Apple have responded to dropping bars issue on iPhone4

enoonan

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/07/02/apple.iphone.apology/index.html?fbid=g0-4cxKaNSF

full statement available here

irish1967

Yeah just saw something on BBC about them admitting they have been using a wrong formula for years !!

rebel.ranter

Well their persistence in putting the antenna at the base of the phone for successive generations shows their ignorance in RF design. Who holds their phone from the top of the device? Your phone has to work much harder getting the RF signal through your hand first never mind the fact that the receive sensitivity of an umimpeded iPhone is terrible.
Bring back the Nokia 6150 with a proper antenna!!

bigjohnny80

rebel.ranter wrote: »

Well their persistence in putting the antenna at the base of the phone for successive generations shows their ignorance in RF design. Who holds their phone from the top of the device? Your phone has to work much harder getting the RF signal through your hand first never mind the fact that the receive sensitivity of an umimpeded iPhone is terrible.
Bring back the Nokia 6150 with a proper antenna!!

Its a requirement of the FCC to put the antenna in the bottom of the phone.

monkeyfudge

They should let the signal bars go all the way up to 11.

BrianD

I'd take the Apple statement with a grain of salt,. however plenty of their users will accept it without question. I'm just surprised that they didn't take the opportunity to change the software to show full bars at all times.

Even the explaination is even a joke and designed to mislead. If they were overstating the signal strength it is all relative. The problem doesn;t go away it just doesn't look as bad as before.

Eoin_Sheehy

Does anyone else think Apples explanation of what's wrong with the iPhone 4s' antenna stinks to high heaven?

So many experts said that it's because Apple put the antenna on the exterior and it was bound to cause problems, but then Apple says it's something to do with the formula of calculating how many bars of reception the phone has, and they'll be releasing a software update very soon.

I think this 'software update' is just going to hide the problem so that whenever somebody touches the antenna that the bar display won't drop but really the phone will lose reception and this software update is to avoid a costly 1.4 million phone recall and a potentially damaging episode for Apples' image of making world-class products.

What do ye think?

whiterebel

Do you not think there are enough threads about it already?

shofukan

Eoin_Sheehy wrote: »

Does anyone else think Apples explanation of what's wrong with the iPhone 4s' antenna stinks to high heaven?

So many experts said that it's because Apple put the antenna on the exterior and it was bound to cause problems, but then Apple says it's something to do with the formula of calculating how many bars of reception the phone has, and they'll be releasing a software update very soon.

I think this 'software update' is just going to hide the problem so that whenever somebody touches the antenna that the bar display won't drop but really the phone will lose reception and this software update is to avoid a costly 1.4 million phone recall and a potentially damaging episode for Apples' image of making world-class products.

What do ye think?

Think you're pretty much spot on.

Eoin_Sheehy

whiterebel wrote: »

Do you not think there are enough threads about it already?

If I post a new independent thread I get your attention, as you can see, but if I post it within another thread it gets missed by everyone while they're b**ching about the most insignificant things

copacetic

there are already 2 threads specifically about the 'fix', with may people already saying what this thread is saying a few days back. eg:

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055957223

Hogzy

Its like pouring sugar on poo. Doesnt make it any better its still shit

dougs09

Hogzy wrote: »

Its like pouring sugar on poo. Doesnt make it any better its still shit

haha interesting way to put it

blogga

I have been waiting to upgrade to iphone4. But this nonsense from Apple has seriously dented my intentions. I need a phone to work. If they gave up the pseudo arty design crap and made the phone thick enough to hold they could have more room to place antennae (yes plural). The OS is fine, the apps are great but from now on ITS ABOUT THE PHONE STUPID.

Matt Bauer

I can make my Nokia E61, which typically gets a good signal, drop calls or degrade voice quality in our office and significantly reduce data throughput just by holding it a certain way.

While I strongly believe this is a real issue that affects most mobiles to some degree when in a marginal signal area, has anybody considered that this might be Gizmodo, who have a vendetta against Apple, blowing things out of proportion? Anandtech did some testing, and say iPhone 4 has slightly better reception than other mobiles normally, but slightly worse reception when gripped in a certain way. No doubt it is a real issue, made worse by the fact that Apple has for years used an algorithm that will show you full bars unless your signal is extremely poor.

Just wondering if the blogosphere may be blowing this slightly out of proportion.

Oafley Jones

Matt Bauer wrote: »

I can make my Nokia E61, which typically gets a good signal, drop calls or degrade voice quality in our office and significantly reduce data throughput just by holding it a certain way.

While I strongly believe this is a real issue that affects most mobiles to some degree when in a marginal signal area, has anybody considered that this might be Gizmodo, who have a vendetta against Apple, blowing things out of proportion? Anandtech did some testing, and say iPhone 4 has slightly better reception than other mobiles normally, but slightly worse reception when gripped in a certain way. No doubt it is a real issue, made worse by the fact that Apple has for years used an algorithm that will show you full bars unless your signal is extremely poor.

Just wondering if the blogosphere may be blowing this slightly out of proportion.

When gripping a certain way = holding it the most natural way, you shouldn't expect a problem.