I consider my iP4 as being non-problematic.
But here's the thing. Yes, if I sit around at home and play with it trying to replicate death grips etc, etc then I'm sure I could identify a problem.
However, if I just simply use the damn thing like I did my 3G then it's a better phone. I've had crazy-fast 3G data speeds with the new phone and I've yet to have a single dropped call. My 3G dropped calls every single day.
I don't concern myself with how I hold my phone either. I simply just use it. I understand that some people are having issues. I get that. But I also think that some people are sitting around trying to find problems to bitch about also.
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No dropped calls at all since getting iPhone 4. Dropped calls daily on 3G.
Bought bumper not to get around antenna issue, but because I wanted one. Took bumper off when my gelaskin arrived. Gelaskin covers the strip. But I tried to replicate the issue with no skin and no bumper on.
Here's what I found:
1. OMG, Yes! My signal dropped if I held the phone a certain way for long enough. But I still didn't drop a call, just less bars.
2. Yes, it was a deathgrip. As in my hand started to friggin' hurt from holding my phone so unnaturally.
3. This phone is better than my 3G and works great for me. I'm not going to make something out of nothing. But at the same time won't write off those who have a legitimate gripe.
I do not doubt that this is a problem for some people. I also believe it is a little bit of the phenomenon of how many people would have the problem/experience it as a problem, if it wasn't publicized and they weren't either trying to replicate it or trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. In other words, it's 50% psychological.
But for all the people who are walking around using their phones with their hands all contorted like it's a game of twister and then complaining that OMG, Apple has designed a flaw blah blah blah blah....
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LOL hahaha first off... take a look at where he is doing this test!!! it has been confirmed that in apple stores it does not lose signal HOWEVER as soon as you get home it DOES!!
That is about the dumbest thing I have heard. Apple would have no way, nor is there anything scientific that says that it would not lose reception in an Apple Store. The youtube video shows one phone losing reception, the other not. So if the youtube video shows 1 iPhone losing signal in an Apple Store, how can it be "confirmed that in apple stores it does not lose signal"? He holds both phones the same, with first his thumb, then his palm over the lower left, and then tries the top.
