Uh oh! Apple engineer reportedly warned company about iPhone antenna design

Anyone remember the problem Steve Jobs had with the connection when he first demonstrating the iPhone 4? This proves that he or Apple didn't know about the problem then or before.

Oh, how incendiary timmy!
"Uh oh"?! Really??

Ur articles have been suckier and suckier lately... now even the headlines.
Stop it.
Keep it together.

I have had ZERO reception issues and neither have any of my friends with iPhone 4s. This is much to do about nothing.

Tandem Repeat,

Woah. Why so harsh? Never made a mistake? Auto correct is a little wonky now and then. I would hardly call a typo "illiterate". Meanie.

Besides, you don't think people are going to lose jobs at Apple over this? It just sounds to me like the guy is covering his butt so he is not blamed when looking for employment in the future. Probably a smart move.

You should have seen the carnage when somebody held New Coke incorrectly. Oh the horror!

Nobody listened to me then, either. Those tramps.

Too much speculation and "wish-it-really-was-true-that-it-happened-the-way-I-think-it-did" with all these news reports, and no evidence or substance.

Let's all just wait for tomorrow...

"He might be busy checking those Silicon Valley help wanted posts."

That seems like a really dick thing to say. People losing their jobs, especially when they've done nothing (that we know of) wrong is not something to be nonchalant about.

Just realize that reports about things like this are easily taken out of context. I've been involved in a number of new product developments, and there's always a range of technical opinions:

"Best thing since sliced bread!"
"Rubbish, it'll never work!"
"Will too!"
"Uh-uh!"
etc....

Even if this engineer did indeed issue the warning he's said to have, there may very well have been other, dissenting opinions too. I know this is the 'net and all, but let's be careful about the assumptions we make.

Disclaimer: Bought an iPhone 4 on release day to replace my 3G and think it's great. Detected the Death Grip effect on my own, don't think it's more than a trivial and easily avoidable annoyance.

How come this engineer thought this is such a bad idea when he shares a patent that describes it exactly?

http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20100007564

Depends on your definition of “faulty,” if the owner manual says “don’t bridge the gap with your finger” and the problem happens only when you do, then user isn’t heeding directions. Some people might think the camera lens is improperly positioned, but do they get to sue? The designer picks antenna gap position.

Apple cld do a little research and report, let's bet on certain users never experiencing problems: those sensitive to the gap concept. UK users are used to “minding the gap,” any user with MW, shortwave, walkie talkie, etc radio antenna experience probably understand without RTFM. Now if someone can prove there’s a better gap position….