if you don't like your iPhone 4 than stop complaining and return the damn thing. i love mine.
Umm.. this is a forum. It's made for complaining. You don't have to be here if you can't handle the truth.
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Consumer Reports 'Can't Recommend' iPhone 4 Due to Signal Issues
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Umm.. this is a forum. It's made for complaining. You don't have to be here if you can't handle the truth.
Ah ok - so if that's true, using a case or Apple putting in leather over the GSM antenna is the only solution. Kinda sad!
Jobs: "And now I'd like to introduce the iPhone 4 signal enhancement kit. Once again we've outpaced the competition to market with this as well as demonstrated our innovative prowess." Big applause.
Jobs: "And I bet you're wondering what this kit contains? Well here's a picture."
Audience: "OOOOOOHHHHHH." Long applause.
Jobs: "Here we have the iTape and iScissors that make up the kit. I bet they'll try to copy
us but you know we are the orginal and best." Long applause.
Jobs: "Be sure to visit your local Apple store asap to grab one up. The're only $50.00."
Jobs: "And I bet you're wondering what this kit contains? Well here's a picture."
Audience: "OOOOOOHHHHHH." Long applause.
Jobs: "Here we have the iTape and iScissors that make up the kit. I bet they'll try to copy
us but you know we are the orginal and best." Long applause.
Jobs: "Be sure to visit your local Apple store asap to grab one up. The're only $50.00."
If Apple is putting a coating on the stainless, or we are covering the antenna with our cases... why didn't Apple just keep the damn antenna *inside* the phone to begin with. Funny, the revolutionary "external," "the phone is the antenna" design appears to be less than ideal. I'd rather have a bit less reception but be able to hold my phone in a more realistic manner, and without the need to spend $$$ on a case I shouldn't need.
Why does this issue only occur in areas of weaker signal? Is it because in areas of strong signal, even those some signal IS lost (20db I believe I've read) it's still not enough of a drop to lower the signal by "one bar"?
How could that be? If what Consumer Reports or Antenna Engineers are saying is true - the phone will drop signal when held that way. Whether it will impact the ability to make calls depends on how much signal you had and how much it dropped. So everyone's signal drops just by holding it - that's true as proved by CR and that in itself is a problem.
A bubble is a bubble is a bubble, even if it takes 10 years to pop. Didn't the real estate bubble start around 2001 too?
And I imagine they'll be returning their iCrap to Apple the same way...
And Apple throws how many millions a year at Forbes in advertising?????
Invasion of the shillbots....
Yes, Forbes did name Jobs smartest CEO. But the voting was done before the judges got a hold of their new iPhones
No.
Yes, Forbes did name Jobs smartest CEO. But the voting was done before the judges got a hold of their new iPhones
No.
Irrelevant.
if you don't like your iPhone 4 than stop complaining and return the damn thing. i love mine.
Wow. And they say Steve Jobs never posts in these forums...
"The Pinto Of Smart Phones?"
This story is really getting legs. It's the front page of Yahoo, and my local news radio (1010 WINS New York) daily email update has a lead headline of "The Pinto Of Smart Phones?", with a picture of the iPhone 4.
The Wall Street Journey and Reuters picked it up earlier in the day as well. Those could have more impact...
This story is really getting legs. It's the front page of Yahoo, and my local news radio (1010 WINS New York) daily email update has a lead headline of "The Pinto Of Smart Phones?", with a picture of the iPhone 4.
The Wall Street Journey and Reuters picked it up earlier in the day as well. Those could have more impact...
Forbes.. Fortune, who cares. Your "no" response would have been more helpful had you at least expanded upon your "no" and gave the correct magazine name, since your response gives the impression you know the correct name, or at the least you are in complete denial about his award. As it is, your comment was useless.
Apple have admitted the signal metering on the iPhone is inaccurate so you can be in a weak signal area and still get 4 or 5 bars displayed.
Apple said:
I hope this is referred to in court.....Apple needs to pay big time...if for nothing else their arrogance and lack of wanting to fix the problem.
Incorrect: Magazines are crashing and burning. They will create and hand out any kind of award imaginable to their big ticket advertisers as more BS for the flack machine.
Magazines awards are as worthless as the iPhone 4. Actually, less, because eventually the darned things will HAVE to be fixed.
One is correct, the other not. If I said that the Iphone sucks because of Sprint's signal - would you say "who cares"?
Not at all - it made you acknowledge your mistake and correct the record.
Yup....
Some cases are more equal than others. A clear flexible plastic case did not do the trick. A hard plastic case did. Adding a BSE all around in combination with a hard plastic case even helped the range problem with the bluetooth from my observation.
Some cases are more equal than others. A clear flexible plastic case did not do the trick. A hard plastic case did. Adding a BSE all around in combination with a hard plastic case even helped the range problem with the bluetooth from my observation.
Well, I didn't ned Consumer Reports to tell me this, as I could also easily reproduce the issue. However, I don't hold my phone that way when I make a call. When I am looking at the screen to use an App, however, I do hold it in such a way as to create the issue.
Apple f'd up. Plain and simple. And being called out by Consumer Reports is not a good thing. They really are a great resource for unbiased reports.
Apple f'd up. Plain and simple. And being called out by Consumer Reports is not a good thing. They really are a great resource for unbiased reports.