Consumer Reports (CR) publishes data and opinion about products. While the data may be scientifically sound, it is the opinion expressed through the rating that may be open to question. It is perfectly reasonable for people to raise questions about ratings from time to time and for CR to either defend or amend them in response.
The conflict between CR's "can't recommend" rating and consumer's overall high rating indicates to me that the antenna issue is not considered significant by users as it is easily fixed by fitting a case (as most people do anyway).
Given that the antenna is fundamental to the design of the phone, I can't see this issue being fixed until the next generation is released. In the meantime, it would be much better if Apple admitted to the issue and provided helpful workarounds such as ways of holding the phone that avoid the issue and the types of cases or covers that are most effective.
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