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Jobs says Signal Strength a "non issue"
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Pathetic response. Reception is worse on iPhone 4 than the iPhone 3G and 3GS. Apple failed to make a phone properly designed.
He is right. What do you want him to say. I can cause the same problems with my iPhone 3G, yet somehow it is still usable.
This is the case of one dunkleman making a video and a bunch of lemmings jumping off the cliff following him.
exactly my point, i don't doubt he sent an e-mail to that address, but i have serious doubts that Steve Jobs is the the one responding.
maybe it really isn't even his real address, and someone inside apple made it as a joke and released it claiming to be his address for amusement, seriously, did someone actually get the address from the guy himself.
No.
Exactly. All you have to do is slightly alter the way you hold it and it's a non-issue. I have the black bumper on mine and I love it. Looks great, protects it and makes so I don't have to worry about how I'm holding it or anybody I hand it to is holding it.
It's ridiculously easy to adjust your hand a bit so as not to touch the very bottom of the phone below the seam on the left side. My hands are fairly large and I can do it with either hand with ease.
I'll admit I was a bit shocked when I tried holding it the way shown in the original video and saw my bars drop, but once I played around a bit and figured out it was the bottom left, I just changed the way I hold it a bit and the problem was solved. No big deal. Those of you who are freaking out over this and threatening to return your phones are being ridiculous. Yes, you heard me.
I have to tell you -- as much as I love this phone, if I had read Job's curt response to this issue before I'd bought the iphone and signed the d**n two year re-up, I'd be looking for a droid right now just out of plain anger and principle.
you know, you have 30 days right
Just tried this with my friends iPhone. I too am left handed and it does exactly as posted. Very disappointed.
On another note my new i7 Laptop with the Matte Hi-Res screen is breath taking!
where in the universe people start to think about Apple products as a human right devices?? if you don't like it please don't buy it!! if you are not happy with it go to your Apple Store or ATT carrier office and return it maybe they will give your money back or show you other option.
I hate when people get mad about Apple products as if Apple did that to screw their lives.
There are a bunch of devices and phones out there, Apple change the industry standard to a better one, if iPhone never show up on the first place Google will never came up with an idea as Android.
I was playing with the EVO, and let me tell you it's a great phone. There is nothing bad if you look to other brands... trust me, nothing is going to happen. Explore, compare, stop crying and grow up.
I hate when people get mad about Apple products as if Apple did that to screw their lives.
There are a bunch of devices and phones out there, Apple change the industry standard to a better one, if iPhone never show up on the first place Google will never came up with an idea as Android.
I was playing with the EVO, and let me tell you it's a great phone. There is nothing bad if you look to other brands... trust me, nothing is going to happen. Explore, compare, stop crying and grow up.
So you really think everyone else that is reporting the same problem is just faking and imagining it, including myself?
Ive tested it over and over, and not only do the bars drop when I touch the lower left corner, but I tried to make a call to the phone and it does not ring...ends up going to voicemail on the phone Im calling. Taking my finger off that spot and waiting 15 seconds, then calling again, the call goes through just fine.
You're saying Im just jumping off a cliff following the rest?
baaaaaahahaha.....omg, this if frackin' funny!
i have no words to express how i feel now about this reply from apple.....no words......
As someone in PR/Marketing - this "spin" is a bit disconcerting. If other packaging (by law) must indicate proper usage/side effects, etc - I would think that iPhones - and any OTHER phone that has this "issue" should be labeled with some caveat like "Note: Holding this device in certain ways may lead to signal degeneration"
Just sent my first ever email to Mr. Jobs. Basically I think it's too much of a coincidence that Apple is now offering 1st party iPhone cases, okay well bumpers at a time when they have a product that suffers from such a signal degradation issue. Basically asked him if there were any plans to provide them for free or reimburse those that have already purchased them. I spent $60 on two of them today simply because of the signal issue.
Is that also the case with the contract extension I had to sign with AT&T to get the upgrade?