iPhone 4 Signal Loss and Dropped Calls Due to Antenna Design Flaw

iPhone 4 Signal Loss and Dropped Calls Due to Antenna Design Flaw

Cupertino we have a problem!

It seems that the “most precise thing” ever done by Apple, as Steve Jobs referred to when talking about the new antenna, is provoking a drop in signal when the new iPhone 4 is held in the palm. The metal sides of the iPhone are the antenna thus giving the phone the largest cell phone antenna ever. That seemed to be a great idea, especially that no one else was doing it. Perhaps for a good reason.

Unfortunately, sometimes, what seems to be a great idea on paper turns out not to be so great when put in practice! When the human hand touches an antenna in a single spot, it will increase the signal to the antenna due to the body’s approximately 75% water composition which allows us to conduct electricity. However, when there are multiple points of contact it will create a drop in signal due to electromagnetic interference, as the owners of the new iPhone 4 have noticed. The call quality drops, signal bars are lost, and since it’s a design flaw, it’s a much more serious issue than a software bug would be.

Apple admitted the existence of the problem and their customer support representatives are offering a solution: use “bumper cases” to prevent the hand from touching the antenna or avoid holding the phone in your hand! Both are pretty horrible solutions to a hardware problem that should be fixed by Apple.

For years we blamed AT&T for the poor coverage but it seems that they are not the only ones at fault.

In this episode I answer the question “Why did you build a flaw into the Death Stars?”

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UK IPhone 4 Design Fault on o2 Reception Signal Problems

The Bottom Left of the phone is the 3G Signal Antenna ,The Top right is the Bluetooth Antenna, when you hold the two together,you bridge the connection and cause the Signal to drop BIG Design Fault by Apple , The official response from Steve jobs was “Hold it differently” At a guess i think this is just the 3G side of it that causes the problem, as US Iphone users are instantly switched to Edge ,where as the UK customers go to the crawling standard mobile data

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this vid is about N97 camera shutter faults i sent my phone in for repair as the camera shutter has damaged the lens i then got this letter from 3 refusing to fix it under warranty, as they say its physical damage or its been dropped or crushed which it has’nt then they tell me if i want my handset back unfixed i have to pay £19.99 or if i want it fixed i have to pay £29.99 i have refused to pay and told them if they take it off my next bill i will take them to court and have contacted trading standards if you have the same problem contact trading standards or leave a comment

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