Signal issues? You're holding the phone wrong.

I tried it last night on my wifes freshly upgraded to iOS 4 phone. I simply held the left side of it in my left palm just like everyone is doing on the 4. The bars not only dropped to no signal, but they dropped a lot faster. There have been several youtubes showing the older 3G and 3GS doing the same thing with iOS 4.

I hope Jobs does not start a automobile company or else he might say we are driving in a wrong way.

i think is just buying time to find a fix. if it was a problem why didnt jobs say we have reinvented the way you hold the phone! really the only thing keeping me with this phone is the app store. i hope its a software fix!!!

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/25/deathgrip_hysteria_may_end_monday_with_ios_401.html

There we have it. Expect a new firmware to fix this software issue.

Free bumpers for everyone...till apple really fixes this. 🙂

LOL! OK, so they forgot to add the reception bar fix they added last time for the 3G antenna flaw! Thats pretty funny actually.

The software fix that is coming which Applecare is talking about is most likely the same cosmetic "bar boost" used to hide this issue. Its obviously a physical issue and no software can ever stop your hand from blocking the antenna.

So this is an old complaint that got more legs this go round because of all the iPhone 4 hype. If we lived with it then, Im sure we will all live with it now--especially after we get all those pretty bars back! 🙂

How are they going to stop the dropped calls and internet connectivity?

How about you guys actually read the article. The issue is with baseband calibration in iOS4.

Here is Senior Adviser Tim Peterson's direct line: 1-877-388-0879 ext. 38171 if you want so you don't have to go through all the bs.

This is not an Apple response to the matter--it's speculation by a blogger.

I had the 3G for two years and NEVER had this problem. When I got the new phone yesterday, I had seen this issue discussed on the blogosphere, but couldn't believe it was really as bad as they said - it is! This morning, I was reduced to sitting with a paper towel around the edges of the phone in order to maintain a signal, and no, it doesn't matter, Steve, how I hold it. Left corner, right corner, either side, I can watch the bars drop from 5 to 0. I'll put a bumper on when any of my 3 Apple stores or the 5 AT&T stores I checked with today get them BACK IN STOCK (another nice move, Apple), and I do love the phone, but Apple really needs to step up on this one, admit they rushed this thing out, and send all of us a free bumper - I mean how difficult would it have been to put a plastic strip around the antenna (oh yeah, that might have interfered with the fact it's "the most beautiful piece of technology ever". Not a huge fan of Apple right now.

They're probably not!--Now people will just assume its AT&T's shoddy network! lol! Its genius actually.

Your 3G never did it because you probably assumed those dropped calls, etc were the AT&T network. And then of course, Apple fixed the bar issue in a firmware update early on, so it wouldn't have done it anymore anyway.

GET REAL......I am left handed, so I hold the phone in my left hand....

Have never lost signal with any other phone...

Apple just needs to fix this DEFECT...end of story...

I just got back from the apple store to try and get my phone fixed. They know that is a problem and while I was there we were able to get ALL of the display phones to drop down to 1 bar at the most and they have a 3G repeater in the store. EVERY iphone 4 has this problem it is the way they were built. Anyway, I started a case and they took down my serial number and I was told that I should wait a week or so to see if they can find a work around.