iphone 4 reception / antenna latest

ArchAnGeL · 8 Feb 2011 at 08:39

What's the latest on this?

The wife has just got insurance cash through from a broken 3gs and needs to decide to get another or an iphone4

Supernaut91 · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:08

To be honest I never have a problem that's on tesco(02 network)

Iceman · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:14

Bunyan said:
To be honest I never have a problem that's on tesco(02 network)

Same here, in fact i have a much better signal at home and work than i did with my 3GS on Orange.

edscdk · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:18

antenna is an issue still if you short the two antenna's (how can it be fixed without a hardware update) however mine is always in a case so it does not really matter for me...

waso_dude · 8 Feb 2011 at 09:21

Its not noticable tbh. Get a iphone 4 and your never be disappointed.

Supernaut91 · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:13

waso_dude said:
Its not noticable tbh. Get a iphone 4 and your never be disappointed.

Totally agree, an excellent phone!

peige · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:24

Its a none issue, never noticed it.

theheyes · 8 Feb 2011 at 16:58

Never noticed it with or without case and I get better signal in places my 2G iPhone just didn't want to know about.

Only question for me would be whether to wait for the iPhone5, but thats a good few months away and I don't think you'll be disappointed with the iPhone4.

reflux · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:02

Never had a single dropped call with mine. Do get a faint buzzing sound when I bridge the antennas whilst on a call. Also lose 3G sporadically, but that might be a vodafone issue. Overall, it's a pretty good piece of kit though.

gjrc · 8 Feb 2011 at 17:16

not really had an issue. although reception not as stable as when i had a nokia.

love the phone though.

go for it

SiriusB · 8 Feb 2011 at 18:37

If you are in an area with poor reception, it might be a bad idea. Though I see you are in Manchester, so you should have no problem. If I bridge the antennas in certain parts of my house I can make it lose signal, but it was not often I would do that accidentally.

I have the free bumper which does seem to help some people. Personally I see no real difference. In Manchester proper I never have a problem, as the signal strength is very high.

churchhawk · 8 Feb 2011 at 19:22

never had a problem with mine, best phone on the market imo.

Mikey · 25 Feb 2011 at 09:33

Keep looking at moving from my iPhone 3GS on O2 to an iPhone 4, but waiting for the new iPhone 5.

Von Luck · 25 Feb 2011 at 11:57

Embed · 25 Feb 2011 at 16:11

iP4 is an outstanding phone, but I personally would wait for the iP5 as its coming to that time of the year!

LordSplodge · 25 Feb 2011 at 16:16

Got upgraded to an iPhone 4 a week ago and I've tried to kill the signal (Vodafone) and I've failed. Even in a sweaty left hand... Oh er missus.

Robbo · 25 Feb 2011 at 16:37

If you have a weak signal, you may notice it. If you dont, you wont.

It is an issue but not a bad one, and a lot of other phones suffer from it too.

Mikey · 26 Feb 2011 at 09:48

Mmm do I cancel my piel frama case that I've reorder for my 3GS are loosing the last one and get one for the 4 and just make the move to Vodafone ASAP.

What's 3GS like with Vodafone and is the 4 night and day better.

One thing is for certain is that I'm going back to Vodafone as O2 are utter utter TOSH.

My sensible head says get onto Vodafone with a 30 day rolling contract with the 3GS and wait for the iPhone 5. Just my exit from O2 won't be until August, unless I have another bout of no signal and dropping calls. They can't understand that the service isn't fit for purpose. On my four sim card and 3rd Iphone in 18 months

e36Adz · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:52

The iphone 4 may have certain issues but the antenna/reception thing is not one of them.

Soul.Survivor · 28 Feb 2011 at 15:56

Never been an issue for me