You are holding your iPhone 4 the wrong way, you know!

25 June, 2010
Yesterday's iPhone 4 launch was full of surprises - dead-on-arrival, yellow spots or white dots on the screen, lost reception signal and a bunch of happy users. But while yellow spots will likely disappear...

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  • hani
  • mcY
  • 26 Jun 2010

This is getting ridiculous. I cant believe we are seeing this with Apple’s flagship product. If antenna or yellow spot screen discoloration issues were not enough, there are now reports of unhappy customers who have got new iPhone 4’s with flipped buttons for volume rocker. And moreover, if you press the “-“ button, it will result in increasing of the volume while pressing “+” will result in volume getting quieter.

http://www.redmondpie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/iPhone4VolumeRocker.jpg

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    • cravena
    • 3xC
    • 26 Jun 2010

    whose bright idea was it to put the reception thing at the bottom where you hold the phone????
    everyone holds it there!

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      • Anonymous
      • sS%
      • 26 Jun 2010

      What an arrogant answer from Apple CEO.


        • ?
        • Anonymous
        • FJT
        • 26 Jun 2010

        [deleted post]If you call the iphone4 an epic failure when it's predicted to sell around 1.5 million units on its 4th day, what would you call the n8 if it sells less than a million in 4 days? Nokia fanboys are in dreamland once again with their premature predictions.

          • L
          • Lol
          • KFQ
          • 26 Jun 2010

          4 is unlucky

            • I
            • Iphone killer
            • upH
            • 26 Jun 2010

            gsmarena : 'dead on arrival'. sounds awesum 2 me. n8

              • ?
              • Anonymous
              • uEB
              • 26 Jun 2010

              i wonder why people still lined up for this thing..

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                • Anonymous
                • Khs
                • 26 Jun 2010

                Anonymous, 26 Jun 2010im waiting for nokia n8. and i surely buy it. my nokia 5800... moretry polarbit games.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • t7X
                  • 26 Jun 2010

                  im waiting for nokia n8. and i surely buy it. my nokia 5800 is still best from iphone 4 even i cant play games in 3d..

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                    • Anonymous
                    • t7X
                    • 26 Jun 2010

                    in jaz looking on iphone 4 instructional photo how to hold the right way.i have the feeling i wl have a very stiff finger by following steve jobs instruction.i wl be a carpal disease aftr using iphone 4

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                      • Anonymous
                      • t7X
                      • 26 Jun 2010

                      hewie, 26 Jun 2010the same thing happened with my Nokia E71....maybe ur e71 is a clone.nokia phones have excellent signal reception w/c apple try to emulate worst steal

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                        • Andrew Tan
                        • ibf
                        • 26 Jun 2010

                        The annoucement impress me but this huge misplace antenna push me off.

                        Sorry to said it won't be my dreamer phone anymore. iPhone4 is failure! failure!

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                          • Azhar
                          • 3Hd
                          • 26 Jun 2010

                          hi steave job, could you please tell us how to hold the phone which does not effect the signal strength.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • t7X
                            • 26 Jun 2010

                            Anonymous, 26 Jun 2010They cant fix the antenna issue with software! Please get ... morehahaha.dude~ur so funny.ifans think that every flaws on iphone can be fixd by software fix..antennas/screens are hardware.so if anythng happens to them.they should be fixed nt by software updates.it should be fixed mechanically

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                              • BB
                              • 45$
                              • 26 Jun 2010

                              r2, 25 Jun 2010If i buy an economy class car, i won't be much shocked by ... moreYeah but an iPhone is no Lamborghini.

                                • h
                                • hewie
                                • kaJ
                                • 26 Jun 2010

                                the same thing happened with my Nokia E71....

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • mhB
                                  • 26 Jun 2010

                                  Anonymous, 26 Jun 2010There are four things you can do to rid of this problem. F... moreGet it, you cant fix a short-circut with a sofware fix!
                                  No, most pople cant learn not to ever hold it in a way that short-circut the antenna. Its the most logic place to put your hand, when holding it in left hand... be it your left handed, a right handed person that are using two hand operation, or a right handed person carrying something heavy in the other hand.
                                  Sure you can get a bumper or case. But then your phone does not look the same, t gets thicker, and thus does not live up to its specifications.

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                                    • Ricardo-Mexico
                                    • 8V2
                                    • 26 Jun 2010

                                    I thought this phone was going to be the "good one"..

                                    So...We'll be continue waiting, and waiting.

                                    I prefer Nokia.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • mhB
                                      • 26 Jun 2010

                                      Anonymous, 26 Jun 2010Too much error? So far this is the only issue that's been c... moreThey cant fix the antenna issue with software!
                                      Please get it already.
                                      What happens is that you short-circut the antenna. Boosting the reception by software, wouldnt help, the antenna is still short-circuted.

                                      About the yellow spots, that explanation is lame, just tells you to wait and see. Some report of spots changing is size depending on phone temperatures.
                                      Does not seem likely they will disapear just like that.
                                      And its not very uncommon with yellow tints on phone displays, it has happend to other manufactors. I had to exchange a Nokia, due to that, it didnt go away by its own.

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                                        • BrianAW
                                        • ibc
                                        • 26 Jun 2010

                                        TC, 26 Jun 2010Apple could have placed the part where the antennas meet on... moreI gu3ss u totally not a SymbianOS user..

                                        OperaMini is a software cr3ated by opera internet br0wsEr..

                                        It saved your data all includ3d b0okmarks,history,saved pages in your device and u can ch0ose which path u want2 sav3d them..

                                        You know is the way h0w u us3 the UI system not UI make u confus3d..
                                        Symbian is a great OS with s¡mply..
                                        Many of peopl3 saying Symbian not stable..lag..bug..for me..i never had a problem with my SymbianOS model device..juz becaus3 I knewing to get us3..