise what won't happen again? The laws of physics?

 

[PerfSeeker]

The Iphone 4 videos were made by users who want apple to fix a problem. Apple produced video in order to defend a detective product. Most intelligent people and non fanboys could understand that.

Yeah if only the fanbois would calm down. I am not trashing Apple. I want a defect-free iPhone. This IP4 is not that.

 

[Cleverboy]

Apple has a section of their site dedicated to addressing the antennae issue. Some people have insisted that this behavior is unique to the iPhone 4 when it is not. Apple is NOT being "dirty", "venomous", or anything of the sort. They are just demonstratating the atennuation issue using a number of phones.

They show their own phones as well. If they were simple showing competitor phones, this would be a transparent attempt to smear, instead, they are demonstrating an industry problem, as they said earlier. Many people cannot readily demonstrate large drops on their iPhone 4... usually in strong signal areas. It varies.

APPLE NEEDS TO DO THIS. People are trying to paint a highly inaccurate picture of the best version of the iPhone Apple has ever shipped. They can't afford to let this slide. There is a very real and unfair threat to Apple here. This is very similar to when the US Congress became suddenly "aware" of early termination fees when the iPhone first came out. People are becoming more and more aware of things they never cared about before thanks to Apple (like data plans) and it's not always a good thing for them.

~ CB

 

[Fluffy Bunny]

Jobs has officially jumped the shark. His illness seems to be getting the best of him.

 

[klover]

Somebody start keeping Jobs in check. What a silly, needless attack.

 

[MxChino]

Uh, this issue only comes up with in weak signal areas.

Uh, he was in a weak signal area, 2 bars is a weak signal area.

 

[ferrous]

Apple's losing battle... they'd better be working on iphone 5, fast!

 

[weespeed]

Uh, this issue only comes up with in weak signal areas.

Watch the video?
He only has 2 bars to start with.
What I found interesting is that apple initiated a call and then gripped it. And you can see that the Droid X doesnt' drop the call, cause if it did the 3x or 1x would pop back up on the notification bar.

And if you look at their iPhone 4 video, they don't initiate a call..
Wonder why they did that???

 

[TheiPhone3GS]

does ALL iDevices with iOS 4 suffer from signal loss? cause when i replicate the death gripon my iphone 3gs, it still has 5 bars

 

[spyda]

Dear Apple,

Quite frankly I do not give a **** if the droid drops bars when held in a certain manner. I do however, give a **** if my Apple iPhone drops bars when held in a certain manner, so just focus on that.

 

[MxChino]

The promo video Apple didn't want you to see!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ooJLEoo

 

[AmpSkillz]

this is an issue an all smart phones

some worse than others

the fact that AT&T sucks and that the iPhone is so popular makes it more obvious in the case of the iPhone

 

[matryska]

Apparently it has recall worthy signal issues with a crappy internal antenna.

I take it your response to my question is that it does NOT have an external antenna that can be bridged. What is your source for your two points I've highlighted? Thanks

 

[ChrisH3677]

folks are totally missing the point of Apple doing these vids.

They are no aimed at consumers; they are not aimed at nerds or fanbois;they are not aimed at RIM, HTC, Nokia, Droid et al.

They are aimed at the media.

The media went way over the top, grossly exaggerating the severity of the iPhone 4 death grip issue.

Hopefully these videos will quell the biased FUD reporting. That's all Apple really wants. It's hard enough to sell a product, but when the media go up against you, making out yours is the first and only product to suffer said problem, you've got to fight back in some way.

Go Apple. Kick the media's asses.

 

[matryska]

For those asking, "Yes, but does the (fill in the blank phone) have a bridge? No, but holding phones in the same way you'd hold an iPhone 4 gives a dramatic drop in signal. Period! And if you think bridging the gap shorts the antennae, you're not getting it. The metal bands around the phone are the antennae, meaning you bridge the gap regardless of how you hold it. Each finger connects to your hand if you haven't noticed. And also if it were shorting the antennae, it wouldn't work AT ALL. Meaning no one's iPhone 4 could make a call. This is ONLY about a drop in signal when simply holding the phone and Apple not only has every right to defend itself against this bogus pile on, it SHOULD defend itself.

The funny thing is I really like my Apple products, but I've never defended them like I have with this issue. Because it's beyond scary how absolutely inept many of you are with it.

I just like to keep an open mind and ask questions, surely that does not make me inept?

I am one of the people who asked the question you referred to; thanks for explaining some of it to me. It appears that you are telling me that no matter how the phone is held, both antennas will be touched under normal use as they are external. Right?

Also, there's no need to be rude and say that people haven't noticed that "each finger connects to your hand".

 

[Salacion]

Dear Apple,

Quite frankly I do not give a **** if the droid drops bars when held in a certain manner. I do however, give a **** if my Apple iPhone drops bars when held in a certain manner, so just focus on that.

I don't know why, but that made me laugh.

 

[Salacion]

folks are totally missing the point of Apple doing these vids.

They are no aimed at consumers; they are not aimed at nerds or fanbois;they are not aimed at RIM, HTC, Nokia, Droid et al.

They are aimed at the media.

The media went way over the top, grossly exaggerating the severity of the iPhone 4 death grip issue.

Hopefully these videos will quell the biased FUD reporting. That's all Apple really wants. It's hard enough to sell a product, but when the media go up against you, making out yours is the first and only product to suffer said problem, you've got to fight back in some way.

Go Apple. Kick the media's asses.

Uh, I'm pretty sure those videos are aimed at everyone and anyone that correlates, even only through thought, to the iPhone 4. But I like that you have an opinion, and you stick by it. Good on ya

 

[happy21]

i like apple product, but steve is sad for dragging everyone else into it lmao

 

[Maserati7200]

Personally, I like the comparison videos.

Apple was being attacked by people who claimed the iPhone should not be purchased because of its signal issues. Since Apple could not win the fight by saying, "Holding the phone doesn't affect the signal" (because it does, correct?), they needed to show that their design was not the only phone on the market affected by being held in such a manner.

I think it's a great move. You can't just sit back and keep getting punched without fighting back. Without these videos, the whole world would still consider the iPhone to be the only phone that has these issues.

It's a perfectly valid point to make, there is no reason why Apple should have been singled out for this issue. Other companies have not been made to feel compelled to give away free cases like Apple has.

Gizmodo are just being childish, if Apple had done to Gizmodo what Gizmodo did to Apple on the eve of their single most important product update Gizmodo would have done exactly the same thing Apple did.

If what Gizmodo has done was legal then nothing would have happened to Gizmodo.

The Droid X is a nice phone, I'm sure they will sell millions of units and people will be very happy with their Droids. It's not perfect though as it still has an internal antenna which will mean that if you hold it wrong you can disrupt the signal. I personally prefer the iPhone because of the size and features but if people don't mind using an enormous phone I'm sure they will be perfectly happy with the Droid X.

exactly. i love it.

i'm slightly chagrined that apple stoops to this, but... you know. when in rome. it made me laugh out loud. love it.

all they are saying is: let's compare apples to apples (hmm, bad phrasing.. oranges?). people tear apple apart but then whine when they demonstrate that you could do this same thing with many other devices out there. come on.

That's exactly what most people say about the iPhone 4. It only happens in areas of relatively low reception and network signal strength. You and I both live in areas of good/strong reception it seems. I haven't had the death grip on my iPhone 4 and none of my Android friends have it either on their devices. And my friends with iPhone 4s don't have it either.

These.

 

[ARF900]

The promo video Apple didn't want you to see!

http://www.youtube.com/user/ooJLEoo

"Black iPhone cant do this, black iPhone drops my calls, you know what? ******* you people!"

LOL

 

[hellouser]

folks are totally missing the point of Apple doing these vids.

They are no aimed at consumers; they are not aimed at nerds or fanbois;they are not aimed at RIM, HTC, Nokia, Droid et al.

They are aimed at the media.

The media went way over the top, grossly exaggerating the severity of the iPhone 4 death grip issue.

Hopefully these videos will quell the biased FUD reporting. That's all Apple really wants. It's hard enough to sell a product, but when the media go up against you, making out yours is the first and only product to suffer said problem, you've got to fight back in some way.

Go Apple. Kick the media's asses.

By making false accusations about RIM, Samsung, HTC, etc?