Over the past week i have been studying the iPhone4 antenna problem that has made headlines all over the world and i want to show you the true story. Before i begin i want you to remember that in the eyes of reporters bad news is the best news!
I brought an iPhone4 on the 24th of June from my local Carphone Warehouse store in the UK and upgraded my existing 3GS on the O2 network, from this day i have had great success with the iPhone4 and have found it hard to understand what all the "bad press" was about?
So in the last 48 hours i have started to dig more into this and have found some interesting stuff about the so called "fault" Through my social media connections (YouTube/Twitter) i emailed 50 iphone4 users from the UK and the USA and questioned them about there experiance. before i share my findings i wanted to just show you a clip from an article posted by PC World's Mike Keller -
"I have an iPhone 4. Generally speaking, reception and call quality far exceeds that of my old 3G. In my own tests, administering the "death grip" (which I will note is a fairly unnatural way to hold the phone, in my opinion) without a case does in fact make bars drop, though it doesn't actually seem to make it less likely to be able to make or sustain a call. Consistent with reports, bars aren't dropped while using a case (I have a Bumper)"
I have also produced my own video around this "death grip" which is an eyeopener -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwxQiGFqrpA
Now the data i collected from the 50 people in the UK and USA suggested some strange patterns that have been confirmed in other reports online. Only 1 of the 25 people i asked in the UK found a change in connection when using the phone on a day to day basis with a normal grip (this increased if the tight unnatural death grip is used) where as interestingly 5 of the 25 people i asked in the USA found a change with a normal grip! In the UK Apple has more that one partner for the iPhone meaning this 25 people used a mix of services where as in the USA AT&T are the sole partner and they have been know in recent months for service issues, The question here is are Apple truly to blame for this?
I would like to also point out another article that i have read online that i think hits the spot! -
http://www.pcworld.com/article/200453/antenna_expert_apple_is_right_iphone_4_signal_woes_overblown.html
My conclusion to this is that it feels like the reporters from Gizmodo, the BBC, GSM arena and others smell blood and are out for what they can get and that this would not be happening if it was not the iPhone. These reporters have made me lose respect for the news industry. Apple themselves have shown that all smart phones have this "fault" and i have also shown that in the above video, but is this really a fault? my experience has been great as has the vast majority of people i have spoken to.
Apple has now issued FREE cases to all iPhone4 customers and this seems to stop any problems the small amount of people are having.
Every phone in the world is the best phone in the world to someone, don't become a hater of any product as this shows that you feel this product is a threat to your way of life
To Finish -
1. If you don't like the iPhone don't buy it!
2. If you have brought it and don't like it return it!
3. Understand this is not unique to the iPhone
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