Consumer Reports has confirmed in its own tests that there is a problem with the iPhone 4’s reception and thus does not recommend the device. Save yourself the trouble (and $100) and buy the older iPhone 3GS instead. The findings conflict with what Apple said two weeks ago, that it was simply a software problem and a fix will be available soon. In a blog post, the well-respected publication writes: “Our findings call into question the recent claim by Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) that the iPhone 4’s signal-strength issues were largely an optical illusion caused by faulty software.”
Consumer Reports writes that the problem arises “when your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side

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