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iPhone 4 Signal Declines While Being Held? A Longstanding Issue?
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Grounding
It makes sense... You are grounding the antenna... You are also completing a circuit to the two antenna which they separated with the small space...
You can test be inclosing with a case or gloved hands... Hopfully rubber gloves
It makes sense... You are grounding the antenna... You are also completing a circuit to the two antenna which they separated with the small space...
You can test be inclosing with a case or gloved hands... Hopfully rubber gloves
4G cases fix
Fwiw, I actually stopped into AT&T and bought a 4G case today (ifrogz) I can replicate the issue without the case on (no idea if it's actually negatively effected performance, but the bars do drop). With the case on, I can't get the bars to drop at all. Luckily I'm clumsy enough to always have it in a case, so hopefully it's a nonissue for me ;-)
Fwiw, I actually stopped into AT&T and bought a 4G case today (ifrogz) I can replicate the issue without the case on (no idea if it's actually negatively effected performance, but the bars do drop). With the case on, I can't get the bars to drop at all. Luckily I'm clumsy enough to always have it in a case, so hopefully it's a nonissue for me ;-)
Apple is now selling iGloves $29.95 available in September for better cell reception and as an added bonus they prevent scratches!!!!!!!!!
Ahahahah. Best post of the decade, in my opinion. ;-)
Leave no money on the table... Make iOS 4 on iPhone 3G so intolerable that they have to get an iPhone 4. Then make the human contact with exterior metal antenna drop the signal quality so much that they have to buy iGloves just to survive. Brilliant gouge and twist capitalism! ;-)
Apple = the new Micro$uck.
mine is doing this. i dropped signal completely on my couch while holding with my left hand, and the signal comes back completely when i hold with my right hand. put my thumb on the left side and i drop 2 bars. hmmmmm.
did apple not test this? seems like common sense.
did apple not test this? seems like common sense.
Yeah, they totally failed on there predictions of the new ipho.....
Wait Whaaaa ??!!!1
Are you serious?
They Rule.
Don't be a fanboy to fit in.
Give them a little Credit,
They generated interest WAYYYYY before this model was released.
Steve LOVES Them !
Ok, this report is from the clowns at Gizmodo so you'll forgive me if I am INCREDIBLY skeptical about its veracity as some sort of wide spread design flaw. Heck maybe it is, anything is possible. Of course its also possible Bill Cosby, Bill Gates, and Bill Clinton will send me a birthday card this year.
Then again, even if it is true, i'm getting a bumper for my iPhone so whatever
Then again, even if it is true, i'm getting a bumper for my iPhone so whatever
I never noticed it before but I have the same problem on my 3G. I get horrible coverage in San Diego and drop calls all the time but the phone typically has 4 or 5 bars when I'm not touching it but it drops to one the minute I pick it up. I have to wonder if it's a coverage issue.
Ah more garbage reporting from technically ignorant Americans.
By the way I'm An American and thus have first hand experience with ignorance.
The first thing to consider is that niether Apple nor AT&T have any mastery over physical reality. By their very nature radio wave interact with the environment around them. This happens with any device be it a ham radio, a policemans radio, the local FM station, the airports radar or whatever. Since cell phones are nothing but radios they likewise interact with the environment.
There are many variables but one thing is a factor is the individual holding the device. His conductivity, and orientation to the interacting antennas are a significant factor. It is almost like no one here has ever set up a set of rabbit ears for a TV, used a two way radio or even a shortwave radio.
It is just rather pathetic to hear these refrains that seem to say "I don't understand this so it must be AT&Ts or Apples fault". Grumble if you want but don't expect sympathy, rather go back to your home economics class and prepare for your future.
Dave
By the way I'm An American and thus have first hand experience with ignorance.
The first thing to consider is that niether Apple nor AT&T have any mastery over physical reality. By their very nature radio wave interact with the environment around them. This happens with any device be it a ham radio, a policemans radio, the local FM station, the airports radar or whatever. Since cell phones are nothing but radios they likewise interact with the environment.
There are many variables but one thing is a factor is the individual holding the device. His conductivity, and orientation to the interacting antennas are a significant factor. It is almost like no one here has ever set up a set of rabbit ears for a TV, used a two way radio or even a shortwave radio.
It is just rather pathetic to hear these refrains that seem to say "I don't understand this so it must be AT&Ts or Apples fault". Grumble if you want but don't expect sympathy, rather go back to your home economics class and prepare for your future.
Dave
This is mind blowing. I guess I just never heard of it happening before but I just tried it on both my wife's 3GS and my 3G, and the exact same thing happened. We had both phones on the table (no cases), picked up both phones making sure our skin contacted both sides of the phones, and watched in amazement as the bars progressively dropped to 5 bars to 1.
We then tried this with the cases, and both phones went from 5 bars to 4 but never lower than that.
We then tried this with the cases, and both phones went from 5 bars to 4 but never lower than that.
What makes sense, that Apple with all its Engineers did not see this coming and did not take this into account. So your basically saying Apple and their staff is basically incompetent.
I like to think that there may be some issues but that they missed this and still did not care, come on Steve Jobs even explained how important this was.
Like anything new little things can go wrong in production of so many iphones not including the issues with the foxcomm. I am sure in the coming weeks this will be dealt with.
lol at the people trying to act like this is somehow Gizmodo's claim. There are hundreds of people on the MACRUMORS forums who are experiencing this. It has nothing to do with Gizmodo.
But keep up the good fight you moronic Apple warriors!
But keep up the good fight you moronic Apple warriors!
This iPhone model has had more than its share of problems. Let's hope Apple works out the kinks soon.
i know wtf, i think the bumper case will solve this issue,they should give us a free one
I tested this on a 3GS
So I did something amazing and you know, tried another iPhone model. I just recorded this 15 minutes ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKeTk-jLNE
Sorry its blurry and crappy but I had to use my point and shoot since I was taking video of the 3GS. Feel free to just skip to the last 40 seconds.
So I did something amazing and you know, tried another iPhone model. I just recorded this 15 minutes ago.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MKeTk-jLNE
Sorry its blurry and crappy but I had to use my point and shoot since I was taking video of the 3GS. Feel free to just skip to the last 40 seconds.
It's a software issue if not an app that is causing it. Video's of 3G's, 3GS's and iPhone 4's all doing it, but only particular one's.
big deal, I remember this 'phenomenon' happening on half the cell phones I've ever owned over the last 10 years. the body can interfere with radio reception