Consumer Reports: signal issues not unique iPhone 4, no reason not to buy

[jmgregory1]

Problem then no problem then problem

Had signal and dropped calls since last week when I got the phone. No case yet, but have one on order. Today I was out and about and in one spot I found myself holding the phone like I normally do with my left hand covering the gap. No matter how long or hard I held the phone the signal wouldn't drop and data speed was great. At my home office I only need to touch the gap with a finger and it will kill a call. The problem has to be a combination of hardware, software and signal strength.

 

[maryannee]

Thanks Tom G. I am glad to see your helpful and nice review on the iPhone 4.

 

[Amnesia87]

Me cave man. Me pick up new phone, new phone drops call.

They didn't say, btw, that the iPhone 4 has better signal with the attenuation, as you suggested.

He's talking about the AnandTech article

There's no doubt in my mind this iPhone gets the best cellular reception yet, even though measured signal is lower than the 3GS.

You can read the whole thing here.

 

[maryannee]

Right, we stood in line for ****ing hours and paid $300 and signed another 2 years of our lives to AT&T's ******-ass network so we could go home and immediately enjoy hearing all the negative things about it.

That is just the most absurd statement I've ever read.

Just want to thank you for your nicely written opinion AND to throw in those ****** words....wow!

 

[dagomike]

He's talking about the AnandTech article

And everyone who made videos. You don't have the be a PhD to demonstrate something as simple as a dropped call on one device but not another. If you don't want to believe it, you may want to put the bar impossibly high, but what one person wants believes doesn't necessity reflect reality.