Another Serious issue. If you hold it with your pinkie covering the bottom of the right on the right side you can't hear it well when playing music it reduces sound coverage your pinkie covers that little grill On the bottom. some serious design flaws *also another design flaw if you hold it with your Palm covering the front you can't see anything on the screen serious design flaws here guys serious ever since this was mentioned I started noticing lots of design flaws out there if you cover antennas you do lose reception if someone stand in front of televisions you can't see the television lots design flaws out there and that little black band is huge. So any one left handed would have to cover it.
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Jobs says Signal Strength a "non issue"
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The poll on the front page shows roughly 60% with antenna problems / 40% with no problems. Since there are thousands of members who insist they don't have the problem, I guess they're entitled to their own thread...
I would agree, however I get the problem at home, at work in the middle of downtown Birmingham across the street from a tower, and pretty much every where I go.
Yup. At this rate it will handily beat the "" thread, currently 143 pages. I appear to have killed it last month when I commented on what a resilient thread it was.Wow, this is quite the thread, nearly 100 pages
So what happened to that announcement that was inevitable last evening? They still wording it properly?
All the board members are still beating Steve upside the head with the iPad. Well probably hear something Monday.
LOL, the iPads are still waiting for the WIFI fix (**ahem.. which is btw a flipin mess in and of itself).
But I suspect your right aggie, no sense in f'n this up again I suppose.
ouch, but wait my ipad 3g doesnt have signal problems.. they should be using the iphone 4 (with a bumper on it)
....Me:"What are my options now"
Bonehead: "You have many options sir, you could buy the bumpers or hold it differently. This phone is different, you need to hold it differently"
This is customer service at its finest people. This is how you treat your customers.
*Goes to search for Returns Dept. phone number*
Bonehead: "You have many options sir, you could buy the bumpers or hold it differently. This phone is different, you need to hold it differently"
This is customer service at its finest people. This is how you treat your customers.
*Goes to search for Returns Dept. phone number*
....Me:"What are my options now"
Bonehead: "You have many options sir, you could buy the bumpers or hold it differently. This phone is different, you need to hold it differently"
This is customer service at its finest people. This is how you treat your customers.
*Goes to search for Returns Dept. phone number*
1800holdme
more bad news? apparently the issue may also affect transmission as well as reception.
Originally posted on Gizmodo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNmXrVNeGzs
Originally posted on Gizmodo:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNmXrVNeGzs
Very enlightening video. It's a real shame this issue has been coined the "death grip". It's really confusing the simple-minded around here. All it takes is a single touch with a fingertip. It's a completely a different issue than attenuation due to the entire hand.
Actually it is going to be: 800-yourholdingitwrongdumba**
but it was too many numbers, they are setting up a hotline.
Great video! It's amazing Apple release this phone with such a glaring problem.
The video I posted a few posts up shows the same thing. As soon as the affected area is touched, transmission, both voice and data, slows to a trickle or ceases altogether.
I'm hoping that a software fix will do something, but based on these latest videos it really does seem like this is a hardware issue.
A 1 mill unit recall is gonna be rough.
Too tough. Which is why they'll just sit tight, issue some noncommittal statements and some sort of software placebo.
It took them four months to even admit that the imac screen issues existed...
It's gonna be even tougher to redesign the phone from scratch in 2 weeks.
Seriously though, I don't know what a recall would accomplish. If this is indeed a hardware problem/design flaw, I guess the only thing they could do is come up with some sort of insulation coating that sticks to the stainless steel, but stuff like that needs to be tested or there will be even more embarrassment when the coating starts falling off in flakes. Redesigning the structure of the phone would take a long ass time. So the only option would be to make the bumper an included accessory in the same color as the phone, and if people want other colors they'll have to buy them extra.
Another thing I'm wondering about is these reports of the glass shattering. There's one thread where someone talks about the front shattering after a 2 foot drop. What the hell? I have 99¢ Ikea glasses that have survived being dropped from 4 feet and they sure as hell aren't made from "chemically strengthened glass 20 times stiffer and 30 times harder than plastic and used in helicopter windshields".
I still don't get under what normal usage do people touch the phone there.
It is not part of any normal handling or usage of the phone.
Also I thought everyone used cases in the first place. All I heard about for years was how everyone used a case on their phone. Now for some reason nobody is using a case? It is all so confusing.
So if you specifically touch one part of the phone it impacts the signal.. I think Mr. Jobs advice is good then, don't touch it there. The video shows where he is touching, please show me a video of a normal usage of the phone that would have someone touching the lower left hand corner of the phone when actually using it, short of some kind of palm wrapped death grip.
Are people holding the phone between their thumb and forefinger on the bottom of the phone? I just tried it and it is awkward and unstable as the phone is prone to flip and rotate...
So for those few people who do not plan to use a case, please show me a video of someone actually using the phone like a normal person would, that causes this to be a problem.
There is no normal grip short of a full palm and hand wrap that anyone would ever use to hold the phone that would cover that part of it, be it for a lefty or a righty.
So for the second time I will reiterate, Steve's advice of not holding it there seems extremely solid and not difficult.
Are those glasses as heavy as the iP4 though? Otherwise, it's an unfair comparison. Plus, with any glass based product, is has a weak point. If the phone is dropped and it lands on that, it's going to shatter. Better get that insurance sorted!