Verizon iPhone reportedly unaffected by "death grip" issue

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but that's a small concession to make for a phone that can actually place and receive phone calls.

This type of drivel should only be seen in Engadget comments.
Please grow up.

If you need a new case then you obviously aren't affected by this issue since you, um, have a case.

There's no need to sensationalize. I have the 4 and have issues still with my cheek activating buttons on the screen and how I have it affecting my calls. I don't want a case, so I live with it.

In other words, messing with an iPhone's antenna when your carrier sucks less results in less suckage? How is this news?

Ever wonder why this "death grip" thing was only discussed in the US?

Why would you need a new case? Isn't it the same banding just with a notch on the top instead of the sides?

According to Anandtech (http://www.anandtech.com/show/4125/understanding-the-verizon-iphone-4-announcement), Verizon iPhone still has "death grip" issue, just not as deadly. At the event, "death gripping" the phone decreased signal strength from -65 to -83 dB.

That said, the article also points out that Verizon iPhone has a secondary receive antenna strip, so coupled with Verizon's generally superior coverage, things should be better overall.

Wrong. The testers bridged the existing gaps, they did not hold a spot that previously had a gap and expect the same outcome. They took the antenna redesign into account.

Wrong again. The outer band is still the antenna; the joints have moved and one more has been added due to CDMA radio requirements. Moving the antenna internally would require a complete redesign of the internal component layout - a complete redesign of the phone component layout was the reason given for LTE not being added (though I doubt that's the only reason).

Sure, you'll need a new case, but that's a small concession to make for a phone that can actually place and receive phone calls.



Um,my phone sends and receives just fine. I am so tired of everyone assuming that if you have AT&T, you must have problems. My service is fine.

Even AT&T iPhones that were prone to the death grip (like mine) only did it in areas where there was already a somewhat weak signal. In strong 5 bar areas, it wouldn't drop.

Without knowing what the signal strength was like at this location, these results don't really mean much. I predict that once the Verizon phones are out in the wild, we'll start hearing about antenna issues with them as well.

I don't think this has anything to do with hardware design or the CDMA vs GSM signal. My guess is that this is completely attributable to the software formula that determines how many bars to show based on signal strength.

We saw major improvements in perceived signal attenuation on the GSM iPhone 4 when Apple released their software fix however many months ago.