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[exwingzero]

Well I wanted to sound clever and witty. It's kind of interesting though. They're saying that the top tier bars shouldn't exist and that's why there can be a sudden drop of signal, because there was already a weak signal. This stuff bothers me. It's like saying that a battery is 100% when it's 60% because the last forty percent don't count. But doesn't this just mean that quality won't go up, it'll just have a better indicator for how strong a signal it's receiving?

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Apple-stunned-to-find-iPhones-apf-1175483258.html?x=0

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And that whole "you're holding it wrong" comment is so stupid and kind of pompous I don't get why people want to deal with that.
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[JRadimus]

I agree with you about the bars and battery indicators. When in doubt, it should round down/underestimate the value of the signal/life.

To your comment about "holding it wrong", when my wife and I took a trip recently, on the flight out we sat next to a guy who turned out to be a regional manager for Apple. The iPhone 4 was new enough that seeing him with one was noticeable, and the news stories about the signal issue were new. I asked him about it, and what were they talking about "holding it wrong". He pulled the protective case off and showed me the edges. Ultimately, the designers put the antenna junctions in pretty common places for holding the phone. I wondered if they only held test models in protective cases. He said that any protective case would prevent the problem. It doesn't have to be the one from Apple. And having held more than a couple ipods, I won't use one without a protective case just so it's easier to hold on to. Those things is slippery. For a more exaggerated take, check out this rant by Adam Carolla on Gizmodo about Apple's product design: http://gizmodo.com/5537348/adam-carolla-complains-about-apple It pre-dates the iPhone 4, but it takes on the slick, sleek cases.
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[exwingzero]

I did and it's a flaw in product design, but they are saying it's the consumer's fault for holding it wrong. Consumer reports just did an article where it couldn't recommend iPhone4 because of the problem.
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