Okay, well here in my house, we have an iPhone 4 with iOS 4.0.1 and an iPhone 3G with iOS 4.0.0.
The software update, in my understanding, more accurately depicts signal strength in the respect that the 5th bar now covers a whole lot less range... leaving the lower bars relatively the same. (judging by a recent graphic on the rumor site)
Now, when the iPhone 3G was updated from iPhone OS 3.x.x to iOS 4.0, it was around then I feel that a drop in signal occurred. I used to have full bars, then only reported a consistent 3 or 4, if lucky. Judging by this, I feel that perhaps this was a coincidence and maybe for some reason the At&t coverage in my area took a drop. My friend on Spring also noted a month ago or so he began receiving a much weaker signal, so maybe the towers in my area for everyone are screwing up for some reason.
If the towers are not the case, though.. then I have no choice but to blame the iOS software, not the iPhone antenna. As SJ put it today a few hours ago, ALL phones suffer from signal attenuation and I fully support that. But the fact that the iPhone 3G started reporting lower bars BEFORE the iOS 4.0.1 update (which theoretically will give people a less 'optimistic' reading) makes me wonder if the iOS 4.x.x software right now itself is hurting signal, but I feel if this were a widespread issue then Apple would know about the software being buggy right now, which leads me to believe my coverage just took a beating for some reason because I don't feel many reported worse signal strength after the iOS 4.0.0 update.
So I don't know how to make sense of this... I really think that the new software is causing the issues and for the experimental reasons I listed above, and that the iPhone 4 itself only has the major issue of the proximity sensor flaw.
Thoughts?
The software update, in my understanding, more accurately depicts signal strength in the respect that the 5th bar now covers a whole lot less range... leaving the lower bars relatively the same. (judging by a recent graphic on the rumor site)
Now, when the iPhone 3G was updated from iPhone OS 3.x.x to iOS 4.0, it was around then I feel that a drop in signal occurred. I used to have full bars, then only reported a consistent 3 or 4, if lucky. Judging by this, I feel that perhaps this was a coincidence and maybe for some reason the At&t coverage in my area took a drop. My friend on Spring also noted a month ago or so he began receiving a much weaker signal, so maybe the towers in my area for everyone are screwing up for some reason.
If the towers are not the case, though.. then I have no choice but to blame the iOS software, not the iPhone antenna. As SJ put it today a few hours ago, ALL phones suffer from signal attenuation and I fully support that. But the fact that the iPhone 3G started reporting lower bars BEFORE the iOS 4.0.1 update (which theoretically will give people a less 'optimistic' reading) makes me wonder if the iOS 4.x.x software right now itself is hurting signal, but I feel if this were a widespread issue then Apple would know about the software being buggy right now, which leads me to believe my coverage just took a beating for some reason because I don't feel many reported worse signal strength after the iOS 4.0.0 update.
So I don't know how to make sense of this... I really think that the new software is causing the issues and for the experimental reasons I listed above, and that the iPhone 4 itself only has the major issue of the proximity sensor flaw.
Thoughts?
