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Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold it.
All I gotta say is I'd be pissed, especially if I was left-handed.
http://gizmodo.com/5571171/iphone-4-...e-antenna-band First time I've seen a company put out a phone that almost requires a case to work properly. Now through May 28th, the Louisville region is in desperate need of platelets - call the Red Cross if you are interested in donating! Last edited by jschild; June 24th, 2010 at 07:14 PM. |
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
Seems unfortunate. The Xbox 360 taught me one thing: never buy the very first run of any electronic product.
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
I agree with this sentiment, and I'm gonna have a really hard time sticking to it when the Nintendo 3DS comes out...
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
On the original topic, I told my coworker who did get the Iphone 4 about this issue, we were able to replicate it. According to the Gizmodo article, most people could get it to go down to 1 bar but still keep calls. We got his phone to go from 5 bars all the way to searching for signal, and drop calls. Fun stuff. Of course, Apple is selling the $29 "Bumper" case to fix this, which is just a strip of rubber that goes around the outer edge where those antennas are.
"While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free." - Eugene V Debs |
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They should offer one of those free to every person who bought one, instead of charging them or making them buy them. Now through May 28th, the Louisville region is in desperate need of platelets - call the Red Cross if you are interested in donating! |
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
*Sniff*
Smell that? Smells like a scam to make more $$. CONSPIRACY!!!! "People of Gotham! Take control.... take control of your city! THIS.... this is the instrument, of your liberation...." |
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
http://gizmodo.com/5572279/apples-ac...d-it-like-that
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Apparently, Apple is going with MS's "Let's not deal with reality" strategy for the RROD. I can see this going real well for them. Now through May 28th, the Louisville region is in desperate need of platelets - call the Red Cross if you are interested in donating! |
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
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I remember reading something about how the antenna design was "a work of genius" because it used the metal band around the device as part of the antenna, which greatly boosted reception. Funny how that turned out. I would like to think that this is a conspiracy to sell more cases, but that is kind of just a lucky side effect for apple and anyone who happens to make a case for this thing. But I guarantee Apple doesn't care, as with most other things. They will just adopt a "suck it up and deal with it" attitude (or, rather, they already have) and everyone will buy their phone anyways. I swear, they are slowly climbing on my list of "companies that don't deserve their success." |
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They need to watch the attitude before Google sneaks up on them like they have everyone else. Being open sourced, open to all carriers, and letting anyone design what they want is going to win them in the long run if Apple doesn't lose the superiority complex. Now through May 28th, the Louisville region is in desperate need of platelets - call the Red Cross if you are interested in donating! |
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
Welcome to Apple.
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Re: Apple screws up - Iphone 4 loses reception when you hold
Well, you do have to honestly consider the timing of the Bumper - Apples first official case for the Iphone came out exactly in time for this, it costs 30 bucks and if pretty much 100% required if you are left handed or use it like the people in all the Apple adds do.
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