I blame Jonathan Ive

[Damian.]

Its the SIM...

the POSSIBLE FIX

here
https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=10389829&#post10389829

Its not the SIM. The problem is the SIM tray. (If it is actually the SIM tray causing the problem for everyone).

 

[carlgo]

The signal issue is a perfect example of "unintended consequences" of clever design.

But the question I have is, "Why wasn't this caught by test and QA engineers before the first production run?"

It was. You think the rubber band thing was just another beautiful accessory designed by Ivie? That is the smoking gun, proof that Apple (Jobs) knew of the problem.

Look, this is the Apple that went with the notorious non-performer AT&T. There have been terrible performance issues all along, but people put up with them and seemingly are now.

And the bottom line? Apple has caves full of money. Kind of tells you something about the competition.