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'Death Hug': Verizon iPhone Demonstrates Antenna Attenuation Issues

i couldn't watch the entire video. what a joke!

i know the antenna issue exist, i experienced it myself on my iphone 4; but the way these guys strangle the phone is ridiculous!
 
The question I want to know is why people are holding it like a gorilla in the first place.

Manu Chao said the following (spelling mistakes corrected): "Who said they made a mistake? They likely made a deliberate choice. Of course it seems they underestimated how much people would care this. So, one could argue they made a mistake in underestimating this."

Maybe Apple assumed that the vast majority of people wouldn't hold their phone like gorilla, man handling the device to the point that it is sucked into the folds of their fat hands. When you design something you make assumptions and if all the people you test your device with hold the phone like a phone should be handled rather than some knuckle dragger then you assume than the design works. If you've got more than three fingers holding the device and it is sitting in the palm of your hand then you're a gorilla.
 
MrNomNoms said:
The question I want to know is why people are holding it like a gorilla in the first place.

Manu Chao said the following (spelling mistakes corrected): "Who said they made a mistake? They likely made a deliberate choice. Of course it seems they underestimated how much people would care this. So, one could argue they made a mistake in underestimating this."

Maybe Apple assumed that the vast majority of people wouldn't hold their phone like gorilla, man handling the device to the point that it is sucked into the folds of their fat hands. When you design something you make assumptions and if all the people you test your device with hold the phone like a phone should be handled rather than some knuckle dragger then you assume than the design works. If you've got more than three fingers holding the device and it is sitting in the palm of your hand then you're a gorilla.
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Again, all it takes is the touch of a finger. This 'hug' crap is wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T90RwVaWfqo
 
Steve: "It's going to cost how much to redesign the antennae? Leave it alone, that way, it's not like we're confessing that the AT&T version was actually a huge cluster."
 
I hear when you hold the iPhone in your hand it significantly degrades your ability to see the screen...no mention of this affecting other phones.


(of course I'm kidding...can't see screen because your hand is in the way)
 
So wait, if I completely smother my iPhone with my hands, and hold it as if someone was trying to steal it out of my hands and run away with all of my personal information, the signal gets weak? No way!!

Moving along, moving along. There is absolutely no news or rumors here. Terrible post by MacRumors.
 
Who really holds their phone like this?

Argh! We're told if you hold your phone in the death hug, like this...

I'm told if you submerge your phone in water, like this...

I'm told if you place your phone on its edge, then drop it like this...

I'm told if you insert the phone into your rectum, like this...

I'm told if you hold the phone over your head, say three times, Steve Jobs has been cured of cancer, suddenly gold doubloons spill out of the dock connector and rain down on your head...

I'm told...
 
mKTank said:
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And so what? They never said they maid a mistake (and never would have even if they had made one).

But when you have to deal with a media panic, you have to do something. Even if that means appearing in front of congress and apologising in a language you do not fully manage.
 
jeff33702 said:
Steve: "It's going to cost how much to redesign the antennae? Leave it alone, that way, it's not like we're confessing that the AT&T version was actually a huge cluster."
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So, if 0.01% of all customers feel bothered by this, your product is a cluster? I guess there are more that are allergic to some of the metals used in the metal alloy of the antenna. But somehow that topic was not sexy enough.
 
And the question is...

Will the Verizon customers (with iPhone 4) see dropped calls for the first time in their lives?
 
Hey Everyone, when I drive under an over pass or parked in my garage, I sometimes lose my satellite radio signal. Like who will ever hold their phone like that! Ridiculous
 
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New Class Action Lawsuit in the making . . .

My new iPhone is so lonely (apparently) that I am enticed toclasp my hands on it in a HUGGING MOTION that keeps me from getting ANY work done at all on WiFi!!!

SERIOUSLY???

This is like saying when parking your convertible UNDER THE TRAILER OF A SEMI-TRUCK that the convertible top does not provide me with an appropriate level of SUN.

The IDIOTIC PEOPLE at iLounge should have the "little i" in their name REVOKED for being UNWORTHY!!!
 
twoodcc said:
well hopefully the iPhone 5 won't have these issues
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You're right, besides the iPhone 4 is old now. Soon Apple will have another chance to see if they can get it right. After all, it's only a phone. So many people getting upset over nothing.
 
Nothing new to see here

Free bumpers round 2!

But seriously 'death grip'? 'standard death grip'? 'death hug'?

For anybody employing the death hug, please return your phone now. You don't deserve it.

And that 7min alarmist video?... 5 mins too long.
 
Oh lord..

Here we go again... If you squeeze any phone that tightly where the antenna is, you will get attenuation. This happens regardless of the phone. Is that not the conclusion we all reached the last time?
 
DotComName said:
Here we go again... If you squeeze any phone that tightly where the antenna is, you will get attenuation. This happens regardless of the phone. Is that not the conclusion we all reached the last time?
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No. One can not touch antenna on other phones therefore the tightness of the grip does not matter on them.
 
i am surprised apple hasn't charged for this feature yet and it appears to be part of their superior design....talk about bravado at its best
 
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