If/when iPhone5 is released with larger screen/phone, it is going to make a lot of people complain.
That depends on how it will affect the usability of the device. If they can make a larger display without affecting the how the device feels in your hand by reduce the screen border to make it about the same width and making it thinner so that one handed operation can still work with a full thumb swipe then I'm all for it. If it becomes one of those excessive Android devices then it's not for me.
That depends on how it will affect the usability of the device. If they can make a larger display without affecting the how the device feels in your hand by reduce the screen border to make it about the same width and making it thinner so that one handed operation can still work with a full thumb swipe then I'm all for it. If it becomes one of those excessive Android devices then it's not for me.
I have found that Consumer Report not to be trustworthy any more. I'm not sure but they appear to be selling out on their reviews.
During the past few years I have bought several products based on their recommendations and have found them to be totally wrong.
As for the iphone, I have had the iphone 3 and the iphone 4 and my experience has been that the iphone 4 had a better antenna than the iphone 3. I have to say I never had any antenna "problems" with either. The iphone 4 has given me better reception in more places.
Most of my friends with Androids made their purchase strictly on price, even though they knew were getting a less quality phone experience.
1. Consumer Reports says that the iPhone 4's antenna issue is a major problem and even though it's the top rated phone, they can't recommend it because of the antenna issue.
2. Consumer Reports says that the iPhone 4S doesn't have an antenna problem.
3. Consumer Reports recommends the Samsung Galaxy S and Motorola Droid Bionic over the iPhone 4S - even though these hones have the same antenna issue that stopped CR from recommending the iPhone 4.
Can you say 'hypocrite'?
Uh no...
The iPhone4 has the same problem as all the other phones PLUS it has the problem where if you bridge the antennas with one finger, it loses connection.
There is no ideal size. Apple used the screen size they did because they felt it was the best size then, and also felt that the size of the phone was the best. Of course, we're talking about "best" meaning "for most people". And that seems to be the truth considering that Apple's phones are the highest selling models for about every carrier around the world where they're offered (and sometimes where they're not!).
But that doesn't mean that times won't change, and what might have been best for several years is now not best. That hard to say. I would like a slightly larger screen if only that means that the phone won't grow a lot as well. I believe that a lot of people feel the same way.
Apple's phones appeal to kids and adults. Hand sizes very accordingly. Other makers have a bunch of models, but Apple doesn't. So Apple has to make what most people would like. It's also why Apple makes more profit. All of their efforts are surrounding a single new model, whereas other companies have to pay to make a number, splitting their efforts and sales. Cost of development, manufacturing, and every other area cost more for each of those phones, cutting their profits. That's not good either.
So, apparently next year, we'll see a larger screen. According to the CEO of Hon Hai, Apple's manufacturing partner, they would have had that this year, except they had problems fitting the components into the slimmer phone.
The iPhone4 has the same problem as all the other phones PLUS it has the problem where if you bridge the antennas with one finger, it loses connection.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force. You really do have to grab the phone in a very uncomfortable position to make the problem serious. But if you're in an area with pretty bad reception anyway, where it's marginal, this will often cause the call to drop, or not allow it. On the other hand (no pun intended, but what the heck!), I've made calls with the phone that my older 3G couldn't make.
My 1925 house has brick exterior and a number of brick interior walls. It also has a steel mesh nailed to the wood lath that has .75" mortar and .25" plaster on the walls and ceilings. It's almost like living in a Faraday cage. I need not only the Airport Extreme, but three Expresses to get WiFi all through the house and basement. So you can imagine that 3G is pretty weak in parts of the house, and it is.
The 4 was better than the 3G in difficult areas there, but in a couple of spots got no signal of any kind. The 4s is better all around, though WiFi is still a problem in those same spots. I expect the new Extreme will solve most of that, as testing shows it's much stronger, and can reach spots where the original one didn't.
But overall, the 4 has been pretty good, while the 4s is better.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force. You really do have to grab the phone in a very uncomfortable position to make the problem serious. But if you're in an area with pretty bad reception anyway, where it's marginal, this will often cause the call to drop, or not allow it. On the other hand (no pun intended, but what the heck!), I've made calls with the phone that my older 3G couldn't make.
Not trying to be rude and I understand you want to say no. But you are really saying yes.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force.
Yes really. I have a 4 and all it takes is a light touch bridging the antenna gap. That can be with a finger tip or (far more commonly) the base of the thumb. Otherwise the iPhone 4 radio performance is much better than the 3GS.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force. You really do have to grab the phone in a very uncomfortable position to make the problem serious. But if you're in an area with pretty bad reception anyway, where it's marginal, this will often cause the call to drop, or not allow it. On the other hand (no pun intended, but what the heck!), I've made calls with the phone that my older 3G couldn't make.
I work on many systems in older homes and your problems are typical. But gosh, most of these older houses have brickwork and trim that you could not have built today!
The iPhone4 has the same problem as all the other phones PLUS it has the problem where if you bridge the antennas with one finger, it loses connection.
Uh no?
AnandTech showed the iPhone 4 attenuated more than other phones but also noted it could make and hold calls in places other phones cold not even maintain an established connection so that even with a lower dB rating it was still a better option than other calls.
There article last year was the cause of the change made to dB levels as represented by bars but it was neither an AT&T issue or an Apple issue. A drop from 5 to 2 bars does not mean a 60% drop in signal strength. zero bars doesn't mean no carrier connection.
Apple did what any reasonable persona expected, they improved on a revolutionary design. They didn't recall the iPhone 4; in fact, they kept it as the flagship device for an unprecedented time. They now have 2 out of three of their selling models using this exterior antenna. So much for the worldwide recall¡
That "symptom" was a function of the displayed signal strength rather than an accurate reflection of signal strength.
What a troll. Dishonest to the core.
So the phone didn't lose an abnormal amount of signal strength simply by placing a finger on a specific spot?
Bad reading or not (the same code they've had for years to display signal strength btw) that is a design flaw.
Again. It is not as big as people trumped it up to be, and I feel the benefits of the iPhone 4 outweigh the signal problem...(especially as a user who uses a phone mostly as a mini computer than an actual phone) but there was still a problem...which doesn't happen with the new phone...
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Originally Posted by Rob55
There seems to be a contradiction in your question. You speak of an area where the connection was not strong enough, yet you also say that the signal would go from full to no bars. How does the phone have full bars if the signal is "not strong enough"?
To answer the question, I say false. With "full signal" on my iPhone 4, I cannot make it go to "no bars" by bridging the two antennas in the lower left corner of the phone. With "full bars", the best I can detune the antenna is two bars (maybe 3 if I press really hard). This was particularly true after the firmware update that modified how the iPhone 4 displayed signal strength. Of course, I also have to say that this is specifically with my iPhone 4 and those of a couple of friends of mine.
The way it worked (I use to know precisely) is that the way bars were read allowed a relatively weak signal to read as full and the slightest detuning would cause it to shift a few dB ranges to go from full to low but in a relatively strong signal the same loss would go from full to full (unnoticeable)
It was a real issue....not as big an issue as people assumed...but an issue nonetheless in the design of the iPhone 4...I don't agree with CR's initial report, but I do understand it. (I also don't get how they rate anyways as they sound like a bunch of clueless fools to begin with)
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Originally Posted by solipsism
True of False:The bars are neither a scientific measure of signal strength or the ability to make calls.
True of False: AnandTech, the site that originally cracked the story, have shown that even with attenuation the iPhone 4 was able to connect and make a call in areas that other phones could not.
Different phones react differently in different situations. Point was the iPhone 4 lost a significant amount of signal simply by bridging the gap. Design flaw, not a huge flaw, but it existed.
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Originally Posted by kenhawk
My iPhone 4 did not work in various parts of my home. My iPhone 4S works everywhere. While I'm not a C.R. fan by any means, they were right about the antenna issue, from my experience. While the faster processor and Siri are nice, it's the phone's reception that matters the most to me...and the 4S delivers.
So the phone didn't lose an abnormal amount of signal strength simply by placing a finger on a specific spot?
Point out in the Cellular Devices Bars Rating Guide that details what is normal and abnormal. You've made it clear that everything the iPhone does is wrong, bad and abnormal and that everything other phones do is great, right and normal, yet the evidence of the iPhone 4's sales and usability clearly show the device is not only usable but the best device that many have used making it the highest selling smartphone model over the past 1.5 years.
I guess you could argue that no one makes calls anymore, that people are only using data wilst on WiFi, and they bought the iPhone to be sheeple even though the device sucks, but you'd be wrong yet again.
Lets take a look at the definition of decibel
decibel |ˈdɛsəˌbɛl|(abbr.: dB )
noun
a unit used to measure the intensity of a sound or the power level of an electrical signal by comparing it with a given level on a logarithmic scale.
Now lets take a look at the difference as detailed by AnandTech...
Holing naturally:
iPhone 4: 19.8
iPhone 3GS: 1.9
HTC Nexus One: 10.7
First of all you's claiming the HTC Nexus One, which is closer to the iPhone 4 than it is to the iPhone 3GS is "normal" so I guess that means the 3GS is abnormal. Or could the 3GS be "normal" and the iPhone 4 and Nexus One both be "abnormal". You don't make any intelligent distinction simply because you can't stomach saying anything negative about a non-Apple product.
So that's holing anturaly, but what about cupping tightly? II'm glad you asked)...
Cupping Tightly:
iPhone 4: 24.6\t
iPhone 3GS: 14.3\t
HTC Nexus One: 17.7
Now we see something else you forgot to mention. The iPhone 4 change in signal strength was 4.8 dB, the 3GS was 12.4 dB, and the Nexus One was 7.0 dB. So we have the three generation old Phone 3GS with the most change in attenuation, the Nexus One with with the 2nd best and the iPhone 4 with the least amount of attenuation. That goes against your claim that the iPhone 4 loses the most.
To quote AnandTech...
From my day of testing, I've determined that the iPhone 4 performs much better than the 3GS in situations where signal is very low, at -113 dBm (1 bar). Previously, dropping this low all but guaranteed that calls would drop, fail to be placed, and data would no longer be transacted at all. I can honestly say that I've never held onto so many calls and data simultaneously on 1 bar at -113 dBm as I have with the iPhone 4, so it's readily apparent that the new baseband hardware is much more sensitive compared to what was in the 3GS. The difference is that reception is massively better on the iPhone 4 in actual use.
Now lets consider (yet again) that the iPhone 4 was the only device to work when the rating was so low. If you take the minimum dB that each phone will work and then move up from there, not down from 0.0 dB, you get a phone that is a revolution in design, the reason why the iphone 4 is so popular, and why the iPhone 4S follows it's lead with an externally placed antenna.
There seems to be a contradiction in your question. You speak of an area where the connection was not strong enough, yet you also say that the signal would go from full to no bars. How does the phone have full bars if the signal is "not strong enough"?
You've forgotten Apple's interesting "oops, we made a mistake" in the software routine that overstated signal strength and displayed artificially higher bars on the iPhone? Apple corrected that mistake (yeah, right) so that an area where signal strength was being overstated as a "4" would correctly show as "2," for example.
You've forgotten Apple's interesting "oops, we made a mistake" in the software routine that overstated signal strength and displayed artificially higher bars on the iPhone? Apple corrected that mistake (yeah, right) so that an area where signal strength was being overstated as a "4" would correctly show as "2," for example.
I guess you can say Apple made a mistake in that they didn't adjust it for the new antenna design, but technically there is no "right" or "legal" way to represent the bars. Even after the change they are not evenly spaced between dB levels. As you can see anything 5 bars is anything up to −75 dB and the difference down to zero bars is only 46 dB.
PS: I can't be sure but I don't think the other iPhones that got the 4.0.1 update also got the new dB rating that goes down to −121.
Did you not read my post? 3.5" within the ideal goalposts for the size of the device encasing the display. Again, if you can add a larger display without making the phone feel larger thus reducing it's one-hand usability then the goalposts for what is ideal will grow to include a larger display.
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Awesome.
So according to these bozo's, "bigger screen = better phone".
Awesome.
Big screen bozos
If/when iPhone5 is released with larger screen/phone, it is going to make a lot of folks on this board complain.
True or False:
If/when iPhone5 is released with larger screen/phone, it is going to make a lot of people complain.
That depends on how it will affect the usability of the device. If they can make a larger display without affecting the how the device feels in your hand by reduce the screen border to make it about the same width and making it thinner so that one handed operation can still work with a full thumb swipe then I'm all for it. If it becomes one of those excessive Android devices then it's not for me.
That depends on how it will affect the usability of the device. If they can make a larger display without affecting the how the device feels in your hand by reduce the screen border to make it about the same width and making it thinner so that one handed operation can still work with a full thumb swipe then I'm all for it. If it becomes one of those excessive Android devices then it's not for me.
You mean, 3.5" is not the ideal screen size?
During the past few years I have bought several products based on their recommendations and have found them to be totally wrong.
As for the iphone, I have had the iphone 3 and the iphone 4 and my experience has been that the iphone 4 had a better antenna than the iphone 3. I have to say I never had any antenna "problems" with either. The iphone 4 has given me better reception in more places.
Most of my friends with Androids made their purchase strictly on price, even though they knew were getting a less quality phone experience.
OK. Let's see if we can follow this:
1. Consumer Reports says that the iPhone 4's antenna issue is a major problem and even though it's the top rated phone, they can't recommend it because of the antenna issue.
2. Consumer Reports says that the iPhone 4S doesn't have an antenna problem.
3. Consumer Reports recommends the Samsung Galaxy S and Motorola Droid Bionic over the iPhone 4S - even though these hones have the same antenna issue that stopped CR from recommending the iPhone 4.
Can you say 'hypocrite'?
Uh no...
The iPhone4 has the same problem as all the other phones PLUS it has the problem where if you bridge the antennas with one finger, it loses connection.
So according to these bozo's, "bigger screen = better phone".
Awesome.
For some... Come back when you need reading glasses.
You mean, 3.5" is not the ideal screen size?
There is no ideal size. Apple used the screen size they did because they felt it was the best size then, and also felt that the size of the phone was the best. Of course, we're talking about "best" meaning "for most people". And that seems to be the truth considering that Apple's phones are the highest selling models for about every carrier around the world where they're offered (and sometimes where they're not!).
But that doesn't mean that times won't change, and what might have been best for several years is now not best. That hard to say. I would like a slightly larger screen if only that means that the phone won't grow a lot as well. I believe that a lot of people feel the same way.
Apple's phones appeal to kids and adults. Hand sizes very accordingly. Other makers have a bunch of models, but Apple doesn't. So Apple has to make what most people would like. It's also why Apple makes more profit. All of their efforts are surrounding a single new model, whereas other companies have to pay to make a number, splitting their efforts and sales. Cost of development, manufacturing, and every other area cost more for each of those phones, cutting their profits. That's not good either.
So, apparently next year, we'll see a larger screen. According to the CEO of Hon Hai, Apple's manufacturing partner, they would have had that this year, except they had problems fitting the components into the slimmer phone.
Uh no...
The iPhone4 has the same problem as all the other phones PLUS it has the problem where if you bridge the antennas with one finger, it loses connection.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force. You really do have to grab the phone in a very uncomfortable position to make the problem serious. But if you're in an area with pretty bad reception anyway, where it's marginal, this will often cause the call to drop, or not allow it. On the other hand (no pun intended, but what the heck!), I've made calls with the phone that my older 3G couldn't make.
My 1925 house has brick exterior and a number of brick interior walls. It also has a steel mesh nailed to the wood lath that has .75" mortar and .25" plaster on the walls and ceilings. It's almost like living in a Faraday cage. I need not only the Airport Extreme, but three Expresses to get WiFi all through the house and basement. So you can imagine that 3G is pretty weak in parts of the house, and it is.
The 4 was better than the 3G in difficult areas there, but in a couple of spots got no signal of any kind. The 4s is better all around, though WiFi is still a problem in those same spots. I expect the new Extreme will solve most of that, as testing shows it's much stronger, and can reach spots where the original one didn't.
But overall, the 4 has been pretty good, while the 4s is better.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force. You really do have to grab the phone in a very uncomfortable position to make the problem serious. But if you're in an area with pretty bad reception anyway, where it's marginal, this will often cause the call to drop, or not allow it. On the other hand (no pun intended, but what the heck!), I've made calls with the phone that my older 3G couldn't make.
Not trying to be rude and I understand you want to say no. But you are really saying yes.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force.
Yes really. I have a 4 and all it takes is a light touch bridging the antenna gap. That can be with a finger tip or (far more commonly) the base of the thumb. Otherwise the iPhone 4 radio performance is much better than the 3GS.
Not really. I have a 4, and the problem isn't that easy to force. You really do have to grab the phone in a very uncomfortable position to make the problem serious. But if you're in an area with pretty bad reception anyway, where it's marginal, this will often cause the call to drop, or not allow it. On the other hand (no pun intended, but what the heck!), I've made calls with the phone that my older 3G couldn't make.
I work on many systems in older homes and your problems are typical. But gosh, most of these older houses have brickwork and trim that you could not have built today!
Uh no...
The iPhone4 has the same problem as all the other phones PLUS it has the problem where if you bridge the antennas with one finger, it loses connection.
Uh no?
AnandTech showed the iPhone 4 attenuated more than other phones but also noted it could make and hold calls in places other phones cold not even maintain an established connection so that even with a lower dB rating it was still a better option than other calls.
There article last year was the cause of the change made to dB levels as represented by bars but it was neither an AT&T issue or an Apple issue. A drop from 5 to 2 bars does not mean a 60% drop in signal strength. zero bars doesn't mean no carrier connection.
Apple did what any reasonable persona expected, they improved on a revolutionary design. They didn't recall the iPhone 4; in fact, they kept it as the flagship device for an unprecedented time. They now have 2 out of three of their selling models using this exterior antenna. So much for the worldwide recall¡
true or false:
That "symptom" was a function of the displayed signal strength rather than an accurate reflection of signal strength.
What a troll. Dishonest to the core.
So the phone didn't lose an abnormal amount of signal strength simply by placing a finger on a specific spot?
Bad reading or not (the same code they've had for years to display signal strength btw) that is a design flaw.
Again. It is not as big as people trumped it up to be, and I feel the benefits of the iPhone 4 outweigh the signal problem...(especially as a user who uses a phone mostly as a mini computer than an actual phone) but there was still a problem...which doesn't happen with the new phone...
There seems to be a contradiction in your question. You speak of an area where the connection was not strong enough, yet you also say that the signal would go from full to no bars. How does the phone have full bars if the signal is "not strong enough"?
To answer the question, I say false. With "full signal" on my iPhone 4, I cannot make it go to "no bars" by bridging the two antennas in the lower left corner of the phone. With "full bars", the best I can detune the antenna is two bars (maybe 3 if I press really hard). This was particularly true after the firmware update that modified how the iPhone 4 displayed signal strength. Of course, I also have to say that this is specifically with my iPhone 4 and those of a couple of friends of mine.
The way it worked (I use to know precisely) is that the way bars were read allowed a relatively weak signal to read as full and the slightest detuning would cause it to shift a few dB ranges to go from full to low but in a relatively strong signal the same loss would go from full to full (unnoticeable)
It was a real issue....not as big an issue as people assumed...but an issue nonetheless in the design of the iPhone 4...I don't agree with CR's initial report, but I do understand it. (I also don't get how they rate anyways as they sound like a bunch of clueless fools to begin with)
True of False:The bars are neither a scientific measure of signal strength or the ability to make calls.
True of False: AnandTech, the site that originally cracked the story, have shown that even with attenuation the iPhone 4 was able to connect and make a call in areas that other phones could not.
Different phones react differently in different situations. Point was the iPhone 4 lost a significant amount of signal simply by bridging the gap. Design flaw, not a huge flaw, but it existed.
My iPhone 4 did not work in various parts of my home. My iPhone 4S works everywhere. While I'm not a C.R. fan by any means, they were right about the antenna issue, from my experience. While the faster processor and Siri are nice, it's the phone's reception that matters the most to me...and the 4S delivers.
I guess this means you're a troll now...
So the phone didn't lose an abnormal amount of signal strength simply by placing a finger on a specific spot?
Point out in the Cellular Devices Bars Rating Guide that details what is normal and abnormal. You've made it clear that everything the iPhone does is wrong, bad and abnormal and that everything other phones do is great, right and normal, yet the evidence of the iPhone 4's sales and usability clearly show the device is not only usable but the best device that many have used making it the highest selling smartphone model over the past 1.5 years.
I guess you could argue that no one makes calls anymore, that people are only using data wilst on WiFi, and they bought the iPhone to be sheeple even though the device sucks, but you'd be wrong yet again.
Lets take a look at the definition of decibel Now lets take a look at the difference as detailed by AnandTech...
Holing naturally:
- iPhone 4: 19.8
- iPhone 3GS: 1.9
- HTC Nexus One: 10.7
First of all you's claiming the HTC Nexus One, which is closer to the iPhone 4 than it is to the iPhone 3GS is "normal" so I guess that means the 3GS is abnormal. Or could the 3GS be "normal" and the iPhone 4 and Nexus One both be "abnormal". You don't make any intelligent distinction simply because you can't stomach saying anything negative about a non-Apple product.So that's holing anturaly, but what about cupping tightly? II'm glad you asked)...
Cupping Tightly:
- iPhone 4: 24.6\t
- iPhone 3GS: 14.3\t
- HTC Nexus One: 17.7
Now we see something else you forgot to mention. The iPhone 4 change in signal strength was 4.8 dB, the 3GS was 12.4 dB, and the Nexus One was 7.0 dB. So we have the three generation old Phone 3GS with the most change in attenuation, the Nexus One with with the 2nd best and the iPhone 4 with the least amount of attenuation. That goes against your claim that the iPhone 4 loses the most.To quote AnandTech...Now lets consider (yet again) that the iPhone 4 was the only device to work when the rating was so low. If you take the minimum dB that each phone will work and then move up from there, not down from 0.0 dB, you get a phone that is a revolution in design, the reason why the iphone 4 is so popular, and why the iPhone 4S follows it's lead with an externally placed antenna.
You've made it clear that everything the iPhone does is wrong, bad and abnormal and that everything other phones do is great, right and normal.
So you're just going to lie now?
There seems to be a contradiction in your question. You speak of an area where the connection was not strong enough, yet you also say that the signal would go from full to no bars. How does the phone have full bars if the signal is "not strong enough"?
You've forgotten Apple's interesting "oops, we made a mistake" in the software routine that overstated signal strength and displayed artificially higher bars on the iPhone? Apple corrected that mistake (yeah, right) so that an area where signal strength was being overstated as a "4" would correctly show as "2," for example.
You've forgotten Apple's interesting "oops, we made a mistake" in the software routine that overstated signal strength and displayed artificially higher bars on the iPhone? Apple corrected that mistake (yeah, right) so that an area where signal strength was being overstated as a "4" would correctly show as "2," for example.
I guess you can say Apple made a mistake in that they didn't adjust it for the new antenna design, but technically there is no "right" or "legal" way to represent the bars. Even after the change they are not evenly spaced between dB levels. As you can see anything 5 bars is anything up to −75 dB and the difference down to zero bars is only 46 dB. PS: I can't be sure but I don't think the other iPhones that got the 4.0.1 update also got the new dB rating that goes down to −121.
You mean, 3.5" is not the ideal screen size?
Did you not read my post?