So, when I saw the iPhone 4, and the antenna design, I thought “That’s amazing industrial design”. I just assumed that Jony Ive and Apple’s engineers would have made sure it worked in real life.
Apparently they didn’t.
Right handers lose signal when using the phone for other than calls (that’s when they hold it in their left hand, to use their right for input). Left handers lose signal when answering calls – that’s the hand they generally pick the phone up in. I’ve witnessed this myself.. listening to a call and then it burbling until there’s nothing there at all.
How could Apple fail so badly? Because they field tested it in a case?
It affects WIFI signal too.. I bet the real reason Steve had trouble in his demo was because he was holding it at the time.
Apple need to resolve this, and fast.