PC World articles

[iphone-y]

If nothing else, this article from PCWorld opens up an interesting can of worms. Also follow the link to "Grip of death".

http://www.pcworld.com/article/201307/apple_must_kill_the_iphone_4_the_sooner_the_better.html

This would explain why our carrier (Telstra) are offering bands to improve fringe reception, without saying why they are needed or how they work.

Be interested in anyone's comments on this.

Cheers Anton....

 

[DannyBoy]

It's a great phone! Also, there will be a new one out next year... Hmmmm it's been on backorder 3 weeks for 2 months now... Don't think people are massing to the droid website.....

 

[astroboy]

It's a great phone! Also, there will be a new one out next year... Hmmmm it's been on backorder 3 weeks for 2 months now... Don't think people are massing to the droid website.....

danny, my phone will be shipped to
my house this monday. and i wonder, is
there really an issue withe the iphone4?
so far, i haven't seen that much complaints
about it in the forums. does getting a case
really fix the issue?

i know friend of mine who has one and claims
that his calls always gets dropped, despite
having a bumper. but i cannot just take his
word for it, for like what i said. i do not see
any complains about the phone on this forum.

 

[DannyBoy]

Yes, getting a case or wrap fixes it. (no skin to antenna) I still don't have a case and it doesn't bother me. Low signal areas seem to have the most problems. So far I can make calls just like my 3GS.

 

[schoff0310]

My IP4 works fine with or without case. I have had a couple of dropped calls in my mothers house where unfortunately reception is terrible. Interesting her house is the only place I go where reception is a problem! Even in the middle of a store it's fine. Better than my 3GS.
I still love my phone!!

 

[Roy_Drage]

Haven't had a single dropped call. If I hold the phone in the 'death grip' then I can make the bars drop but never to the point where it completely loses reception. I don't even have a case.

For me there isn't an issue.

 

[trego]

No issue here though I also use a case. My home is in a low coverage area but I have had very few dropped calls which is more likely due the network not the phone as my past phones behaved in a similar manner and they were not i phones. I use WiFi for data to keep costs down.