“Early reviews and customer reports quickly focused on reception issues that have been blamed on the iPhone’s new antenna design,” MacNN reports. “Holding the phone in certain ways is said to cause a significant drop in signal strength.”
MacNN reports, “Apple released a statement defending the iPhone design and pointing out that antenna attenuation is common to any wireless phone, depending on hand placement.”
The issue is also said to be exaggerated by misrepresentation of signal strength on the interface bars, which will be addressed in a firmware fix,” MacNN reports.
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We rest our case.
The problem here is that people are expecting laws of physics to change for Apple and the iPhone.
Anyone buying the iPhone 4 on June 24 has until July 8 to return it. If this is such a problem, where is the evidence of massive returns? We have two iPhone 4 units and have had no problems whatsoever with reception.
Jay in DC
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Let’s face it the lawyers are the only ones that get rich in class action type lawsuits. I received .35 cent check years ago from a class action suit against a major credit card company. When you read the fine print the lawyers made millions.
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Can we at least give them a chance to fix it first?
I’ve got a two year old Sony Ericsson phone. Wrap your hand around it an five bars drops to none. Never noticed before! Mind you it is a POS.
Yeah, lawyers are repulsive leeches…until the day arrives when you need one. Foolish kids…
Maybe there is some way to use the lawyers to help absorb the oil in the gulf… if you slice them thin enough…
I have had my iPhone since last week, I am still attempting to hold it the wrong way to see if I can get the reception problem. This problem is ether not as pervasive as the sudo journalism is making it out to be, or there is in fact certain phones that exhibit the issue, or certain conditions, like sweaty hands need to be precent for this to take effect. I personally have not seen it happen with my phone.
I also am an attorney and these class action cases drive me nuts. It’s not about protecting people; in most cases, it’s about that millions of dollars in attorneys’ fees the attorneys will get.
I, like most other tech users, have been part of several class action suits (not initiating them, but a member of the class who was supposedly injured). In one case, a lawsuit against Iomega got me a whopping $25 off my next Iomega purchase. I have had several other settlements with roughly the same result – nothing that made a difference to me, but seeing the attorneys pocket $6 mil, etc.
Class actions have their place, but they are abused simply for the sake of a big payday. The iPhone 4 hasn’t even been out a week and this firm is filing suit? Give me a break.
You buy a product, you don’t like then you TAKE IT BACK. Period.
Apple are not refusing returns.
What is it with Apple customers that believe they have a right to expect a perfect product and that any shortcomings are actionable in a court. If I buy a HTC and it turns out to be crap can I sue ? Where is the signal strength achievable determined by law ?
Is the quality of radio reception achieved by a Walkman a legal standard – Jesus, some folks are just plain nuts
Brought on by liberal panty wastes. Just return the phone if you don’t like it. Vote them out in 2010 and 2012!