Does the Iphone 4 still have broken reception

In My Humble Opinion
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So…I just got an Iphone 4. I had heard of reception issues, but figured it had all been ironed out by now. The AT&T sales person claimed it was no longer an issue. So I take the phone home tonight and I notice my 2nd phone call cuts out. I look at my phone and I have 1 bar. If I lay the phone down I get a whopping 3 bars. If I dangle the phone on my fingertips I can get 2 bars. I plan on returning it tomorrow. My wife’s Iphone 3g has no such problem.

Keep in mind I am not asking a repair question, I am just curious if other recent purchasers of Iphone 4s have had this problem or if the phone I got is just a bum phone.

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There has been no design change to address the issue. Consumer Reports won’t recommend the iPhone 4 yet because it’s still a problem. Apple has just hoped it will go away. They’ve even stopped giving out the sleeve thing unless the customer complains and asks for it.

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I have no problems with my Iphone 4 at all. It rarely drops calls, and no more often than my 3gs did. It has a lot of nifty new features that I like that the 3gs did not have. None of it is necessary, but it’s fun. I have never tried to use my phone without a case, however, and I use an Otter Box case, which is pretty hefty.

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The iPhone 4 antenna issue is when you hold the phone such that your fingers bridge the phone and wifi antenna on the lower left side; that’s why a case fixes it. My husband and I both have iPhone 4s - with cases - and have not had problems like you report.

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I’ve never had this problem. The only dropped call I had was because of the other persons phone.

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Hmm… we’ll mine is really flakey even when not being held so I don’t know that I want to bother trying a case. The reception is better when I go deeper into Austin rather than the suburbs, but at best I get 4 bars and when I touch it (anywhere) it goes to 3. I guess that would be okay of I stayed in town all the time, but that main thing I expect from a phone is to be a phone, I shouldn’t have to work around it. I’ll take it back today and see if other local customers have the same issue or if my phone is just broken…

Thanks all.

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That sounds like an ATT problem rather than an iPhone problem. ATT is definitely the iPhones biggest shortcoming. I dont have any of the reception problems that the media complained about.