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iPhone 4 is arriving from Apple on August 20, what changes can I expect?
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The phone you receive on 8/20 will have a 24k gold diamond-encrusted antenna band that has been specially designed for you. It will not have any of the reception issues that you've heard about. In fact, you will be able to communicate with not only the space shuttle, but also with the international space station. I hope you like it. You'll be the first one to try the new design.
After playing around with my new iPhone 4 over the weekend, in different areas with much different signal strengths, I've learned a lot.
I've learned that in some areas, the death grip has NO effect on signal. None. That means I had 5 bars, and I can squeeze the life out of it for 5 minutes solid, and it stays at five bars.
I've learned that in some areas, where I have, say 3-4 bars, I can death grip (normal holding in left hand, no squeezing) it for about a minute, and get it to drop to 1-2 bars. I've yet to get it below 1 bar though. I haven't been able to get it to lose signal or lose 3G.
The differences in those two experiences is basically the difference between someone who says the iPhone 4 has no issues at all, and someone who says they need to be careful with how they hold it or use a case because of signal drop.
There is no difference in phones, there will be no difference in phones. They aren't going to change anything. Lots and lots of people fall into my first example, where they cannot get signal to drop at all. The majority of folks probably fall somewhere in between my first and second example.
Signal strength wherever you happen to be standing is the ONLY factor determining whether or not you can make bars drop. It's not which week the phone was made, or that some have secret fixes or that any will have secret fixes.
I've been very happy to have had the chance to experiment with this antenna "issue" first hand. It taught me a LOT more about it then the 3 weeks or so I've been reading about it on the internet and forums like this one. The best thing anyone can do, is just buy it! Try it! You have 30 days. If the phones sucks, if AT&T sucks, if anything sucks, take it back! But if you're like most people, the antenna issue won't be an issue at all in real-life usage. But if it just isn't working out for you, you have a 30 day safety net.
Trust me, there's nothing more to be learned about this antenna thing from the internet. You have to try the product for yourself in your own environment, in order to learn anything definitive about it.
I can say, in my situation, if I hadn't read a thing about any of these so called problems, and bought my phone, started using it... i wouldn't have really noticed this antenna thing. And if someone says "your phone has a defect", i would have said "I do??".
I've learned that in some areas, the death grip has NO effect on signal. None. That means I had 5 bars, and I can squeeze the life out of it for 5 minutes solid, and it stays at five bars.
I've learned that in some areas, where I have, say 3-4 bars, I can death grip (normal holding in left hand, no squeezing) it for about a minute, and get it to drop to 1-2 bars. I've yet to get it below 1 bar though. I haven't been able to get it to lose signal or lose 3G.
The differences in those two experiences is basically the difference between someone who says the iPhone 4 has no issues at all, and someone who says they need to be careful with how they hold it or use a case because of signal drop.
There is no difference in phones, there will be no difference in phones. They aren't going to change anything. Lots and lots of people fall into my first example, where they cannot get signal to drop at all. The majority of folks probably fall somewhere in between my first and second example.
Signal strength wherever you happen to be standing is the ONLY factor determining whether or not you can make bars drop. It's not which week the phone was made, or that some have secret fixes or that any will have secret fixes.
I've been very happy to have had the chance to experiment with this antenna "issue" first hand. It taught me a LOT more about it then the 3 weeks or so I've been reading about it on the internet and forums like this one. The best thing anyone can do, is just buy it! Try it! You have 30 days. If the phones sucks, if AT&T sucks, if anything sucks, take it back! But if you're like most people, the antenna issue won't be an issue at all in real-life usage. But if it just isn't working out for you, you have a 30 day safety net.
Trust me, there's nothing more to be learned about this antenna thing from the internet. You have to try the product for yourself in your own environment, in order to learn anything definitive about it.
I can say, in my situation, if I hadn't read a thing about any of these so called problems, and bought my phone, started using it... i wouldn't have really noticed this antenna thing. And if someone says "your phone has a defect", i would have said "I do??".
