Consumer Reports won’t recommend the iPhone 4G. The iPhone 4G bomb was dropped by the magazine because of reception issues. iPhone 4G antenna troubles and what the media calls the “iPhone death grip” have been in headlines since the business released the gadget last month. Accurate display of signal strength could be shown soon with an update Apple promises to be sending out. Nevertheless, Consumer Reports ran its own tests on the iPhone 4G and recreated the exact same exact reception difficulties everyone has been complaining about.
Consumer Reports demands free iPhone antenna fix<
The Consumer Reports rejection is the latest blow to the iPhone 4G. Since the iPhone 4G was released, complaints about the death grip and class action lawsuits about the over-hyped gadget have besieged Apple. Apple has responded by promising an iPhone software update that will more accurately show phone displays signal bars. But CNN reports that a study by the magazine questioned Apple’s “optical illusion” claim. The iPhone was tested along with some of the other AT and T phones. None of them had the exact same kind of death grip problem that the iPhone 4G does. Consumer Reports explained the iPhone 4G otherwise ranked highest on the list of wise phone ratings that it released Monday. But the magazine said it will not recommend Apple’s new device until the company unveils “a permanent — and free — fix for the antenna problem.”
Tests let AT and T off the hook
The iPhone 4G is the first Apple iPhone that Consumer Reports refuses to recommend. As outlined by the Wall Street Journal, the conclusion was an about-face for the magazine, which said in a July 2 blog post the iPhone 4G antenna issues weren’t a deal-breaker for the device. In its rejection of the iPhone 4G, Consumer Reports took some heat off Apple iPhone carrier AT and T, which was being blamed for not being able to handle the data load for iPhones. ”The tests also indicate that AT and T’s network is probably not the primary suspect within the iPhone 4G’s much-reported signal woes,” Consumer Reports explained.
iPhone antenna solution – duct tape
In addition to promising an iPhone software update, Apple has been telling disgruntled iPhone 4 users to hold the phone differently or buying a $ 30 iPhone cover. That was confirmed by Consumer Reports iPhone 4G test, according to PC World. But you will find many less expensive alternatives to Apple iPhone covers – numerous of the iPhone 4g users have used the yellow rubber Livestrong bracelets that cost $ 1. Consumer Reports suggests that duct tape works also.
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CNN
money.cnn.com/2010/07/12/technology/consumer_reports_iphone/?npt=NP1
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575363011516770540.html
PC World
pcworld.com/article/200924/consumer_reports_throws_iphone_4_under_the_bus.html?tk=hp_new
