IPhone 4 reception Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Competitive antenna tests now gone from Apple site

by Mel Martin (Aug 1st, 2010)

Some of our observant readers have noted that the Apple web site is no longer showing videos of competing cell phones dropping bars and signal when held in a 'death grip' like the one made infamous on the new iPhone 4. CNET got a comment from Apple PR on the change: "We constantly refresh the ...

Is Apple too slow on delivering bumpers and cases?

by Mel Martin (Jul 26th, 2010)

Gee whiz. It took Apple a while to respond to all the "death grip" stories, but Steve Jobs certainly got his point out in an unprecedented news conference July 16th and in a letter to customers July 2. Now that the Bumper/Free case program is under way, delivery is said to be 3 to 5 weeks. Hey ...

Apple: No early knowledge of iPhone 4 antenna issues

by Mel Martin (Jul 15th, 2010)

What a roller-coaster day! The Wall Street Journal is now quoting Apple throwing cold water directly on today's Bloomberg story. Bloomberg had reported that an Apple engineer had warned company execs about the problems with the new iPhone 4 antenna design early in the development process for the ...