Why would you replace it? All phones have the issue. Don't waste your time.
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Why would you replace it? All phones have the issue. Don't waste your time.
It's worth pointing out that if you followed your prescription, one possible outcome is that you would end up with less signal attenuation but a worse signal overall. There really are lot's of different ways to think about these things.
After reading the anandtech article (which was pretty informative), one of their conclusions about the Verizon iPhone's signal attenuation was thus:
"Most of the antenna problem is actually mitigated in the CDMA iPhone 4. How? Antenna diversity."
there won't be an antenna fix until the iPhone 5. This is a really stupid question considering the 5 will be out in 4 months.
Funny how Consumer Reports claim this is a problem only with the iPhone 4, when Anandtech found increases in attenuation for the depth grip in 8/8 phones that were not the iPhone4....
The issue at hand with the iPhone 4 is bridging the antenna gap, causes signal drop. This is a separate issue than the "death grip" which affects all phones.
The only thing Apple is on the hook for is making an external antenna that has a 'sensitive' spot where a simple finger can bridge the two antennas, dropping signal. This is a big issue, if you live in a poor signal area. Otherwise, not so much.
Wait, antennagate was a thing? I thought it was a bunch of online critics just bashing the iPhone and making a big deal out of almost nothing? I haven't personally seen any problems, with the 40+ iPhone 4s I've handled that belong to different people.
Exactly. Any phone will lose signal if you cover it with your hand, but the iPhone 4 is much different because of how small the antenna gap is. If your finger accidentally lands on it, it's much easier to destroy the signal. On other phones, you have to practically squeeze the phone with 2 hands to kill the signal. These are definitely 2 different problems.
Sounds to me like you handled a lot of the phones in high signal areas because there are no non-defective iPhone 4s regarding the antenna. We all have the same antenna design. Just because you haven't seen the problem yourself, doesn't mean that it's not a problem for other people who aren't as fortunate to live in a better signal area.
Fact is... My area used to be great on my iPhone 3G and I hardly ever had a drop in bars... Of course that's when the antenna was on the inside of the phone where it was harder to block plus the fact that apple was using the incorrect signal bar formula making it look like you had a better signal than you do.
Now, with my iPhone 4, I rarely get 5 bars and usually only have 3. When I try to load a webpage while holding the phone with my left hand, the page will not load. The same thing happens if my pinky accidentally lands on the tiny black line.
True story: my friend asked to use my phone to check his facebook and he was like "how come it's not loading?" I loomed over at how he was holding it and he had the line covered up. I wouldn't say he was holding the phone unnaturally. He was pretty surprised that he had to pay attention to where he placed his hand and fingers in order to use the iPhone as it's intended (a communication device)
Show me another phone that does this and I'll shut up. Until then, it's NOT a non-issue.
isnt a bumber or any other cases solve the issue?
I think Ive dropped 1 or 2 calls but its like less then 1% of my total phone calls with the device so I wont call it an issue, Im using a case btw
I think Ive dropped 1 or 2 calls but its like less then 1% of my total phone calls with the device so I wont call it an issue, Im using a case btw
It's amazing that after the testing was done and the facts were revealed of iPhone's flawed antenna design, there are still those in denial and don't want to believe that there's anything wrong. You can't make this stuff up! 
It's amazing that after the testing was done and the facts were revealed of iPhone's flawed antenna design, there are still those in denial and don't want to believe that there's anything wrong. You can't make this stuff up!
Ok I revise my statement before, Ive just changed my switcheasy color with an apple bumper and I notice the significant signal drop (2 bars at least) when I hold the device with my left hand or any kind of handling other than full grab by right hand. Indeed its an issue!