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Has "Antennagate" put you off the iPhone 4?

By | July 20, 2010, 8:51am PDT

Summary: Has the whole “Antennagate” debacle put you off buying an iPhone 4, or is it all just a molehill magnified into a mountain?

Has the whole “Antennagate” debacle put you off buying an iPhone 4, or is it all just a molehill magnified into a mountain?

If the whole thing has put you off, you’re not alone. A poll carried out by IDC of IT professionals indicates that 66% of current iPhone owners will delay delay purchase because of he publicised antenna issue.

But of those who don’t already own an iPhone, 74% indicated that the antenna issue has had no effect on their purchasing plans.

So, what about you?

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Do you plan on buying an iPhone 4?

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RE: Has
Dee Facto 26th Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson

Agreed - me too, I've been an Apple evangelist/fan forever, but for Apple to try to compare electromagnetic absorption in the human body (something that happens with all radio devices and smartphones when near to bodies) with Apple's very different problem where an external antenna gets shorted/and its impedance changed thereby dropping 20 dbs/calls when you touch it. Well thats disingenuous and immoral. And just because it hasn't been isolated - is unforgivable. They are totally different technical issues. One is a fact of life and one is a design flaw.

If I were Nokia, Droid, etc etc, I would be raising law suits for defamation of their products' integrity (not just replying in the press as they are doing), because that's what Apple are doing by posting all those misleading videos. It could would be worth billions in potentially lost revenue for Apple's competitors....

Come on smartphone folks - Lawyer up!
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Loverock Davidson 20th Jul 2010
Yes this whole antennagate thing has put me off on the iPhone. The way Apple has handled everything thus far has been very amaturish at best. They didn't offer any real fixes or solutions, just trying to mask the problem. It took them forever to acknowledge the issue and when they did they tried to blame other phone manufacturers as well. As a potential customer how can I put my trust into Apple when all they have done thus far is side step the issue with the antenna? Are they going to continue to use these tactics in the future? If so then I will not consider an iPhone.
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Apple-calypse now
LBiege 20th Jul 2010
"I love the smell of a rotten apple in the morning. You know one time we had this shill conference to smear other companies. When it's over I looked up. I did not find one stinking attendee dumb enough to buy it. The smear. The distortion smear. The whole shill. It smells like ... ... ... misery.

Some day this fad is gonna end."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPXVGQnJm0w


"Sir it's hairy to put the antenna at this spot, isn't it? It's Charlie's point.

Charlie don't grip!!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLEjr4eg8rA
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ConstableOdo 21st Jul 2010
@LBiege
Pffft. Antennagate was just a bunch of FUD started by a group of iHating pricks that likely got paid by Gizmodo to get back at Apple. It will likely be found out that Gizmodo bribed Consumer Reports to not recommend the iPhone. Fortunately, CR is only worthy of testing things like toasters and vacuum cleaners. The iHating bloggers got the crapped kicked out of them and ended up scurrying back into their cockroach cracks. Steve Jobs told them to STFU by throwing Apple's quarter earnings into their FUD-smeared, ugly faces. Only a cheapskate wouldn't buy a case for an iPhone 4 to protect it from damage. Apple wins and the FUDsters lose.
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The Danger is Microsoft 20th Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson - Only Loverock would consider 2 weeks FOREVER!. Guess he has been doing crack FOREVER!
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ItsTheBottomLine 21st Jul 2010
@The Danger is Microsoft: me see's a pot and a kettle pointing fingers at each other while smoking the same pipe
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Pete "athynz" Athens 20th Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson So you are telling us that if "antennagate" had never happened, that if all 100% of the iPhone 4s had worked out of the box rather than the 98.3% that worked right out of the box (based on a return rate of 1.7% and presuming that the ones who returned it were unsatisfied and the one's who kept theirs were satisfied) that you would have bought an iPhone 4?

Really? YOU were going to buy an iPhone 4? I'm torn between letting this go on for a while and just calling bullsh1t now...
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Droid101 20th Jul 2010
@athynz
Return rate means nothing.
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RationalGuy 20th Jul 2010
@Droid101

Return rate means nothing.

"Return rate" means the rate at which items are returned. It's an excellent indicator of how satisfied customers are with a product.
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rhonin 20th Jul 2010
@RationalGuy

Which return rate?
Knowing Apple predaliction for number management is the number returned to the Apple Store, AT&T, or both?

popcorn......
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Pete "athynz" Athens 20th Jul 2010
@Droid101 - of course you'd say it means nothing because it would make everything the iPhone and Apple Haters have said a lie... or at best a distortion of the truth.
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return rate is not an indicator
cymru999 20th Jul 2010
Most early adopters will be apple fans in the first place and it will take more than this to shake them - but an admission that the big A is not perfect and has the "same problems as other phones" might prove to be the first crack in the holy grail - that was the point surely Apple products competed on the basis that they were both aesthetically appealing AND were believed to have unsurpassed quality. Steve Jobs shattered that myth for many in his press conference. How long term that is remains to be seen but it is sales over the next 6 months or so that will determine that and not a return rate.
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azurehi 21st Jul 2010
@athynz My answer is, Yes, I would have bought the iPhone4 were everything perfect. I still might if it becomes available on Verizon and a re-design occurs.
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Return rate
G8rsFan 21st Jul 2010
@athynz Return rate means people were so fed up they didn't want it anymore. I would love to return mine, but I need a phone, want the iPhone, and if I return it for another, I am currently going to get a phone with the same issues that this one has.
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You like to play the blame game, don't you?
vulpine@... 21st Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson: There's a significant difference between placing blame and pointing out that you're not the only one with similar problems. Placing blame, by definition, is accusing one individual or group of individuals of causing the problem--so you seriously misused the term, as have so many others. Of course, this also makes the majority of your comments suspect when you use the incorrect definition or incorrect word for what you intend.

With that said, the hoopla around 'Antennagate' is far worse than the issue itself. I'm not saying there's no issue, but the workaround is quite simple and I expect Apple placed a September 30th deadline on its 'free bumper' compromise for a reason. To continue to complain about Apple's responses is simply beating a dead horse.

You have every right to your own feelings about the product and every right to choose not to purchase one for yourself. However, I will respect my own feelings and make my own decisions without any one individual--not even Steve Jobs--influencing said decision alone. As yet, of the people who have purchased the iPhone 4, the vast majority have been quite satisfied with the product. To me, that says a lot more than the FUD put out by people who don't have and don't intend to purchase one.
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blakjak.au 21st Jul 2010
@vulpine@... Seriously? Try this on. Next time Microsoft has a major security issue in Windows, they call a press conference and say, "Look, you know security isn't just a Windows issue! Apple's OSX is in serious need of patching in fact it's the least secure OS on the market, Solaris is having some similar problems, Ubuntu has security patches a couple times a week, it's just part of the OS scene, but people always wanna cut us down cause we're successful".... Tell me truthfully, you'd be 100% okay with that?
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terjeb@... 22nd Jul 2010
@vulpine@... I slightly disagree that the "hoopla" around the antenna issue is the worst aspect of this thing. Apple handled the issue poorly, and honestly, they continue to handle it poorly. The disgusting display put on by Jobs where Apple made fun of raiding Jason Chen's house, trying to throw mud at Nokia and other cellphone suppliers was amateurish to the point that any sensible CEO would consider firing someone who screwed up as badly as Jobs did. Sadly there is nobody there to fire the incompetent idiot.

I am an iPhone user and I have upgraded each time. The new rules for developers, and Apples dictatorial stranglehold on the developer market is the reason my next phone will be either an Android or a Windows version. I love my iPhone but I will not stand idly by and watch as the mobile world is taken over by Yet Another Evil Empire. For smart phones, Apple is the Evil Empire, and they are using their market power to a degree no other company has ever done in any market. If Microsoft had behaved in the PC market the way Apple is in the mobile apps market, the government would not have limited it self to fining Microsoft, they would have forcefully broken it up.
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Blame?
becabill Updated - 22nd Jul 2010
@vulpine@... Who can Jobs blame but Jobs?
I come from the public saafety communications realm and and I can say without a doubt that had this kind of problem occurred with a PST radio there would be lawsuits flying. Equipment should be tested nine ways from Sunday and problems like this addressed before being released . Apple probably knew of the problem and in a rush to market decided to turn a blind eye to it. There was an easy fix, but no, it would have affected the margin.
And I have no love for Consumer Reports, but their specialty is consumer products, and that's what the iPhone 4 is. That's what you're buying, and that's the way Apple is treating it.
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my iPhone works perfectly fine
KellyRay1@... 21st Jul 2010
I got a new iPhone 4 a few weeks ago and i have not been able to reproduce any of the problem people are reporting. The people who i know who have bought a new iPhone 4 have not had any issues with it either. It looks to me that the people who are complaining about thier iPhone 4 are the same people who would complain about winning the lottery becuase it was only 10 million.
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OK
becabill 22nd Jul 2010
@KellyRay1@... You're probably is a good AT&T coverage area. Consider yourself lucky.
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Proximity sensor much bigger issue
G8rsFan 21st Jul 2010
I am a long time Apple supporter. I have owned or currently own MacBooks, Mac Minis, Apple TVs, all iPhones and at least 1 dozen iPods. I think that the iPhone 4 is an amazing piece of hardware.

With that being said, I also think that this is the first time that Apple has released a product with major issues that need to be resolved. Unfortunately for us, it also happens to coincide with the largest early sales of any device, so the issues are magnified. I am sure that the Newton, etc. had problems like this but since so few were initially sold, it didn't reverberate through the market like this.

I personally feel that the proximity sensor issue is a MUCH BIGGER issue than the antenna. I am CONSTANTLY hanging up on people when I try and cradle my phone between my shoulder and my head. Additionally I think that there is an issue with the Bluetooth radio in the iPhone 4 (probably due to the same antenna issue) that is causing my Bluetooth headset that has always worked great with iPhones to have spotty service at best.

Apple has never had to deal with a backlash of this magnitude in the past, and it has not been handled well. I think that they are having growing pains on the grandest stage. We all know that our Apple products give us the feeling that we are better than others. Unfortunately Apple is currently behaving that way in its response to this issue, and it is leaving a sour taste in many peoples' mouths.

I personally think that they need to do a hardware recall of the phone and deliver one that not only is amazing on the inside, but is amazing on the outside.

This issue will be a case study in this sort of problem for years to come, possibly right up there with Ford and Toyota. Overall the phone is a great piece of consumer electronics, but with customers that are so used to perfection, Apple is learning that they set the bar way too high this time, and can't seem to jump over it right now.
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I can't beleive you really said
becabill 22nd Jul 2010
@G8rsFan "We all know that our Apple products give us the feeling that we are better than others."
Were you being facetious?
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Survey Says!
dheady@... 22nd Jul 2010
In the survey why not have a category of "I own an iPhone 4 and am totally satisfied with it and plan on buying more"?
Because of bias.
This whole tempest in a teapot has been enlightening only in that all the Apple haters have come out of the woodwork to peck away at the giant. I watched the press conference from beginning to end and found Jobs to be both humble and responsive to the issue. Framing the 'issue' in the context of return numbers and Genius bar complaints puts some realistic perspective on it. Success breeds resentment among the less than successful and that has never been more apparent than in this venue. The vast majority of whining and profound pronouncements of Apple's fall come from those who firstly would probably not be caught dead with a device displaying an Apple logo and secondly would most likely be caught soldering an old motherboard in their parent's basement.
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nickdangerthirdi@... 22nd Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson Its not antennagate that has put me off but the Steve Jobs Fascism that is keeping me from upgrading to the IPhone 4, that and the fact that its simply just not that great a device, sure it has a nice screen, but it has a substandard camera, and unless you jailbreak it (which technically voids the warranty) you are stuck living in the world that apple wants you to be in, regardless of what you the customer wants, Jobs will tell you what you can run on your device and what you cant, Jobs will filter you experience for you, and you will only run things that he deems are useful, you don't matter, apple knows what you want.... Have fun living in your fascist world....
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The antenna works,
becabill 22nd Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson, it just doesn't work well. If the iphone 4 was on a better network, this problem might not be so noticeable. Frankly, it's the reliance on AT&T that puts me off more than anything else.
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don't be put off. . .
parker.t8 24th Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson
I don't understand why there has been such a big sink about the iPhone 4. I own an iPhone 4, my first iPhone actually, and I HAVE NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS WHATS SO EVER! No dropped calls, etc. . .
I love it!
I understand that SOME people has complained of having antenna issues and if so then getting a free bumper and or case for it is no biggie! I'm getting one to protect my investment. The iPhone 4 is all glass and metal and feels like its worth the $200 buck I spent on it. And works like a charm!
I've owned plenty of other cell phones with antenna issues and I don't remember ever hearing anything about that. My Nokia had issues, if my fingers got to close to the antenna, but I learned to hold the phone in a different way. So did my Motorola. So, give me a break!
It saddens me when I read the ranting of people who their only pleasure in life is to knock down others. (it must make them feel more superior, they need help)
What the hex is wrong with humanity these days?!!
Here we have talented people working hard to produce products that makes our lives easier and give us joy. No one is forcing anyone to by these products!
And I'm not only talking about the Apple employees. Though I must say that any time that I have dealt with an Apple employee, with any problem, they have been more than helpful for me.
I just don't get it, why do people feel that they HAVE TO FEED INTO THE MEDIAS Hype! The good hype or bad hype?! I just don't get it. . .
People just need to chill!
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Dee Facto 26th Jul 2010
@Loverock Davidson

Agreed - me too, I've been an Apple evangelist/fan forever, but for Apple to try to compare electromagnetic absorption in the human body (something that happens with all radio devices and smartphones when near to bodies) with Apple's very different problem where an external antenna gets shorted/and its impedance changed thereby dropping 20 dbs/calls when you touch it. Well thats disingenuous and immoral. And just because it hasn't been isolated - is unforgivable. They are totally different technical issues. One is a fact of life and one is a design flaw.

If I were Nokia, Droid, etc etc, I would be raising law suits for defamation of their products' integrity (not just replying in the press as they are doing), because that's what Apple are doing by posting all those misleading videos. It could would be worth billions in potentially lost revenue for Apple's competitors....

Come on smartphone folks - Lawyer up!
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No, this has been pure entertainment for me
NonZealot 20th Jul 2010
I will still be buying an iPhone 4 when it comes to Canada but I have loved, LOVED, LOVED every minute of antenna-gate!! Watching Apple zealots squirm has been truly delicious. And Steve Jobs needs some major PR training because his handling of this has been disastrous. He has truly come off sounding like the whiny b!tch he is.

That being said, I think Apple's actions have been correct. This didn't require a recall but they needed to show some sort of acknowledgement of the issue. Free cases was the perfect response.

I've got to run, I'm almost out of popcorn! happy
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The Danger is Microsoft 20th Jul 2010
@NonZealot - But, but, the iPhone is an Apple product! You can't remove iOS and replace it with Windoze CE, er, WinMo, er, Windows embedded, er, WinPhone 7, er, whatever. Please scan your receipt and post it else everyone on this board (old school term) will not believe that you actually paid for an Apple product (well, you do have a MacBook Pro but replaced the OS with a Windows flavor of the year).
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He won't be buying an iPhone
oncall 20th Jul 2010
@The Danger is Microsoft

Foxconn, enough said.
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So what does that mean?
NonZealot 20th Jul 2010
@The Danger is Microsoft
But, but, the iPhone is an Apple product!

You are now going to have to find some way of aligning your belief (that I hate everything Apple) with reality (I buy Apple products when it makes sense). Or, you could realize that your belief is wrong and then you don't need to go through any painful mental gymnastics to make your belief fit with an incompatible reality.

Please scan your receipt

I think I'll pass, thanks for the suggestion though! I do find it funny how Apple zealots won't believe that I bought a MacBook Pro even though I've been very frank about how fantastic the hardware is. If I was lying about my purchase to make Apple look bad, one would think that I would say nasty things about my MBP. Then again, I've given up trying to understand you zealots a long time ago. You simply don't think like rational people do. happy

post it else everyone on this board (old school term)

Ha. BBS. Good times. You are old. happy
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It appears NonZealot is becoming a Cultist
vulpine@... 21st Jul 2010
@The Danger is Microsoft: More and more he claims to own or in the process of purchasing some Apple product for his own use, despite his apparent hatred for anything Apple. Why? Is it because Apple products are proving to be better products after all? Is he finally falling to the hype and being tempted by the Dark Side of the Force? (Or is Microsoft the Empire and he's just discovered that the rebels were right all along?)

For one of the very few times I can remember, I agree with his second paragraph. To even consider a recall of a device that is not inherently dangerous is simply stupid financially. Apple acknowledged the issue and offered more than one workaround--including a full refund if you are not satisfied with your purchase.
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I12BPhil 21st Jul 2010
@NonZealot ...reading your post about loving every minute of it, running out of popcorn, claiming intent to buy one and then claiming not to hate all things Apple...all after reading many of your one sided and vehement posts...

Yeah, apparently you're not too familiar with the term 'transparent'.
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maskman01 20th Jul 2010
@NonZealot

What carrier?

I've tried to "death grip" my 3GS on Rogers and can't get it to drop a bar. I've also tried to do the same to my sister in law's which is on Telus and got the same (lack of) result.

I managed to get my hands on a few of the other phones that were identified and couldn't get them to do it either. I wonder if all the identified phones were on AT&T. wink

Even though I have the 3GS I still haven't upgraded since the 3G. (I managed to get a free 3GS). I want an HD camera for recording my wife's dance recitals and would consider the iPhone 4 since I could ebay my 3GS and it would probably pay for the iPhone 4.

Right now it looks like the 3GS may be Apple's best iPhone and I'm happy to stick with it. If the iPhone 4's main weakness is like the rest of the iPhone's (AT&T) then I may upgrade. For now I will play the waiting game. Let me know how things go for you.
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Will do
NonZealot 20th Jul 2010
@maskman01
Let me know how things go for you.

I'm am not expecting the death grip to be an issue but I will be sure to report back on it when I'm able.
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space1nvaders 21st Jul 2010
@maskman01
I have the iPhone 4 and for almost a month have not had a dropped call and can even talk in the supermarket where I used to lose signal with my 3GS. I love the phone and highly recommend it as a customer to a potential customer. Ignore all that stuff you hear. It's a great phone and you won't be disappointed.
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You mean...
becabill 22nd Jul 2010
@maskman01 ...you might actually buy something based on performance and features instead of the logo? Truly rad, man!
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steve@... 21st Jul 2010
@NonZealot

Best synopsis ever! 'Nuff said.
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I love my iPhone 3G!
The Danger is Microsoft 20th Jul 2010
While I do adore all things Apple (I have 3 iMacs, 1 G5 Tower, 2 iPods, 1 MacBook Pro and the iPhone 3G) I am consigned to wait until Rev 2 of the iPhone 4 before I buy it. My contract with ATT is now up but I will still wait. I know I won't be disappointed with the updated iPhone 4.
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zdnetbtg 20th Jul 2010
Non-issue gone. Next!
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Pete "athynz" Athens 20th Jul 2010
Truthfully it has played a bit of a role - not so much the fact there was an issue... one overblown by the Apple haters and bloggers who regurgitate each other's posts... but because of Steve Job's response... I agree that he was cranky, arrogant, and b1tchy - and dead on with the RIM products as I have had issues with my BBs.

What has really kept me waiting is the lack of stock on hand and that there has not been a jailbreak for the iPhone 4...
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You can't have had issues with your BB since I havent had issues with my BB
NonZealot 20th Jul 2010
@athynz
and dead on with the RIM products as I have had issues with my BBs

IMPOSSIBLE!!! I haven't had reception issues with my BB so you must be lying about your issues! Isn't that how the Apple zealot logic goes or does it only apply when it is suitable for you? wink

Cue the double standards...

Seriously though, my BB is boring mostly because it truly does "Just Work". Everyone I know who has a BB feels the same way: boring... but "Just Works".

I simply don't understand why it is so hard for you guys to admit that the antenna isn't a strong point of the iPhone but that the phone as a whole works well enough that you don't care. You guys only look bad when you try to deny reality and say that BlackBerries and Nokias are just as bad as the iPhone when that simply isn't true.
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taylor@... Updated - 20th Jul 2010
I have never had a problem or anything short of great performance on the iPhone 4. That doesn't mean I won't when I travel to some place where reception sucks.
But I already know that with just about every other phone I had, if I have poor reception, I try to hold the phone so that it gets better reception. The iPhone 4 is no different.
I've had the iPhone 4 since launch day. The Apple press conference has only satisfied my concerns and solidified my resolve to stick with it. It's a great phone.
Most of the people complaining and making all of the noise don't have iPhones, never planned to, and will attack the iPhone at any convenience. Most iPhone 4 owners are quiet an very happy.
(oops, didn't intend this to be a reply, just a post.)
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Pete "athynz" Athens 20th Jul 2010
@NonZealot
and dead on with the RIM products as I have had issues with my BBs

IMPOSSIBLE!!! I haven't had reception issues with my BB so you must be lying about your issues! Isn't that how the Apple zealot logic goes or does it only apply when it is suitable for you?

LOL! That IS indeed the Apple Zealot argument... which is a point of view I just do not share. I've never claimed that the iPhone 4 does not have reception issues but that the issues were overblown by the media, ZDNet bloggers looking for page hits (which as usual works well for them), and the Apple Haters. I do like my BB - the trackpad is far superior to the trackball and the archaic trackwheel - but I like my iPhone better.

Cue the double standards...

Done by someone on here I'm sure just not by me...

Seriously though, my BB is boring mostly because it truly does "Just Work". Everyone I know who has a BB feels the same way: boring... but "Just Works".

Mine works most of the time - and when it get's slow I perform a battery pull... which is the one thing I do like about a replaceable battery. The iPhone does have a method of doing a reboot which is as effective as a battery pull is for a BB.

I simply don't understand why it is so hard for you guys to admit that the antenna isn't a strong point of the iPhone but that the phone as a whole works well enough that you don't care. You guys only look bad when you try to deny reality and say that BlackBerries and Nokias are just as bad as the iPhone when that simply isn't true.

Like I said I never claimed there were no reception issues - if I had an iPhone 4 and had those issues I'd have already exchanged it once and if it still happened I'd have returned it and waited for the next iPhone incarnation... Just like I did with my older model Curve. So far so good my new BB has much better reception... Although if I was not locked into it because of work I'd have gotten an Incredible... But in my experience with BBs and iPhones I'd have to say that yes the issues with the BB is as bad as the issues with the iPhone.
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rhonin 20th Jul 2010
Adrian,

You need one more option:
Bought an iPhone 4 - moved on to something else

Hang tight... need to run to the store.
I'm out of popcorn.....
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sjones@... 20th Jul 2010
The loss of the "Unlimited data plan" from AT&T has killed all my iPhone use.
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Pete "athynz" Athens 20th Jul 2010
@sjones@... If you already had an unlimited data plan with AT&T then you would not have "lost" it when getting an iPhone.
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thofts 21st Jul 2010
@athynz

TROLL
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None of the above
lzcenter_z 20th Jul 2010
I didn't respond to the poll because I am still on the fence. (No option for that response. I WANT to buy an iPhone, but am waiting for the next shoe to drop. There may be a lot of people out there who don't read ZDNet and who are also still confused. FUD abounds.

Early adopters are gone. Early majority are partially gone. The huge rest of the market awaits. Android lurks.

I am amazed other smartphone companies have not launched ad campaigns panning the death grip.

So the brinkmanship game is on. September awaits.
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thofts 21st Jul 2010
@lzcenter_z
>I am amazed other smartphone companies have not launched ad campaigns panning the death grip.

They realize is is a non-issue for anyone with a brain.
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It's always been the consumer's choice
Carlos Alvarez Updated - 20th Jul 2010
a. Return the phone.

or...

b. Buy a case.

But either way, shut the hell up and quit whining. This is what Jobs said, and what he needed to say. The fact that he didn't bow to the whining is impressive, as most companies just cower and become jelly under pressure.

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