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Apple’s iPhone 4 is undoubtedly one of the best smartphones on the market today, but it’s constantly plagued with the antennagate issue. Ever since the iPhone 4 was released on AT&T, frustrated users have been complaining over the poor signal quality and the number of dropped calls.
The iPhone 4 has a completely new and innovative antenna design. An Apple rep said
“iPhone 4 has a great antenna that allows it to have an amazingly thin design, great battery life and reception. We designed the iPhone4 external antenna to work great on Verizon’s network”
However this unique antenna design doesn’t seem to be able to do what it’s meant to do, make phone calls….
Many thought that the Verizon iPhone would have solved the antennagate issue, but apparently not. After Consumer Reports “Did Not Recommend” the AT&T iPhone 4 to its subscribers, they’ve now said that same thing about the Verizon iPhone 4.
As posted on their website,
“The Verizon iPhone4 closely resembles the original AT&T iPhone 4 in many positive respects, including offering great multimedia functionality, a sharp screen and the best MP3 player we’ve seen on a phone,”
“Unfortunately, it also shares with its sibling the possibility of compromised performance in low-signal conditions when used without a bumper, or case.”
So just like the AT&T iPhone 4, it’s a brilliant smartphone and it performs better than many other phones on the market. However it can’t excel in the one area it should, and that’s making a simple basic phone call.
It was this “Not Recommended” rating that prompted Steve Jobs to publicly apologise and give away free iPhone 4 cases to solve the issue.
The “Death Grip” occurs when users place their finger on the bottom left hand side of the device. Once the finger covers that part of the antenna the signal quality is greatly reduced, and in poor signal areas, calls are dropped all together.
So now both the AT&T and Verizon iPhone 4 are on the Consumer Reports “Not Recommended List” even though they out perform many other smartphones.
What do you think of this decision? Does the iPhone deserve to be on this list?
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