Well no Apple case has ever been made/promoted like a bumper since the iPod Socks.
There is a reason the bumper exists. Otherwise Apple would not have gone into the saturated case business.
Um, I had assumed Apple did the bumpers as a kind of nod to, "yes, it does have a glass back and some people are going to not trust that and want protection." I think the name even implies that it is supposed to take impact for the phone.
Seriously how the **** can you hold a phone 'wrong'?? Do people actually think about where they're saying?
Um, one of my old Nokia's in the handbook for it would tell you how not to hold the phone. So yes, Apple's not the only one who says not to hold the phone a certain way. The problem isn't with them telling you not to hold the phone a certain way. The issue is if they could have placed the antennas better so that it didn't affect how most people tend to hold the phone so as not to make it inconvenient for them to hold it in a way not to affect reception. But... one article from some engineer mentions part of hte problem is the FDA does not allow them to put the antenna near the face, meaning it has to be towards the bottom of the phone, more where your hand is. Plus, Apple was trying to go for a space saving design by putting the antenna there to save space internally and being efficient with design. Which makes it more limited what they can do.
So, you have a trade off. A smaller phone with bigger battery cause they have the space to do it for an antenna that is going to be a little more in the way of how you hold the phone. I personally think it's a good trade off (I like small). Some people don't. *shrug*. If it's that bad for you, get a different phone. But don't act like everyone has the same needs as you or should find it just as important as you enough to not want the phone.
Personally, I will be very happy if they find a software fix for it so that it's not so much a trade off. But, overall I'm happy with the phone despite the flaw so I'm not returning it over it.
The iphone 4 is a beauty, but I still can't belive they made the front and the back of glass that can brake after one drop, I think it's a very very stupid decision, and reminds me of this scene from the movie Idiocrazy.
Yeah, this bugs me more honestly. Already you see videos of drop tests where it only lasts three drops (shoot, stops working after one). My old iphone has survived several drops, certianly more than the drop tests (or some stories on here) show. I have a case not because of hte antenna problem, but because of hte I know I'm a klutz and I don't trust this phone to not easily break.
And you can say, don't drop it. But it's a cellphone. It's a small device that people take in and out of pockets and purses and place in pockets and purses (where it could fall out) and basically put it in situations that are more likely to have it drop (it's not like a desktop that you put in one spot and leave it there). Cellphones should be designed to be able to handle at least some abuse cause it will happen.
