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9mmprincess wrote:Tried to reproduce it and couldn't, not on my new iPhone 4 or my old 3G...

JawZ wrote:Doesn't matter at this point, it's a design flaw in all models.

http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/06/ ... ius+Report

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=947585

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jsp ... 9&tstart=0

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OQNgdogCxg


It's ALL phones and it's reproducible.


Apple may be giving everyone a free case to alleviate the problem.

9mmprincess wrote:Some people are so weird. Why are you so contrary? Do you just love to argue? I get that it's happening to other people, but please read carefully - I'll bold it for you: It is not happening to me. So no, it is not "all phones". My phone's workin fine and has been since I got it, and I've tried to reproduce the prob numerous times, as has my bf. It doesn't happen for either of us, and there are plenty of other people, including prominent tech blog writers, who it hasn't happened to. You don't need to link me to macrumours, I read that forum

Apple's iPhone 4 signal problems have been the source of a barrage of complaints by customers complaining of a faulty antenna and now Steve Jobs has broken the silence. In an e-mail Jobs downplayed users' reception gripes as a "non-issue." Meanwhile, others within Apple are advising iPhone 4 users to avoid gripping the device from the lower left corner. As the first batch of iPhone 4 smartphones reached the market on Thursday, several users reported that they are having poor reception issues with their new device when holding the phone by its metal sides in two opposite places.


The metal bands surrounding the sides of the iPhone 4 also acts as antennas for the device, and the signal drop problem seems to appear when a user touches both of the black lines on the phone's metal sides towards the bottom, according to corroborated users reports.
"Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance, with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone," reads an official Apple statement on Thursday.


"If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band, or simply use one of many available cases," the statement concludes.
Jobs also replied to a few complaints sent to his e-mail inbox. One MacRumors reader asked Jobs what is going to be done about the signal dropping issue, and the Apple CEO replied in his typical brief manner: "Non issue. Just avoid holding it in that way."


Spencer Webb, an antenna designer, explains on his blog that the iPhone 4 has two symmetrical slots in the metal frame, which when covered, will affect antenna performance. "There is no way around this, it's a design compromise that is forced by the requirements of the FCC, AT&T, Apple's marketing department and Apple's industrial designers, to name a few," Webb wrote.


Apple currently sells a $29 rubber "Bumper Case" for the iPhone 4 (pictured above), which covers only the sides of the device, something that made Mashable's Barb Dybwad ask whether this indicates that Apple already knew about the potential reception issues with the phone.


PCWorld also did its own tests of iPhone 4 signal and took the new phone for a spin in San Francisco alongside an iPhone 3GS. PCWorld was able to replicate the signal problems when covering the bottom left edge of the phone, something that did not occur when the phone was laid flat on a table with the antenna untouched.

YARDofSTUF wrote:Maybe 9mm has a design flaw in her skin that cancels this out.

In a manufacturing oops from Foxconn,*some iPhone 4s have apparently slipped through quality assurance and are being shipped with reveresed volume keys.

Another day, another problem for the iPhone 4. Today’s hot topic issue deals with its proximity sensor. According to a group of concerned iPhone owners on 9to5mac, the proximity sensor on the iPhone 4 isn’t quite sensitive enough and carriers a large potential for in-call issues. Users are reporting that the sensor has a tendency to think the phone is away from one’s face when it is in fact not. This can lead to user’s cheeks doing everything from muting calls to hitting the end button.

YARDofSTUF wrote:Sava, this was an informative thread until you started mistaking it as your funny pics thread.

Blisster wrote:I've noted the 3g signal degrade when I've tried to reproduce the issues, though I haven't had an issue with any dropped calls yet.
WiFi doesn't seem to be affected.

*cho* wrote:http://gizmodo.com/5578758/best-buy-wan ... -evo-video

Pretty funny video...NSFW.

It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.

So when Apple Inc. launched the iPhone 4 and its FaceTime videoconference feature, it didn't take long for adult-entertainment companies to develop video-sex chat services and start hiring workers through Craigslist.

With more than 3 million of the phones already sold, the adult industry stands to make big money on this new way to reach out and touch someone - even if it puts Apple, which has always taken pains to keep its iPhone apps squeaky clean, in an awkward spot.