Apple held a press conference yesterday where Steve Jobs acknowledged the problems some people have had with the signal of the new iPhone 4. He pointed out, however, that their AppleCare data show that this is only affecting a tiny, 0.55% of iPhone 4 owners. The return rate of the iPhone 4 has only been 1/3 of the 3GS return … Read More
Consumer Reports states Apple’s Bumper Case alleviates the iPhone 4 signal-loss problem
On July 14th, Consumer Reports distributed this video showing that using Apple’s Bumper Case seems to eliminate the “death grip” holding the lower left side of the new iPhone. The movie is below and the link to their article is at this link. Also, tomorrow, Apple is holding a press conference to discuss this problem. We all await their discussion … Read More
Consumer Reports Confirms iPhone 4 Design Defect
Lab tests done by Consumer Reports now confirm the presence of a defect in the iPhone 4’s antenna. The defect is specifically where others have reported it, when your finger or hand touches that gap in the antenna in the lower left corner of the iPhone 4. Because of this, they cannot recommend the iPhone 4 although they do rate … Read More
Consumer Reports’ Assessment of iPhone 4’s “Signal Loss Problem”
There has been an expanding debate over the problems some users are having with the iPhone 4’s reception and dropped calls. This includes what some have called the “death grip” – covering and applying pressure to the lower left corner of the new iPhone, or Apple has called a faulty miscalculation of how they display the number of bars as … Read More
Apple iPhone and iOS 4 Device Troubleshooting Articles
Apple has released a series of troubleshooting knowledge base articles in case you are having problems with either the iOS4 update of your current iPhone or iPod Touch, or the new iPhone 4. Here are the links to those articles: