Apple was wrong, you significantly degrade you signal by touching iPhone's lower left side - Polidicks

[B]Lab tests: Why Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4. [/B][URL="http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/399/why-consumer-reports-cant-recommend-iphone-4/"]Source[/URL] [B] [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ww/news/2010/07/12/iphone4_hero2.jpg[/IMG] [/B][quote=Consumer Reports via Yahoo! News]It's official. Consumer Reports' engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side—an easy thing, especially for lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4. We reached this conclusion after testing all three of our iPhone 4s (purchased at three separate retailers in the New York area) in the controlled environment of CU's radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber. In this room, which is impervious to outside radio signals, our test engineers connected the phones to our base-station emulator, a device that simulates carrier cell towers (see video: IPhone 4 Design Defect Confirmed). We also tested several other AT&T phones the same way, including the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre. None of those phones had the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4. Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple that the iPhone 4's signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty software that "mistakenly displays 2 more bars than it should for a given signal strength." The tests also indicate that AT&T's network might not be the primary suspect in the iPhone 4's much-reported signal woes.. We did, however, find an affordable solution for suffering iPhone 4 users: Cover the antenna gap with a piece of duct tape or another thick, non-conductive material. It may not be pretty, but it works. We also expect that using a case would remedy the problem. We'll test a few cases this week and report back. The signal problem is the reason that we did not cite the iPhone 4 as a "recommended" model, even though its score in our other tests placed it atop the latest Ratings of smart phones that were released today. The iPhone scored high, in part because it sports the sharpest display and best video camera we've seen on any phone, and even outshines its high-scoring predecessors with improved battery life and such new features as a front-facing camera for video chats and a built-in gyroscope that turns the phone into a super-responsive game controller. But Apple needs to come up with a permanent—and free—fix for the antenna problem before we can recommend the iPhone 4. If you want an iPhone that works well without a masking-tape fix, we continue to recommend an older model, the 3G S. [/quote] Basically, the iPhone 4 would drastically lose signal if you placed your hand or fingers on the iPhones lower left side, a problem for lefties. Steve Jobs recently said that it doesn't actually reduce signal, it's a glitch with the bars. It turns out he's wrong.

I never liked the iPhone Or Mac's Or Apple

I wonder if you can hang up on people easier that way instead of pretending to go under a tunnel.

On that picture, what's the signal thingie?

I don't think he/the company was wrong without knowing. They'll obviously try to cover stuff like this up, due to the massive media criticism.

I don't think that they ever denied it. They were just being asses about it.

[QUOTE=magravn;23324210]I don't think that they ever denied it. They were just being asses about it.[/QUOTE] Isn't it denying when you say it's a software glitch?

it's not as bad as Windows ME.

[QUOTE=thisispain;23324288]it's not as bad as Windows ME.[/QUOTE] Certainly not, but apple has recently become worse than microsoft in my opinion. Also microsoft has gotten better (at least a little).

[QUOTE=starpluck;23324166][B]Lab tests: Why Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4. [/B][URL="http://shopping.yahoo.com/articles/yshoppingarticles/399/why-consumer-reports-cant-recommend-iphone-4/"]Source[/URL] [B] [IMG]http://l.yimg.com/a/i/ww/news/2010/07/12/iphone4_hero2.jpg[/IMG] [/B] Basically, the iPhone 4 would drastically lose signal if you placed your hand or fingers on the iPhones lower left side, a problem for lefties. Steve Jobs recently said that it doesn't actually reduce signal, it's a glitch with the bars. It turns out he's wrong.[/QUOTE] Not wrong, he was lying. Me? Speling Mistake? Never!

[QUOTE=teeheeV2;23324463]Not wrong, he was lieing.[/QUOTE] Not lieing, he was lying :eng101:

[QUOTE=teeheeV2;23324463]Not wrong, he was lieing.[/QUOTE] Obviously.

:downs: Oh wow, way to fuck up something like that Apple.

This has been known for a while. This is only confirming what we know. Oh well. We all know Apple are going to do shit all.

[QUOTE=DogGunn;23324506]This has been known for a while. This is only confirming what we know. Oh well. We all know Apple are going to do shit all.[/QUOTE] They can release a new OS to fix the problem :downs:

[QUOTE=DogGunn;23324506]Oh well. We all know Apple are going to do shit all.[/QUOTE] Say that again?

[QUOTE=Zoo;23324614]Say that again?[/QUOTE] Oh well. We all know Apple is going to do shit all. What is so hard to understand about that?

just don't touch one at all

and they'll still sell like hotcakes because people are fucking stupid.

"hello i'm an angsty teen and i think people are stupid for buying a cell phone"

[QUOTE=thisispain;23324864]"hello i'm an angsty teen and i think people are stupid for buying a cell phone"[/QUOTE] buying an overpriced, faulty cell phone*

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;23324911]buying an overpriced, faulty cell phone*[/QUOTE] on an unreliable and overpriced service.

Doopy doo, android phones etc you should buy a 'droid doopy don't waste money on iPhones dooby dooble doop

It's Apple, they won't recall it until half of new iPhone owners sue them.

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;23324911]buying an overpriced, faulty cell phone*[/QUOTE] right my iphone works just fine but go ahead and call me an idiot for absolutely no reason [editline]02:11AM[/editline] [QUOTE=slinkman;23324919]on an unreliable and overpriced service.[/QUOTE] which is why you should unlock it

You know, when you call all Apple devices stupid fucking shit and all Apple users retards, you become even worse than those macfags that are "Omg, like, windows is shit and all users are retards and linux is for nuuuuuuurds"

Hey, ifaux, what was that about this phone not actually having this reception problem? What was that about our general bias against apple? Oh wait, we were right. [editline]02:23AM[/editline] [QUOTE=Ezhik;23325232]You know, when you call all Apple devices stupid fucking shit and all Apple users retards, you become even worse than those macfags that are "Omg, like, windows is shit and all users are retards and linux is for nuuuuuuurds"[/QUOTE] How? Posting this article and agreeing with it is somehow worse than buying into a brand simply because it's a shiny brand? Yeah, that's stupid all right.

[QUOTE=Ultra Violence;23324911]buying an overpriced, faulty cell phone*[/QUOTE] That millions apparently enjoy*

[QUOTE=HumanAbyss;23325262] How? Posting this article and agreeing with it is somehow worse than buying into a brand simply because it's a shiny brand? [/QUOTE] why can't people just fucking like a product i bought an iphone because i liked it, i don't see how this reflects my intelligence

All of us here secretly have Apple products yet we tend to hate Apple. I just hate them because their Macs are shit. I don't mind the iPods etc.