Apple finds iPhone 4 signal bars misleading, hiding poor signal

02 July, 2010
Apple just issued their official statement on the non-existent iPhone 4 reception issues. What iPhone 4 users are experiencing when they grip the lower left corner is just their real signal, poor as it seems...

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  • Bryan
  • nxh
  • 04 Jul 2010

Apple must admit their design flaw and recall the first units... every new design undergoes a certain debug process... and as for iphone 4, they we're pressured to early release the unit due to the gizmodo incident before..so it wasn't properly debugged...Just admit the real flaw and not by creating bogus misleading issues...

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    • Anonymous
    • LaD
    • 04 Jul 2010

    [deleted post]NO NO !

    FREEDOM of speach!

    people should be aware of this mess-up and not get conned by apple.


    Are you one of those who are trying to cover up Apple's FLOP??!?!?

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      • sUv
      • 04 Jul 2010

      [deleted post]Doing good man, very good. THere is one more guy with the "Co" nick, always come up with "You can't afford it." line and claim to have hundreds of sets and can buy a city.

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        • CatsEyeDjinn
        • ftb
        • 04 Jul 2010

        Sad to think that a big corporation believes that their consumers are all uber gullible

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          • deep space bar
          • q}@
          • 04 Jul 2010

          it just go 10 times worse for apple XD

          http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/03/steve-jobs-emails-are-real-claims-boy-genius-report-says-appl/

          they deserve the 'were the biggest f*ck up of the year' award
          they deserve it 100%

          a plaque withe steve's name engraved on it and have his face as the award momument

            • d
            • deep space bar
            • q}@
            • 04 Jul 2010

            [deleted post]jobs was jealous of nokia and made the iphone
            jobs was jealous of adobe and made html5
            jobs was jealous and asked intel for help for their computers
            jobs got jealous of samsung and tried to make retina display sound new and high tech
            jobs got jealous and stopped the "get a mac" campaign cause windows7 was so WIN and selling a copy every 7 seconds
            jobs is jealous of google so he sued htc to slow down production of google's android phones from htc
            jobs is jealous of nokia so after they messed up the iphone4's RF issue they are currently looking for RF engineers which most of them work for nokia lol
            jobs is jealous of a deceased so he used his organs for a transplant instead of an animals
            jobs is jealous of all the phones that come wih high MP cameras and front face they added i to the iphone4

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              • Killersmith
              • tA{
              • 04 Jul 2010

              [deleted post]Yeah dude, totally agreed....

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                • Anonymous
                • MeM
                • 04 Jul 2010

                the question is- when apple is releasing update????

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                  • Anonymous
                  • FJT
                  • 04 Jul 2010

                  Get a clue, 04 Jul 2010In reply to Anonymous @ 2010-07-03 21:06 from FJTf "... moreI think that because Apple Stores don't even have iphone4's for display, just the 3gs.  So I doubt if At&t would have it.  

                  I'm not saying that you shouldn't try it before buying it.  I'm just saying that I haven't seen an Apple Store that has it on display, but maybe they do now, so I could be wrong.

                  But why even try it?  You're obviously anti iphone :)

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                    • Anonymous
                    • uRG
                    • 04 Jul 2010

                    In its letter, Apple just admitted to misrepresenting the signal strength in the past few years by inflating the number of bars displayed on iPhone 3G, 3 etc.

                    They would have gotten away with it too (and continue getting away with it) if not for the iPhone 4's bad antenna design showing them up.

                    For shame.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Khs
                      • 04 Jul 2010

                      Anonymous, 04 Jul 2010Okay...everything has been said. Everybody's got a chance t... moreamen hope they got karma now. too many enemies :) manufacture sue + customers class action hmm delicious :)

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                        • BedShaker
                        • 9x7
                        • 04 Jul 2010

                        I hate it when people brag about their phones. All I hear is "better this" or "better that".. All that matters is, I'm NOT DUMB enough to buy ANY phone that has serious signal problems. It's a DUMB and SMART situation. What's it gonna be?! Btw, Apple have NO plans on recalling the IP4 based on the statements they have released on their website. Either you "should" buy a bumper guard AND "update" the bogus firmware.

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                          • Get a clue
                          • IAu
                          • 04 Jul 2010

                          Anonymous, 03 Jul 2010We're not gullible. We just happen to overlook little issu... moreIn reply to Anonymous @ 2010-07-03 21:06 from FJTf

                          "You said you went to the At&t store to try out the iphone4. First of all, Apple Stores don't even have them on display dues to the high demand. How much more At&t. So I already doubt if you are telling the truth. But let's say that you are. You already know that the bars would drop when you grip that black strip. So why grip it there"?

                          How do possibly figure that AT&T stores do not have iPhone4's on display? Are you insane? The AT&T store I went to had 4 of them on display.

                          You think that just because the iPhone4 is in high demand, that Apple possibly couldn't have enough to even adequately equip their partner, AT&T, who is solely responsible for providing iPhone4 as a subsidized handset in the USA, & making sure that there are in-store models for users to get a hands-on experience?....you really are gullible.

                          You also have the audacity to ask me why would I try out a mobile in person before actually buying it? I guess I am not blinded by a phone with an Apple logo emblazoned on the back of it so much to cloud any rational decision making.

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                            • gam28toronto
                            • IDa
                            • 04 Jul 2010

                            Instead of doing a RECALL they will Update the software so that it LOOKS like it's FIXED. With the hiring of the Antenna Engineerers lets just say Iphone 4GS will come sooner than we think!

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                              • Anonymous
                              • t7J
                              • 04 Jul 2010

                              Okay...everything has been said. Everybody's got a chance to post they're opinions...

                              Now, let's all go back to our normal lives. Let Apple/Steve Jobs carry all the burdens that they have created.

                              And please someone says.."Amen to That"

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                                • steves turn
                                • PTU
                                • 04 Jul 2010

                                Everyone here, please turn off your Wi-Fi
                                steve's trying to connect, its his turn now

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                                  • jjsoviet
                                  • qJm
                                  • 04 Jul 2010

                                  [deleted post]I stopped reading at your last sentence.

                                  Seriously, there is no "best" phone manufacturer. Let's face it, each company has its own strengths and weaknesses when it comes to its catalog of mobile phones. Proclaiming a certain brand as superior to any other is essentially fanboyism. Admit it.

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                                    • xxx
                                    • k2n
                                    • 04 Jul 2010

                                    this jesy person have alot of time on his/her hand to post all of these comments.

                                    try to get some s** or something, or try to find an app for that.

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                                      • Michael
                                      • v0q
                                      • 04 Jul 2010

                                      its just that a big WAVE swallowed iPhone 4 that it is now malfunctioning

                                      try to pry open your iThingy to drain and remove bits of sand, then blow dry, and reassemble, this procedure will solve your reception problems.

                                      'best smartphone ever?'

                                      bleh

                                      a smartphone that did not withstand such a big Wave.

                                      really

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                                        • Maged
                                        • NhS
                                        • 04 Jul 2010

                                        recall, 03 Jul 2010apple can do a recall for iphone 4..they will spend million... morethat what they will do. stabilize the signals indicators.