Obviously it's not going to have any "end calls" with that on it..
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Antenna Problem Solution: "End Call" Stickers
$4 solution to the iPhone 4 antenna issue? All you need to do is stick it onto the deathgrip slot on your iPhone 4..
Obviously it's not going to have any "end calls" with that on it..
Obviously it's not going to have any "end calls" with that on it..
Monday, July 19, 2010
iPhone 4 Antenna Solution
Even the almighty Apple is not able to talk it's way out from this antenna mess a.k.a antennagate
Releasing a new iOS 4.0.1 which is suppose to correct the wrongly calculated display of signals.
The short conference on 16.07.10 (roughly approx 30mins) starts off with a youtube clip singing about the deathgrip.
Next, Steve started by saying that Apple is not perfect and all mobile phones are not perfect either.
After that intro, he continued by comparing the deathgrip with 3 famous smartphone manufacturer:
Next, Steve introduces the state-of-the-art testing laboratory in Apple.
While comparing with the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 dropped < 1 more calls per 100 more.
Steve is concluding that this problem occurs in all smartphones and the iPhone 4 case is completely being blown out of proportions.
Now the interesting part, Steve announced that Apple will provide the bumper free-of-charge and refund to those who had purchased it earlier. Obviously Apple is not able to make the bumper fast enough to give it to the users, there will be other types of casing which will be available at the Apple website. All you need to do is select and Apple will ship them to you.
But this only happens up to September 30 suggesting that there could be a future updates that could help solve this problem. We shall see...
and if you're still unhappy.. you could get a full refund (no restocking fees).
Releasing a new iOS 4.0.1 which is suppose to correct the wrongly calculated display of signals.
The short conference on 16.07.10 (roughly approx 30mins) starts off with a youtube clip singing about the deathgrip.
Next, Steve started by saying that Apple is not perfect and all mobile phones are not perfect either.
After that intro, he continued by comparing the deathgrip with 3 famous smartphone manufacturer:
- Blackberry Bold 9700
- HTC Droid Eris
- Samsung Omnia II
Next, Steve introduces the state-of-the-art testing laboratory in Apple.
While comparing with the iPhone 3GS, the iPhone 4 dropped < 1 more calls per 100 more.
Steve is concluding that this problem occurs in all smartphones and the iPhone 4 case is completely being blown out of proportions.
Now the interesting part, Steve announced that Apple will provide the bumper free-of-charge and refund to those who had purchased it earlier. Obviously Apple is not able to make the bumper fast enough to give it to the users, there will be other types of casing which will be available at the Apple website. All you need to do is select and Apple will ship them to you.
But this only happens up to September 30 suggesting that there could be a future updates that could help solve this problem. We shall see...
and if you're still unhappy.. you could get a full refund (no restocking fees).
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
iPhone 4: White Diamond
Fancy a white iPhone 4? How about a white Diamond iPhone 4?
The iPhone 4 Diamond Edition frame and its solid platinum Apple logo at the back are encrusted with a total of approximately 6.5 carats of diamonds. It's a 32GB version. Designer for this is Stuart Hughes.
According to reports, it will be priced at $20,000.
So now, who's up for it?
The iPhone 4 Diamond Edition frame and its solid platinum Apple logo at the back are encrusted with a total of approximately 6.5 carats of diamonds. It's a 32GB version. Designer for this is Stuart Hughes.
According to reports, it will be priced at $20,000.
So now, who's up for it?
Monday, July 5, 2010
iPhone 4: Antenna Issues?
As some of you guys would have been busy reading up some further new updates regarding the iPhone 4, I am pretty sure you will stumble into this recent problem regarding the reception of the new iPhone 4.
Watch the video below for further demonstration.
Apple is claiming that there is no reception issues even though the display of the signal bars are dropping. They were claiming of wrong calculation in the signal bar display.
Here's the official statement from Apple:
Apparently, there are lots of complains that the iPhone 4 reception will reduce significantly if you are holding next to the antenna band corner of the phone.
Just to recap, Steve announced that the new iPhone 4 has a state of the art antenna design which uses the stainless steel housing of the phone as the antenna.Watch the video below for further demonstration.
Apple is claiming that there is no reception issues even though the display of the signal bars are dropping. They were claiming of wrong calculation in the signal bar display.
Here's the official statement from Apple:
Dear iPhone 4 Users,
The iPhone 4 has been the most successful product launch in Apple's history. It has been judged by reviewers around the world to be the best smartphone ever, and users have told us that they love it. So we were surprised when we read reports of reception problems, and we immediately began investigating them. Here is what we have learned.
To start with, gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by one or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones. But some users have reported that iPhone 4 can drop four or five bars when tightly held in a way which covers the black strip in the lower left corner of the metal band. This is a far bigger drop than normal, and as a result some have accused the iPhone 4 of having a faulty antenna design.
At the same time, we continue to read articles and receive hundreds of emails from users saying that iPhone 4 reception is better than the iPhone 3GS. They are delighted. This matches our own experience and testing. What can explain all of this?
We have discovered the cause of this dramatic drop in bars, and it is both simple and surprising.
Upon investigation, we were stunned to find that the formula we use to calculate how many bars of signal strength to display is totally wrong. Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays two more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display four bars when we should be displaying as few as two bars. Users observing a drop of several bars when they grip their iPhone in a certain way are most likely in an area with very weak signal strength, but they don't know it because we are erroneously displaying four or five bars. Their big drop in bars is because their high bars were never real in the first place.
To fix this, we are adopting AT&T's recently recommended formula for calculating how many bars to display for a given signal strength. The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone's bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars one, two and three a bit taller so they will be easier to see.
We will issue a free software update within a few weeks that incorporates the corrected formula. Since this mistake has been present since the original iPhone, this software update will also be available for the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G.
We have gone back to our labs and retested everything, and the results are the same- the iPhone 4's wireless performance is the best we have ever shipped. For the vast majority of users who have not been troubled by this issue, this software update will only make your bars more accurate. For those who have had concerns, we apologize for any anxiety we may have caused.
As a reminder, if you are not fully satisfied, you can return your undamaged iPhone to any Apple Retail Store or the online Apple Store within 30 days of purchase for a full refund.
We hope you love the iPhone 4 as much as we do.
Thank you for your patience and support.
Apple
From the above statement we will only see a software updates and probably the updates will only show a weaker signal display than it currently is since the calculation was done wrongly to display more signal strength than it actually is.
Still unclear is the fact that there are people complaining of drop of signals when holding at the antenna band and there are also information from antenna expert throughout the world saying that the reception performance is no worse than the iPhone 3GS.
Anybody having such experience with the iPhone 4 with the grip of death?
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