Apple was so worried about how one apple engineer left an iphone 4 at a bar than worrying about the actual performance of this so called equipment. I am a true Apple Lover, but all things being equal, we have to agree that if you do not have a cell phone tower next to you, you are and will suffer reception/transmition problems. Let me tell you about the next firmware, since this is an actual hardware issue, they will make the antenna less sensitive to cell towers and hwnce fix this harware issue with a software update.
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