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I'm hooked on the Mophie Juice Pak Air for my 3GS so I plan on surrounding my 4
with one of those once they become available. :-)

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From: Jim Saklad <jimdoc@me.com>
To: apple-iphone@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, July 6, 2010 1:40:20 PM
Subject: Re: [apple-iphone] Is there a consensus on the antenna issue?

> I have read several articles now along with some of Apple's open letter. After
>using my IP4 for a few days now there does seem to a problem.
>
> If I hold the phone normally in my left hand then the signal bars drop slowly
>to zero. Move my hand and it gains a bar a second to full strength again. we are
>in a good 3G area so full strength is pretty normal. Apple's stance is that it
>is mainly an algorithm problem. That would make sense except for some recent
>dropped calls. I was talking to my son and got 3 beeps and the call dropped.
>That certainly didn't happen before with the old 3GS.
>
> Now I am not jumping up and down and throwing a temper tantrum over this. I
>really like the new phone but also want to fix this problem.

1. The problem is real, at least in a large subset of iPhone 4's, if not all of
them.

2. That said, the iPhone 4 has better cellular reception overall than the 3G or
the 3GS. And better connectivity speeds.

3. There is a "logical disconnect" between the "reception bars" and the actual
signal strength, in that "a full 5 bars" may already be down 50 db, and by the
time you lose just one more bar, to 4, the signal strength may be down over 90
db.
See
<http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4-bars-to-signal-strength-mapped-antenna-issue-partially-explained/>

4. An Apple "bumper", or essentially ANY case, cures the problem.

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