iPhone 4 Antenna Gate

[Ryan1524]

Almost as bad as all the people who complained about soemthing not working after they dropped their phones in the toilet.


What is it with all the toilet or wet iphone threads anyway? It's not THAT a slippery of a phone.

 

[urbanj]

I live close to you... I have no crappy coverage.

Hmm weird. Are you dropping calls? I've have had the bars go to one before. Can't remember where I was but was stil able to make a call (I called someone just to check) and it never went to no service. I even took the phone down to Wreck beach which is notorious for having no signals out there and I was able to surf the web, call and text people.

Don't get me wrong, it's acknowledged there is a problem but I think it's something that doesn't ruin the experience for the average person.

Does it always drop bars everywhere you go?

If you don't pay attention to them does it actually slow down to where you look and see that it's dropped?

Have you upgraded to 4.0.1?

 

[urbanj]

Almost as bad as all the people who complained about soemthing not working after they dropped their phones in the toilet.


What is it with all the toilet or wet iphone threads anyway? It's not THAT a slippery of a phone.

Haha, I dropped my BB in the urinal while texting..... still worked even after I did my best to clean it. Urine's sterile right?

 

[firewood]

Why does the Apple fanbase get so mad at people who claim the iPhone has antenna issues?

Because these people claim that it's an inherent problem with the phone for everybody, not just for their own particular situation (such as where they are standing).

In strong reliable coverage areas, touching, grabbing, etc. does nothing to the 5 bar indication or the connection.

In variable and weak coverage areas, calls can drop with the i4 sitting on a table, untouched (like they did with the 3GS in NYC & SF for many months).

Or something in-between.

Two blind men trying to describe an elephant without changing their position.
And then arguing it to death.

 

[Bluehinder]

Why does the Apple fanbase get so mad at people who claim the iPhone has antenna issues? I have an iPhone 4 now and just barely touching it drops the antenna to almost 0. I haven't tested it in other parts, but my iPhone 3G never had these problems.

I don't really use the phone part so it doesn't bother me as much... and I'm getting a free case

There is no denying it has antenna issues no matter how you want to spin it. I pick up my phone it drops to 1-2 bars. I put it down and it shows full bars. It hasn't dropped a call yet, but the audio quality is bad when it gets lower.

You're totally right. The phone sucks. Fanboys still drink the koolaid, that's why they get so mad.

 

[weespeed]

I have the problem and I have dropped calls. But to be honest I use my iPhone more as a multi media device than a phone itself.
And I suspect alot of owners are the same. So people just deal with it is what I'm guessing.

After I jailbroke my phone, I use just the dBm meter instead of bars. And yes it does drop 20+ dbm. But it also fluctuates alot. it'll drop to -120 back to -87 all the time. Also noticed that if not holding it at all there is gonna be a -15 dbm difference in signal.

 

[Fabienne]

After a week of heavy use I have to conclude that this antennagate thing is just a big bag of manufactured ********.

 

[marksman]

Person P is way wrong.