Jul 2 2010

Apple posts open letter regarding iPhone 4 antenna reception issues

Apple open letter on antenna reception issues

Apple has posted an open letter addressing the widely reported issues surrounding iPhone 4 antenna reception — how it drops or loses signal when held in such a way that the lower left side is covered.

Short version is, Apple’s claiming they are, and historically have been, miscalculating how they display signal strength as bars on [...]

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Jun 30 2010

Apple iPhone 4 reception problem support memo leaked?

BGR claims to have content his hands on a copy of Apple’s internal support memo for handling iPhone 4 antenna band reception problems.

The gist is: they’re to stick to the talking points, probe to make sure it isn’t a different problem (i.e. not related to covering the lower left side of iPhone 4 or lower [...]

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Jun 27 2010

Steve Jobs: There is no iPhone 4 reception issue

Steve Jobs Stay Tuned
A new email, allegedly from Steve Jobs about the iPhone 4 antenna band problems — where touching the stainless steel on the lower left side causes the signal to drop or go away completely — seems to a offer a response either curtly dismissive or perhaps… encouraging?

rfbandit/Mark wrote:

I love everything about the phone [...]

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Jun 25 2010

Is signal strength a factor in iPhone 4 antenna reception issue?

We’ve gotten a few emails this morning from TiPb readers who think signal strength might be a factor in the dreaded iPhone 4 “hold different” reception problems. Last night when testing at home, they could kill the signal by holding the iPhone 4 over the lower left side. When taking it out of their homes [...]

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Jun 23 2010

iPhone 4 experiencing signal drop when antenna band is held?

iPhone 4 noise cancelation

Starting off with a complaint in the MacRumors forums and soliciting other user feedback from there, Gizmodo is compiling a hefty list of people whose brand new iPhone 4 would drop from full bars to next to none — when they held it by the stainless steel antenna band.

Is it shorting something when both parts [...]

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