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There is no way this is the reason. To believe the engineers didnt test the attenuation caused by direct human contact is insanity. More likely is that they tes

There is no way this is the reason. To believe the engineers didnt test the attenuation caused by direct human contact is insanity. More likely is that they tested it thoroughly, found that it didn't appreciably affect the actual number of dropped calls (as substantiated by anandtech), and shipped it feeling comfortable with the product. When the iPhone 4 shipped, the reviews were all gushing over it, despite the pent up frustration over Apple's dominance and questionable app store policies, and people jumped on the first publicized flaw. Much ado about nothing. With any luck, this whole farse will make it easier for me to land a white iPhone 4 when it becomes available.

bobbyi 16y ago
This speculation may or may not be correct, but you are absurdly naïve if you actually consider it "insanity" to consider that a company may have shipped some number of defective units due to a failure of testing.
- marknutter 16y ago
  Engineers, most of them likely PHD's, created a phone where the antenna wraps around the outer edges, and it doesn't occur to a single one of them that hands touching it might affect the signal? Does that sound even remotely plausible to you?
  - bobbyi 16y ago
    Yes.
- matwood 16y ago
  There is a difference between shipping some defective units and shipping a defective design. Some defective units are expected because it happens. Like the other person who replied to your post, I can't imagine an engineering group putting the antenna on the outside and not testing it.
matwood 16y ago
I got an iPhone 4 today and even in weak signal areas where I have less than 5 bars I can barely get it to drop another bar (it'll bounce up and down in my testing). I thought on day 1 this whole fiasco might have been a manufacturing defect in the first batch phones, and my experience seems to add some support to my theory To those with a phone that goes from 5 bars to no signal, simply call it defective and exchange it.

bobbyi 16y ago

This speculation may or may not be correct, but you are absurdly naïve if you actually consider it "insanity" to consider that a company may have shipped some number of defective units due to a failure of testing.

marknutter 16y ago
Engineers, most of them likely PHD's, created a phone where the antenna wraps around the outer edges, and it doesn't occur to a single one of them that hands touching it might affect the signal? Does that sound even remotely plausible to you?
- bobbyi 16y ago
  Yes.
matwood 16y ago
There is a difference between shipping some defective units and shipping a defective design. Some defective units are expected because it happens. Like the other person who replied to your post, I can't imagine an engineering group putting the antenna on the outside and not testing it.

matwood 16y ago

I got an iPhone 4 today and even in weak signal areas where I have less than 5 bars I can barely get it to drop another bar (it'll bounce up and down in my testing). I thought on day 1 this whole fiasco might have been a manufacturing defect in the first batch phones, and my experience seems to add some support to my theory To those with a phone that goes from 5 bars to no signal, simply call it defective and exchange it.