Posted on 07/08/2010 12:41:10 PM PDT by driftdiver
If you were hoping that the software update promised by Apple last Friday would include some special secret sauce that would prevent the new iPhone's reception from dipping when it's held the wrong way, prepare for disappointment.
Gizmodo, the iPhone-scooping tech blog that's become quite the thorn in Apple's side, says it has checked not once, not twice, but three times with the AppleCare support line, and each time the service reps said the same thing: holding the iPhone 4 in such a way that you're touching the outer steel band on the lower-left corner will indeed cause antenna interference, and the upcoming iPhone update won't do anything to change the situation.
The response isn't all that different from what Apple said in its open letter last Friday, in which it blamed the rash of complaints about the iPhone 4's "death grip" problem to a faulty reception display that's (supposedly) showing too many bars in weak signal areas.
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A new article on the non-existent antenna issue.
This reminds me of Archie Campbell playing the doctor on He Haw. When ever a patient would tell him that it hurt when they did something he’d tell them “then stop doing that”. If the phone doesn’t work when you hold it a certain way, then don’t hold it that way.
I’m a fan of technology in general, and I think the iPhone overall is a great phone, but I’ll never understand people who can’t admit that this is a major failure.
‘I’ll never understand people who can’t admit that this is a major failure.”
Good question, every product I’ve ever had was not perfect.
Hey! I bought this Apple(tm) Brand car and it steers more slowly to the right than the left, what do I do?
A: Don’t steer it to the right! Duh!
/apple fanboyism
Then why call it a nonexistent issue? It's a problem that Apple will no doubt solve shortly. Like most first and second generation (third, forth,... if you're Microsoft) products there are always a few bugs that need to be worked out. I can't figure out why the iPhiles want everyone to believe that Steve Jobs can walk on water.
Anybody heard of Bluetooth?
Nonsense!
A cell phone is supposed to be held in order to get used, and it's supposed to receive cell pone calls without dropping calls when you are in good reception areas. No cell phone should be dropping calls just because the user holds the phone in a certain way. It's a fundamental design flaw, and Apple should and will be sued for selling a defective product, then telling buyers to go buy some $29 rubber bumper to put around the phone to get it to work like it's supposed to in the first place.
New to these threads? I believe Driftdiver was using a little sarcasm.
Not new, but I don't keep up with who is on which side of the iDivide.
Why the heck should anyone have to buy Bluetooth before their cell phone works like it's supposed to in the first place?
oh man you are gonna get labeled a hater.
I agree with you though, I have heard there is a class action suit already started.
“Then why call it a nonexistent issue?”
Because I’ve been told its a FUD and a non-issue by some people who really really know apple.
Because driftdiver didn’t.
“Not new, but I don’t keep up with who is on which side of the iDivide. “
Just take a position and you’ll find out.
I don’t have an iphone 4, but anyone who would buy one and then not put it into some protective case is being very foolish. The glass could still shatter from a fall but you reduce the chances significantly. I broke my 3GS a couple of months ago. I now have my new one in an Otter case, if I break it while it is in this thing I will give up. That being said, Apple should just include the protective case.
The Bluetooth headset just screams, “DORK!!”
“Because driftdiver didn’t”
Nope, I don’t get pinged so I don’t return the favor.
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