Three days ago Consumer Reports
said that the iPhone 4
reception issue “may not be serious”. After just a day of that report, Consumer Reports came back with a different article and different findings. In the latest article, doing some tests in areas with less than perfect signal, a drop in quality was clear and multiple dropped calls experienced. “My palm covered a gap between parts of the metal band that forms the outer ring of the iPhone and serves as its antenna… almost immediately, the signal strength began to drop in the meter from the original three or four bars—depending on my location within the house—to zero bars. The drop took about 5 seconds… the drop had a significant effect on both call success and quality,” the report said. The findings are consistent with the ones customers posting on blogs and forums. Apple issued a statement suggesting that one side of the issue is software related, and it will issue a fix, however still accepted the possibility of signal loss when touching the device in the lower left corner.
Source: Consumer Reports
