a little sensationalist, one is a piece of consumer electronics the other is something that your life depends on!
Poll: iPhone 4 problems thread
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a little sensationalist, one is a piece of consumer electronics the other is something that your life depends on!
Id say i depend on my phone more than a car
name the last time your phone saved your life? My brakes do every day when I slow down from 70mph to standstill on my commute, they also save the lives of all the pedestrians on the 5 or 6 pedestrian crossings I stop for every day. Stop being silly the two are not comparable.
I think you depend on the brakes IN your car more than your phone unless you are a loon.
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****. Mine does it.
Holding it in your hand (not deliberately shielding anything, just holding it normally), and only actually touching the left and right strips (not the bottom). Went from a full EDGE signal down to zero bars.
Holding it in your hand (not deliberately shielding anything, just holding it normally), and only actually touching the left and right strips (not the bottom). Went from a full EDGE signal down to zero bars.
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Anyone know where I can buy a cheap leather glove? I might start wearing one.
It is MJ's aniversarry so it might be a good look for a couple of days, not sure it's viable long term!
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Anyone seen a comparison between a 3GS and i4 when not being held? IE raw signal strength in a weak environment?
Interested to see if the external antennas are actually a benefit...
Interested to see if the external antennas are actually a benefit...
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With god knows how many iPhone users around the world I predict it is coming back - its perfect timing!
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If this is a genuine response to this issue by Mr Jobs, it is arrogant and of such unbelievable contempt for their overly loving customers. Got to love it!
Not really. How many of us depend on phones everyday?
I for one could not do my job without one.
Which do you use more? The car or the Phone?
A fault is a fault and the manufacturer should correct this, not say yes we have a problem but if you hold it another way you'll be alright. What a load of nonsence.
Its a FAULT.
As for the comparison between Apple and Toyota its one and the same. They both produce products which they sell to the general public. A fault with an iPhone is no different to a fault with the brakes on a Toyota interms of a business model. They both have a duty to produce defect free products and if they dont then they should rectify the situation at once.
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I've found that I definitely have the signal issue when at home with full bars of signal. However I have tried to replicate today in my office today but I am unable to do so...but I am sat probably less than 75m from a mobile phone tower!
So perhaps those that say they have no issue are just in very strong signal strength areas and have yet to venture somewhere with less signal?
So perhaps those that say they have no issue are just in very strong signal strength areas and have yet to venture somewhere with less signal?
The other issue is that this problem isn't there on the 3G & S... ok, yeah, you could totally cover the phone to try and replicate it, but that would be being silly. Fact is, when you hold it in a normal holding position, it doesn't cause a wild signal drop.
So for them to then release a phone that causes this kind of problem with an external antenna like that, it makes you wonder whether a redesign to make it a little smaller was worth it if this is going to be their response.
If we've all been holding it wrong, maybe they should show us how... reminds me a little of this! Another stupid flawed design.
So for them to then release a phone that causes this kind of problem with an external antenna like that, it makes you wonder whether a redesign to make it a little smaller was worth it if this is going to be their response.
If we've all been holding it wrong, maybe they should show us how... reminds me a little of this! Another stupid flawed design.
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One thing I've noticed with the antenna problem, it's much worse when connected to WiFi.
So... Turn WiFi off, start a call, switch WiFi on, hope the call doesn't drop, make the call a FaceTime call, watch the 3G/GSM signal die, smile as your call is now running over 3G.
So... Turn WiFi off, start a call, switch WiFi on, hope the call doesn't drop, make the call a FaceTime call, watch the 3G/GSM signal die, smile as your call is now running over 3G.