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> told disgruntled iPhone 4 users that they were holding their phones wrong That was never proven. Although their PR response was atrocious.
by throwaway314155 10mo ago
> told disgruntled iPhone 4 users that they were holding their phones wrong
That was never proven. Although their PR response was atrocious.
- musicale 10mo ago> That was never proven “All phones have sensitive areas,” Jobs wrote. “Just avoid holding it in this way.” https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/06/jobs-on-iphone-4-antenna-avoid-holding-it-in-this-way/ https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2010/06/jobs-on-iphone-4-ant... https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/24/steve-jobs-describes-iphone-4-signal-strength-a-non-issue/ https://www.macrumors.com/2010/06/24/steve-jobs-describes-ip... Jobs wasn't exactly wrong - bridging the antenna with your finger was not a good way to hold the iPhone 4. What's hilarious is how they "fixed" it in software - by changing the signal bar display curve, and then making the lower bars appear taller. https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/08/a-15-year-mystery-solved-the-20-bytes-of-code-that-fixed-antennagate/ https://9to5mac.com/2025/10/08/a-15-year-mystery-solved-the-...