Good info here, from the study:
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/the-iphone-4-review/2
Here’s what might be hiding in the bushes, ready to bite the AAPL
Google search for - - update 2.0.2 more bars stronger signal - - and you will find MANY reports of a magical increase in the number of bars shown on the display back in 2008.
Here we find a technical explanation of just why apple might have done this.
http://www.roughlydrafted.com/2008/08/28/the-inside-deets-on-iphone-202-and-dropped-calls/
So - if this “new” fix reverses this, the original problem reemerges for all Apple 3G & 3GS phones, compounded by the new style antenna on iPhone4.
It may be a rough ride for AAPL and ATT