German Stiftung Warentest: iPhone 4 is the real signal loser

26 July, 2010
The popular German foundation Stiftung Warentest, which is the regional authority on consumer product testing accommodated the recently unveiled Apple iPhone 4 in its lab and tested its notorious...

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  • uSQ
  • 26 Jul 2010

darn my hands are itching for the ip4 but the death grip is holding me back... im keeping my 3gs and stay away from ip4..... hmmmmmm

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    • Stuntman
    • Ycn
    • 26 Jul 2010

    Billy, 26 Jul 2010I am not apple user but go and discuss something else. This... moreApple is keeping this going as it seems every few days, Apple releases video of another phone that loses signal bars. They are trying to deflect the fact that the iPhone 4 loses signal by simply touching the weak spot while in Apple's videos, they have to wrap the hand tightly around the other phones before they lose signal.

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      • gabby131
      • Qt5
      • 26 Jul 2010

      apple may have made the iPhone 4 so durable that even electronic signals cant pass through the metallic body :D

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        • eduardo
        • qQx
        • 26 Jul 2010

        We all know that companies manufacturers of smart phones have to spend much more time in development of phones and * smart calls * to more money and at lower cost by winning more money faster without importing anything the quality of the components of phones is a nightmare for companies and lost money as Apple and Nokia Samsung Motorola and many more for his lack of responsibility in selling more rapidly at a lower cost and invest propagated by dorales million to a that the product is a garbage such as the Apple 4 g and the Nokia n97 Motorola MILESTONE XT720 or Samsung I5801 Galaxy Apollo without more to say

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          • ian
          • t7X
          • 26 Jul 2010

          now it is clear. apple really has a problem. if you squeeze any phone on their antenna, (like the apple does on nokia) it WILL really loose a bar or bars of signal,, but if youre just going to hold it the right way it is not normal to loose 90 percent of signal and dropped a call,, here in the philippines a lot of city still doesent have a very good signal 3G still not a normal sight,, but phones still always picks up a signal and never drops a call,, even in rural areas,, vivaz gets a 3G sometimes and still can surf the net even in GPRS signal,, by the way,, when apple launch the first iphone,, a lot of buyers complained about signal reception,, its not new to apple,, but still they didn't learned..

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            • Anonymous
            • 8yR
            • 26 Jul 2010

            Iphone4 is overated apple doesnt want to admit their poor reception problem


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              • cool
              • tYZ
              • 26 Jul 2010

              i am shock the apple iPhone is nice but this type of problem i m not aspect this ohhh apple

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                • Anonymous
                • 4d{
                • 26 Jul 2010

                From this you can see how low some company (or owner) can be to try bring others down to cover his (Steve Jobs) own ass.

                I'm not pro to Apple and I did own a Iphone.

                I just think what apple have done is wrong they simply ignore their own problem and created a massive negative impression.

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                  • Ludwik
                  • 3Jn
                  • 26 Jul 2010

                  Anonymous, 26 Jul 2010If apple lets the issue go then maybe it'll stopped being d... moreI agree. They should fix the problem. And everyone will forget about it. And not, keep rubbishing other brands.

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                    • elsergio
                    • 9Fj
                    • 26 Jul 2010

                    what about that apple is releasing the iphone 4 in some other countries? as far as we know is the same defective iphone.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • SvC
                      • 26 Jul 2010

                      how many more times will the iphone 4 be officially found to be faulty,apples has always been cheating its users but this new iphone is the most expensive con. no doubt steve 'give your money' jobs will feny these findings,and convince its mindless drones that its all a lie

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                        • Anonymous
                        • b9a
                        • 26 Jul 2010

                        Billy, 26 Jul 2010I am not apple user but go and discuss something else. This... moreIf apple lets the issue go then maybe it'll stopped being discussed.

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                          • tsepz
                          • f4E
                          • 26 Jul 2010

                          Im the proud owner of a SE X10, and can confirm no signal issues at all as the German testers said. I actualy had a hard time trying to figure out where exactly the X10 antenna is,as no matter how i held it,it hardly affected signal,one bar dropped at most but then came back a second later.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • pT5
                            • 26 Jul 2010

                            Apple4life, 26 Jul 2010The issue is crazy at this stage... so we iphone lovers are... morethas enough mate, we can understand u feel rich usin apple buh tha nvr maks ya smart, u r only a rich crap nerddd n ip4 iz a piece ov sh!tt!!
                            nvr mind
                            cheers

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                              • xman
                              • DIx
                              • 26 Jul 2010

                              iPhone4
                              "what's a measly 14 dB amoung friends. where all the same.."

                              smart phone
                              "we only loose 6 dB. you loose 20 dB and drop calls"

                              iPhone4
                              "all my users live next to cell towers thus they don't care"

                              smart phone
                              "good for you. please just stop calling of us the same"

                              iPhone 4
                              "I can say what I want"

                              smart phone
                              "sure you can. The sooner you stop talking about reception the sooner this will be over. please stop, it's embarasing when you speak"

                              iPhone 4
                              "everybody looses signal. were are all the same."

                              smart phone
                              "your a naughty child that will be punished"

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                                • Anonymous
                                • M8T
                                • 26 Jul 2010

                                You can read in german magazine, the other two phones that were tested for 3 days was the Samsung Galaxy S and the Ericsson X10.

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                                  • Arturas
                                  • MMZ
                                  • 26 Jul 2010

                                  Mitul, 26 Jul 2010Is samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S has signal issue. Any one has ... moreThe i9000 Galaxy S doesn't have any issues, ofcourse it might drop a few bars when held in a specific way what might happen to any phone, but the issue is only found on iPhones, they're the only ones who are problematic and need a special cover...

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                                    • Arturas
                                    • MMZ
                                    • 26 Jul 2010

                                    Finally an accurate and clear answer for all those who still have doubts: Apple failed because their iphone 4 HAS RECEPTION ISSUES. I think we can sum up that the phone does it's main purpose bad and we can end this. Period!

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                                      • Mike
                                      • xka
                                      • 26 Jul 2010

                                      Mitul, 26 Jul 2010Is samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S has signal issue. Any one has ... moreAll phones have attenuation issues, but no de-tuning issues by touching the antenna like the iPhone 4 has.

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                                        • Mitul
                                        • 2S}
                                        • 26 Jul 2010

                                        Is samsung GT-i9000 Galaxy S has signal issue. Any one has seen this problem. Please share your views?

                                        Thanks..