iPhone 4 - the -real- reason for the reception issues
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From: Jim on 29 Jun 2010 11:32 <http://www.ubersoft.net/comic/hd/2010/06/wait-clique> (ok, the artwork isn't exactly great but I like it) Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "If you have enough book space, I don't want to talk to you." Terry Pratchett
From: smurf on 29 Jun 2010 15:34 Jim wrote: > <http://www.ubersoft.net/comic/hd/2010/06/wait-clique> > > > (ok, the artwork isn't exactly great but I like it) > > Jim I dismissed these kind of reports as exaggeration and apple baiting. I love the iphone, had the original and the 3g. I use them extensively for mobileme and exchange server support. Tried many phones, but iphone is my favourite. Got the new iphone 4 yesterday. I opened it up, it looked amazing, it felt amazing. I turned it on and it crashed before the OS loaded. All I got was a corrupted apple. Hard shutdown, took out sim put it back in it boots fine. Connect to iTunes and it activates. Connect to wireless network, set up my mobileme and exchange server. Get a bright blue screen and reboot, seems to work fine after reboot. Play around for an hour and notice the signal really drops massively when held in right or left hand. To the point that even when it shows bars it wont ring. Tested it out, when placed down on table phone rings without problem. Pick up phone and calls go to voicemail. This is despite the reception having full bars and 3g connection when laying on table. After a while the phone reboots itself again, this time however it sets itself into some recovery mode which requires the phone to be connected up to iTunes, the software downloaded and restored back onto it. After a few hours of fiddling around and failings it eventually reboots back into normality. The phone hasn't rebooted since, however using it as a phone is pretty much a pointless task. My phone is getting returned to Orange. Iphone without reception issue five star, with reception issue 1/2 a star. In its present stage it is unusable.
From: James Jolley on 29 Jun 2010 15:41 On 2010-06-29 20:34:40 +0100, "smurf" <smurf(a)smurf.com> said: > > My phone is getting returned to Orange. > > Iphone without reception issue five star, with reception issue 1/2 a star. > > In its present stage it is unusable. I'm glad you wrote down your experiences. It certainly seems like a disaster for Apple this time.
From: D.M. Procida on 29 Jun 2010 17:21 smurf <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: > After a few hours of fiddling around and failings it eventually reboots back > into normality. The phone hasn't rebooted since, however using it as a phone > is pretty much a pointless task. > > My phone is getting returned to Orange. > > Iphone without reception issue five star, with reception issue 1/2 a star. You obviously have a faulty device. There have been numerous reported problems, including some similar to those you describe, but it's not the general case. You'd know if 1.5 million customers had problems like that. Daniele
From: smurf on 29 Jun 2010 18:11
D.M. Procida wrote: > smurf <smurf(a)smurf.com> wrote: > >> After a few hours of fiddling around and failings it eventually >> reboots back into normality. The phone hasn't rebooted since, >> however using it as a phone is pretty much a pointless task. >> >> My phone is getting returned to Orange. >> >> Iphone without reception issue five star, with reception issue 1/2 a >> star. > > You obviously have a faulty device. > > There have been numerous reported problems, including some similar to > those you describe, but it's not the general case. You'd know if 1.5 > million customers had problems like that. > > Daniele I suspect all the phones have the fault, it seems an inherent design fault. Maybe the size of the users hands, and the way they hold it means they dont experience the issue. With my phone the issue is extrodinary, you pick it up and hold and the bars count down, and then ultimately the signal is gone. One of my preferred ways of holding the phone for browsing, is in the left hand with the right hand doing the touching, well the 3g went then the gprs went. |