Comments on: Apple Says Signal Strength is Just a Software Issue, But is It?

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:39:30 +0000

I don’t have a case and never will. I can reproduce the signal drop in locations with marginal signal but not in locations with good signal.

I don’t know about other people but I don’t bear hug my phone when I talk so I don’t ever have a problem in real world use.

By: Roger

Roger — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:27:09 +0000

My wife has a Blackberry and I have had numerous phones including all the iPhone versions. In my experience, the iPhone antenna performance is comparable to other phones, not great but not bad either.

If you think the iPhone is the only phone that exagerates the number of bars then you are very naive. Apple was simply calibrating the bars like all phones do. If they did not, people would be complaining the iPhone reception is worse than phone xyz because it shows fewer bars.

By: Rich Cassady

Rich Cassady — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:04:48 +0000

This means that only an idiot would buy a phone made of glass, and get a case to protect it. I bought a $25 dollar body glove for my iPhone G4. I have no issues.

By: Rick S

Rick S — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 00:53:31 +0000

I think Apple may correct the display issue with the signal bars, but this will not fix the issue of signal degradation when bridging the gap between antennas.

By: Omar

Omar — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:46:49 +0000

The only issue I had have with my iP4 is that it shows more bars when I am at the office when I know the signal their is weak. So I do believe this is the problem. I know lots of people still don’t get what the real issue is and go with the hysteria.

By: Chubby Davis

Chubby Davis — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:00:37 +0000

Ipod, Iphone, Ipad, Imac, Istock. Not one single problem with any of them. Is it me or is Jesus watching over me?

By: M Reid

M Reid — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:27:29 +0000

I don’t care about the problems with my iphone reception. Atleast I am honest. Like most people, I buy Apple products because they are cool! What’s wrong with that? Land Rovers sell for $70,000 despite ranking last in the WORLD for 6 years on JD Powers Initial QualityI We live in a rich society…these products are not necessities..they are toys…and we like toys at all ages!!

By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 12:27:13 +0000

Duh Mr Jobs, you built and released a phone with a major hard defect. I’m going to guess the software fix is just PR bullshit. I’m betting there are little Apple engineers working feverishly to come out with a solution. I’m sure the fix will exist for all those customers who will buy at Christmas, but thanks for screwing all your early adopters and best customers again.

It’s a shame Apple is willing to tarnish it’s brand and image for the sake of short term shareholder value.

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:29:48 +0000

No one was doing any lying to anyone. It was a bug, that has been located, and announced publicly. Usually bugs dont get announced, but because of a lot of crybabies it probably seemed like a good idea.

the consumer protection act doesnt even come close to relevant in this software issue

By: Gregory

Gregory — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:13:15 +0000

The core mis-understanding you – and others who claim that it must still also be a hardware issue – are making is that you assume that you had good signal in the first place.

When this issue shows up – you don’t. You have bad signal.