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Poll-- DOES YOUR IPHONE 4 HAVE RECEPTION ISSUES When HELD?
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Depends on where I am. Places that were so bad and basically unusable but I *did* have signal, but call broke up so much that it didnt matter on my 3gs, goes Searching no signal on 4. Places where it was fair reception and only a few breakups and a rare dropped call, I goto 1 bar but the call stays real good (better than 3gs) considering.
So far yes. I would say when it's good it's better than the previous iPhones but when it's bad, it's worse. At least I know how to minimize the issues if I start to have em.
Sometimes mine does it if I'm holding it. But I hold the phone to my ear with my pointer finger and thumb, so I'm not covering it and it's not an issue.
I guess I was one of the lucky ones. I've held mine every way possible and not a single bar lost, also got a perfect screen. So I'm very happy and so far very impressed by the phone. It's a lot faster then my 3G on it's best day!
Interestingly enough, when held in the 'death grip' position, the iPhone goes from FULL bars to searching. If on a call it decreases to one bar, and doesn't seem to impact the conversation. At one point, she said I was breaking up a bit, but I think I was accidentally covering the mic, since after she mentioned it, I was careful not to cover the mic and had no problems. I ordered the bumper with the phone on 06/15 but it just shipped from China today, so that will be a while!!!!
My signal does go down but never went to "no service". But I have to hold it tight on the bottom left side of the phone for it to happened. So far I'm very impress with the phone. 
Exactly what I was going to say.
I tested it every which way, and no problem with reception or the screen. I do have a proximity sensor issue, though.
I have a serious issue with the i4 signal and also my Home Button wiggles.
I even tried the bumper and an iFrogz case, but I still lose bars and signal goes to searching in my house, in fact I had perfect 3G full bar connections with my 3GS but with the i4 no matter what I do I keep losing my signal. I was going to call Apple to see if they will replace once first before thinking of returning it, however with the small stock of i4's on hand that may not be an option
I even tried the bumper and an iFrogz case, but I still lose bars and signal goes to searching in my house, in fact I had perfect 3G full bar connections with my 3GS but with the i4 no matter what I do I keep losing my signal. I was going to call Apple to see if they will replace once first before thinking of returning it, however with the small stock of i4's on hand that may not be an option