Could the low percentage of complaints have anything to do with the fact that a phone made of glass is more likely to be put in a protective case by the majority of average users, and thus the issue of bridging the gap would be reduced?
I mean, seriously, if I owned one of these phones I would be putting it in a protective case. Every phone gets dropped, and glass isn't exactly known for being resilient in these situations.
Not all experts think the iPhone 4's design is a bad idea. Haim Harel, president and founder of wireless chip maker Magnolia Broadband, said Apple may have created a design "breakthrough" if it can perfect external antennas for cellphones.
The approach, which saves space for other functions in a phone, was also praised by Franz Birkner, CEO of antenna technology maker Rayspan Corp. "But the challenge of innovation is it inevitably comes with risk," he said.
Me and a bunch of friends have had ip4s since launch. None of us have had any kind of antenna problems. Well, no, one friend does. He can make this thumb on the left thing happen. But he said its a spot where his old phone didn't work at all so he doesn't care. On the whole, no one has really had any problems. In fact, I'm left handed and I don't have this problem no matter how I hold it.
I think this problem is only effecting people who are in areas where the signal is bad to begin with.
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``Aucun(e)' ' at the bottom of the page doesn't mean ``The Physics' '. It means ``None' '.
I mean, seriously, if I owned one of these phones I would be putting it in a protective case. Every phone gets dropped, and glass isn't exactly known for being resilient in these situations.
http://www.zagg.com/iphone-4-antenna-fix.php
They could be onto something
Not all experts think the iPhone 4's design is a bad idea. Haim Harel, president and founder of wireless chip maker Magnolia Broadband, said Apple may have created a design "breakthrough" if it can perfect external antennas for cellphones.
The approach, which saves space for other functions in a phone, was also praised by Franz Birkner, CEO of antenna technology maker Rayspan Corp. "But the challenge of innovation is it inevitably comes with risk," he said.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...Tabs%3Darticle
I hope Apple can get this external antenna to work and patent the hell out of it !!!!
Well-funded gawkers & psystars --- frankly, this is where US Senate is really welcome to look in --- will not understand.
I think this problem is only effecting people who are in areas where the signal is bad to begin with.
if every family owns 4 iphones and one of them decided call apple, shouldn't that percentage multiplied by 4 as it represents 4 iphones?
that 0.55% by itself is not low and that 0.55% is under representative.
plus.
return rate, strictly considered, cannot represent the issue.
maybe, 0.1 of 6% return rate for 3GS represent antenna issue,
and 1.6 out of 1.7% return rate for 4G represent antenna issue.
K?