Apple/ATT sued over iPhone 4 issues

[sciwizam]

Read somewhere: "Fewer bars in more places"

 

[ultimatebob]

The solution is actually pretty hilarious. We'll fix the software to display reality but your problem is still exactly the same as it was before.

Wow, what a crock of crap. How about actually fixing the phone instead of trying to cover up the issue with a UI change, Apple!

I remember Apple doing something like this when the iPhone 3G came out... except that time it was people complaining that their new phones showed less reception bars in certain places than their old phones did.

Apple "fixed" that issue with a software update that caused the phone to show 5 bar reception in most places most of the time, kind of the opposite of what they're doing now

 

[Slick5150]

The funny thing is I remember my friend bragging that his iPhone got such good reception since his phone had 5 bars while his wife's non-iPhone had like 2 or 3.

Turns out the phone was just lying to you I guess there, eh?

 

[gorcorps]

The funny thing is I remember my friend bragging that his iPhone got such good reception since his phone had 5 bars while his wife's non-iPhone had like 2 or 3.

Turns out the phone was just lying to you I guess there, eh?

I believe that's always been the case with phones. I don't think there's an enforced standard on signal-to-bar display which is partly why some phones show different bars in the same place on the same network. Obviously there's differences in reception too, but still.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

Doesn't really address the signal degradation issue. You are still gonna have no signal.

The thing is the attenuation issue shows more bars dropping off than should be necessary. Yeah this fix is kinda lame but at the same time you will be dropping from 2 to 1 bars instead of 5 to 2.....

Bars were always deceptive. Now they're gonna give you a better bar indicator. Now you can realize how sucky reception on an iPhone is to begin with and how bad AT&T's network is....

 

[Aikouka]

I thought the Anandtech article explained it pretty well and put out some fairly damning evidence that the grip we use causes 2x-3x the attenuation as it does on other phones. I'd like to see them do the right thing and at least offer a free bumper to customers... even if they won't come out and admit the phone's faults.

The funny thing is I remember my friend bragging that his iPhone got such good reception since his phone had 5 bars while his wife's non-iPhone had like 2 or 3.

Turns out the phone was just lying to you I guess there, eh?

There's a chance that it wasn't lying as well... you can't just think that two phones will always get the same signal in the same place... unless they're the same model or sometimes a very similar model.

 

[TheWart]

I thought the Anandtech article explained it pretty well and put out some fairly damning evidence that the grip we use causes 2x-3x the attenuation as it does on other phones. I'd like to see them do the right thing and at least offer a free bumper to customers... even if they won't come out and admit the phone's faults.

The 'problem' is that the same article pointed out how it was still able to make calls in deadspots that stumped the 3G/3Gs, making it easier (though no less lame) for Apple to just ignore the issue.

Oh well, I am just happy I don't cover the antenna when I hold the phone, and when I have, my connection has not been degraded (at least my calls have not dropped or my data stopped transferring). In fact, I can make calls from deadspots out in the boonies that were a no-go for my 3G.