A case solved this problem for me and my wife. Our iPhones experienced the drop for the first couple of days when we didn't have them in a case. We each got an iFrogz Luxe case and it has solved the problem.
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A case solved this problem for me and my wife. Our iPhones experienced the drop for the first couple of days when we didn't have them in a case. We each got an iFrogz Luxe case and it has solved the problem.
Oh man I thought I was the only one. The thing is like a lint catcher in my friggin' dryer. My biggest fear is that crap is scratching the piss out of my phone when I try and brush it off.
On a side note, I enjoy the bumper. I didn't ask for it but I still got it free. When I hold the phone naked I have such a fear of it slipping out of my hand. While it does take away from the aesthetics of the phone, it's a worthy sacrifice to know it won't just pop out of my hand as easily.
If the problem is really 'connecting the circuit' between the 2 antennas on the left side of the iPhone4, has anyone tried putting a piece of tape over the the area? I don't have an iphone4 to test, but I'm wondering if just a simple piece of clear tape would solve all the problems.
Why would anyone except a free piece of rubber that cost less than 30c to make because the primary function of the phone does'nt work?
The phone is the issue people! You should be able to make a call without anything around the antenna.
I don't want a piece of free rubber i would like my phone to work without one that should be the same for everyone here.
The phone is the issue people! You should be able to make a call without anything around the antenna.
I don't want a piece of free rubber i would like my phone to work without one that should be the same for everyone here.
Ya I haven't had any problems really, no dropped calls or anything (the sensor sucks though) but I don't want an f'n bumper or any kind of case. It ruins the aesthetic value of the phone, something I paid for, and should not be how Apple decides to sweep this problem under the rug. If they do acknowledge a problem and in the near future release an iPhone 4 that somehow fixes the problem, then I want a new phone not an ugly piece of plastic.
With all due respect mikejfrd, the testing from Anandtech, AntennaSys, and CR point to the very simple fact that there are indeed MULTIPLE effects going on here. Conductive bridging (iPhone-4 specific), signal blocking (not iP4 specific but possibly worse due to antenna location), and Apple's screwed up bar display, giving a VERY precipitous drop-off near the low-end of the scale.
While it is true that a bumper or case can't "fix" ALL of these issues, it does fix the biggest issue (at least according to those independent studies)
Apple's PR was indeed a smokescreen, but it may not be entirely untrue, as fixing their screwed up signal scale will at least display something more useful when we conduct our own "kitchen table" tests later on.
NOTHING will fix the signal blocking issue though (short of a complete redesign with the antenna placed somewhere else), as putting your fat fleshy hand over ANY antenna will block SOME signal. This may turn out to be worse with the iP4's edge-antenna design, but according to the tests mentioned (AntennaSys' data transfer tests especially) show that this may in fact, NOT be a huge problem. (read their article)
As an aside, I've got a theory on how this all happened.
The iPhone-4 design was actually meant to use some sort if antenna insulating edging, but when accidentally shown to Steve Jobs in it's naked glass and stainless steel beauty, he declared "Hell No!" to those plastic and rubber things!" even going so far as to price them at $30 (hoping no one would buy them).
Sounds plausible to me anyways
