Apple Blames iPhone 4 Reception Issue on Faulty Formula

....Or does this basically sound like Apple saying "it's not really our fault it's AT&T's fault" by saying thing like "People in a poor coverage area"

I mean i see them admiting to "bad math" but that's it. Everything else is fine and when they fix the issue with this update you going to be able to see more acuretly how bad your coverage is.

I know someone is going to call me a troll but this to me looks like the blame game.

Luke wilson is full of crap. you think a company as big as AT&T would of test the phones before they released them, but when you company is going belly up you need to make money some how.

Dear iPhone 4 Users,

The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple's history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.

To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop 4 or 5 bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop th...
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while all other phones showing 2-3 bars of signal.
idiotPhone4 just shows "no service" to begin with!, no more drop signal! haha

Apple is temporarily eliminating the re-stocking fee on it's iPhone 4.

That should help all of the trolls on this forum who didn't order one to begin with, nor ever intend on ordering one sleep better.

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Went to the Apple store armed with my iPhone 3G running os 3.xx, a new Pantech Impact, and an old Motorola Pebble (unlocked) all on ATT. All phones showed full bars. The only phone that dropped bars was the iPhone 4. i did not make any calls so I cannot attest as to whether or not this dropping in bars had any "real" effect. It made me feel uncomfortable enough to hold off ordering a new phone. Went back after I upgraded my 3G to ios4, still no signal loss no matter how I held it. I believe the software explanation may have something to do with how the bars are reported, but, in a strong signal strength area, when only one phone is effected, it is more likely the phone, not the service. No phone is perfect, no service is perfect, being ...
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i just want you apple zombies to know how much i really enjoy watching you go out n buy apples crappy products and complain about it afterwords!! but good luck with that sh*tty phone 😁

Apple is so full of themselves it makes me sick. Rather than admit they have a crappy antenae design they try and blame at&t for their phones dropping service. I can hold my blackberry bold any which way and I don't drop calls in the SAME coverage area. I have iphone users returning their iphone 4's to go back to their 3gs because if this faulty design. I don't see how this software update will do anything but show what crappy reception the iphone gets compared to other at&t smart phones.

I think it has to do alot with the "Baby formula" AT&T and Apple been sucking down.
Customers are no angels either.
Before putting such a device out to the public....TEST IT PROPERLY!!!! 😕

The HTC Nexus One (AT&T is all I've got to go off of but the T-Mobile version is infamous as well) is prone to the same issues. Ironically, so is the GSM (and CDMA) Palm Pre.

What I can't seem to grasp is that even when I bridge the Antennae, I can pull in 2.6 mbps right up until the connection 'drops' despite 1-2 bars of service on the screen. The connection does drop.

By contrast, The Nexus One and Palm Pre will slide off, dropping under 1mbps and eventually to nothing. (It's worth noting that I have yet to get either the Nexus One or Palm Pre to pull in anything above 2mbps here.) I can make the Nexus One lose signal by holding it at the bottom as well, although the key difference is that on the iPhone 4 it is liter...
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This reminds me of the scene where Claude Raines, as the police captain, busts in on Rick's back room casino and states:

"I'm Shocked! Shocked, to discover gambling is going on here."

Immediately thereafter, a croupier hands him his winnings.

They must do to come out with such a mad statement.

Doooooh you put your hand round the ariel the signal cuts out. Yep it does it on other phones as well. BUT THEY HAVE THE ARIEL AT THE TOP so dont get covered fools.

Well at least I will be be able to see more accuratly when the dam thing cuts out.
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