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Does anyone else NOT have the antenna issue?

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plesset

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Mar 23, 2004
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With all the hoopla over the antenna issue I am curious if everyone else is having this issue or just a few. I took a video of my iPhone 4 and I don't seem to have the problem. Perhaps its my location or just a defect in a few models.

I am in Pittsburgh in an area that generally gets decent coverage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9OKTJRckzI
 
I believe there is 2 other threads with this exact title.

But to answer your question, I am NOT having the antenna issue.
 
Me as well. I've tried all day, at home, at work, out in stores, etc. I was even in a Best Buy (looking for cases) and a guy was showing off his doing it. I tried recreating it right there, but I maintained signal. So weird. Do I have a defective hand??
 
It all depends on your signal strength. At home and at work, I can get my signal to degrade. However, at my friend's house, no matter how hard I try, the signal stays strong.
 
The only time I get a drop in reception is when I bridge the gap with a key. Using my finger or in average daily use the reception is perfect.
 
kas23 said:
It all depends on your signal strength. At home and at work, I can get my signal to degrade. However, at my friend's house, no matter how hard I try, the signal stays strong.
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Exactly. I do believe every single ip4 is effected (because they're all designed the same).

The people that say they aren't are likely in a strong area for signal & dont notice the reception drop.
 
So in essence when you are in a bad reception area you get bad reception when you hold the phone. Hmmm... Ummm....

When you look up redundant in the dictionary does it say see "redundant"
 
plesset said:
So in essence when you are in a bad reception area you get bad reception when you hold the phone. Hmmm... Ummm....

When you look up redundant in the dictionary does it say see "redundant"
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No, when you're in a mediocre reception area (where you could hold calls before) you now get a brick.
 
When I purchased my phone last night, I encountered the problem. I decided to take it home, slept, and woke up trying to replicate the antenna issue. It wouldn't drop. I tried it all day at work and it was consistently 4-5 bars. I'm trying it in my house right now too (5 bars) and it won't budge.
 
Nope, I'm not having the problem either, both me and a friend have both tried to replicate this problem and cannot get the signal to drop
 
I would love to see video of someone dropping a call holding the phone this way. I think this is just an inaccurate display of the signal strength. If anyone had the issue please upload a video while you are talking on it so we can see if it really drops the call or just displays low bars..
 
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