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I got mine yesterday and noticed the reception issue while holding the phone from it's sides immediately. I hope it's only a software related issue. EDIT: I w

by sev 16y ago

I got mine yesterday and noticed the reception issue while holding the phone from it's sides immediately. I hope it's only a software related issue. EDIT: I was just on a call, holding the phone from it's sides, and I was stationary in a good reception area. The call hung up. So it's not just the bars showing incorrectly, it's actually losing reception. Btw, it takes approximately 30 seconds of holding it from the sides for the bars to completely go down.

tjmaxal 16y ago
Most of the pundits think it's a hardware issue that may result in Apple's first major recall.
- glhaynes 16y ago
  Do they? I've seen more people saying they expect it's just a software/presentation problem. Not that I think there's any particular reason to expect either group to know what they're talking about.
  - twinwing 16y ago
    http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/new-iphone-4-antenna-causing-potential-reception-issues.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/new-iphone-4-anten... Ars Technica usually know what they're talking about. I tend to trust them
    - ubernostrum 16y ago
      I worry about the conditions apparently needed to reproduce this (and the fact that I still can't reproduce it). Even Ars' explanation includes "consciously" holding the phone in a different way than you naturally would and licking your hands before doing so...
  - huhtenberg 16y ago
    > a software/presentation problem As in int fix_antenna_problem(int bars) { return bars < 5 ? bars + 1 : 5; } ? :)
  - tlrobinson 16y ago
    I don't see how this could be a software problem.
- Sidnicious 16y ago
  …in the form of free bumper cases for all.
- Niten 16y ago
  Certainly not their first major recall -- I remember my iBook's battery being recalled as part of that exploding battery debacle. There was something with poor soldering of motherboard components, too, that affected the generation of iBooks previous to mine. I wonder if Apple could keep costs down here by shipping those rubber bumper cases to everyone. Unless this is some bizarre feedback issue that can be fixed in software, I don't see how Apple could recall the iPhone 4 and truly fix this short of a major redesign. And I'd hate to see that happen, if for no other reason than it would seem such a waste...

by sev 16y ago

tjmaxal 16y ago

Most of the pundits think it's a hardware issue that may result in Apple's first major recall.

glhaynes 16y ago
Do they? I've seen more people saying they expect it's just a software/presentation problem. Not that I think there's any particular reason to expect either group to know what they're talking about.
- twinwing 16y ago
  http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/new-iphone-4-antenna-causing-potential-reception-issues.ars http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/06/new-iphone-4-anten... Ars Technica usually know what they're talking about. I tend to trust them
  - ubernostrum 16y ago
    I worry about the conditions apparently needed to reproduce this (and the fact that I still can't reproduce it). Even Ars' explanation includes "consciously" holding the phone in a different way than you naturally would and licking your hands before doing so...
- huhtenberg 16y ago
  > a software/presentation problem As in int fix_antenna_problem(int bars) { return bars < 5 ? bars + 1 : 5; } ? :)
- tlrobinson 16y ago
  I don't see how this could be a software problem.
Sidnicious 16y ago
…in the form of free bumper cases for all.
Niten 16y ago
Certainly not their first major recall -- I remember my iBook's battery being recalled as part of that exploding battery debacle. There was something with poor soldering of motherboard components, too, that affected the generation of iBooks previous to mine. I wonder if Apple could keep costs down here by shipping those rubber bumper cases to everyone. Unless this is some bizarre feedback issue that can be fixed in software, I don't see how Apple could recall the iPhone 4 and truly fix this short of a major redesign. And I'd hate to see that happen, if for no other reason than it would seem such a waste...