iPhone 4 In-Hand Signal Issue Isolated to Bottom Left Corner
Earlier this evening, iPhone 4 signal drops had been reported from individuals holding their new iPhones in their hand. The issue seems to have been isolated to a specific location on the device itself. It is demonstrated well in this video by Insanely Great Mac:
The video shows that calls were consistently dropped when the iPhone 4 was held in the left hand while touching the bottom left corner.
It's not clear if the bottom-left sensitivity is a problem with every iPhone 4 or if there is only a batch of iPhone 4s that are affected. Of course, the solution for now would be to avoid holding the iPhone in the manner demonstrated.
Note: the lower number of bars on the iPhone 4 as compared to the 3GS is a known software issue. Apple told Mossberg that it would be addressed in a future software update.
Update: A couple of commenters have said they have been unable to replicate on their iPhone 4, while others have, so it may not affect every device.
The video shows that calls were consistently dropped when the iPhone 4 was held in the left hand while touching the bottom left corner.
It's not clear if the bottom-left sensitivity is a problem with every iPhone 4 or if there is only a batch of iPhone 4s that are affected. Of course, the solution for now would be to avoid holding the iPhone in the manner demonstrated.
Note: the lower number of bars on the iPhone 4 as compared to the 3GS is a known software issue. Apple told Mossberg that it would be addressed in a future software update.
Update: A couple of commenters have said they have been unable to replicate on their iPhone 4, while others have, so it may not affect every device.
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21 months ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03PQyWp0mWE
iPhone 4 consistently drops call when touching the lower left corner of the device. I did it four times on video, but could have done it all night. Hopefully this is just a lemon.
iPhone 4 consistently drops call when touching the lower left corner of the device. I did it four times on video, but could have done it all night. Hopefully this is just a lemon.
21 months ago
There are tons of threads (and a story on the homepage) about this problem. Please refer to them.
21 months ago
That vid's a pretty good one actually about the whole issue. Seems they're able to reproduce it fairly well.
21 months ago
Web pages won't load if the bottom left edge is pressed up against your palm. Take your hand off and watch page load. Easily reproducible
21 months ago
Web pages won't load if the bottom left edge is pressed up against your palm. Take your hand off and watch page load. Easily reproducible
Seriously? I hold my phone in my left had too, not cool.
21 months ago
There are tons of threads (and a story on the homepage) about this problem. Please refer to them.
I appreciate keeping things organized, but as far as I can tell this is the first with actual dropped calls demonstrated, not relative bar strength which might not mean anything.
21 months ago
Damn I guess I should have made friends so I would have somebody to call to verifacate this. :mad:
21 months ago
I smell a conspiracy here. There's NO WAY the iPhone made it out of testing w/o this issue cropping up. It sounds to me like Apple found a relatively novel way of solving the problem AND making a crapload of money. It's called the Bumper case. Those stupid things probably cost 5c to make and 15c to package.
I cannot possibly conceive how a software update would fix this issue. But a $29 rubber case certainly will.
I cannot possibly conceive how a software update would fix this issue. But a $29 rubber case certainly will.
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