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My iphone 4G works perfectly!

I just wanted to offset some of the complaints on this board so people who are nervous about the phone will know it is a good buy. I haven't had any issues at all with my phone. No yellow screen, no reduced reception (i am using the black bumper) and no problems with the camera shutter or email operations. All my functions work perfectly, speakerphone is loud, headphones are clear, and the battery life is great. I guess my question would be am I the only person who has never had any problems with an iphone? Because this forum makes it seem like they are guaranteed to have issues when they usually dont. Just sayin...

Macbook, Mac OS X (10.6.4), iPhone 4G

Posted on Jun 26, 2010 2:05 PM

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Johnathan Burger

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Posted on Jun 26, 2010 2:09 PM

Everything just peachy keen here.

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Jun 26, 2010 3:09 PM in response to pridepuppy21

I loveitloveitloveit.

Yes, I can make the bars disappear if I try (though I have noted that this is intermittent, and depends on where I am at the time), but then such has always been the case with every wireless device I've ever owned.

In any event, I don't "death-grip" the phone naturally (as others apparently do), so for me it's a total non-issue. That said, I would agree that Apple goofed up by not being upfront and straightforward about things.

At the end of the day, however, I am indeed loving iPhone4, just as it is - no bumper, no screen protector.

teach5

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Jun 26, 2010 3:15 PM in response to pridepuppy21

I got my replacement phone today. It works great. I do not have the yellow-brown splotch like my first one had. Everything seems great with it at this point. I am very happy with it. My sister wants my 3Gs now, so I am going to give it to her. She says she would like the 4 but can't afford it right now.

Jun 26, 2010 3:15 PM in response to pridepuppy21

I just got a brand new car, it doesn't run right, oh well, I will just take the bus.

aditz

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Jun 26, 2010 3:30 PM in response to pridepuppy21

We bought 2 iPhones 4 on the 24th, wife's had what it looked like a needle chip on the screen but the phone has beed replaced on the 25th when we went back to the store, not only that the manager had blessed us with 2 bumpers free of charge worth in store £25 each. YAY we said...!!

Phones work great(apart the reception when holding the phone in your left hand bla bla...bla, but we have bumpers), battery is great, 3G reception also better, camera very good....looks sexy etc.

caryrae

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Jun 26, 2010 3:41 PM in response to pridepuppy21

I have to say even with all the problems people are reporting I am still excited to get mine even though I still have to wait until around July 14th.

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pridepuppy21 Author

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Jun 26, 2010 3:41 PM in response to aznewcaslte

How can you compare a 200 dollar phone to a car?? And on top of that, the phones run perfectly! How you hold the phone is your problem.. using your analogy.. if you drove a car with your feet then you can expect it to swerve. Stop holding your fingers over the antenna and you'll be fine. If you absolutely cant hold the phone any other way then put a bumper on it and all is well. As far as I'm concerned its more of a user issue than a manufacturer issue. You're probably the type of person that complains about everything.. glad I'm not a miserable looser... just sayin.

pridepuppy21 Author

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Jun 26, 2010 3:43 PM in response to caryrae

Well you should be Caryrae because it's not as bad as the forums make it seem! There are alot of happy iphone 4 users out here in the world who have no complaints at all 🙂

koushien

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Jun 26, 2010 3:47 PM in response to pridepuppy21

Ir seems that iphone 4 are running perfectly only if it comes with the bumper, then why Apple don't pack it with the phone but need us to spend $29.- more to buy it. I won't buy it if Apple earn me that money from their design flaw. I can never repeat that kind of reception problem on me phone on hand.

Jun 26, 2010 3:49 PM in response to pridepuppy21

i wanna know guyz what is bumper? and doeas i phone 4 have a place to insert in a sim card?

klopus

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Jun 26, 2010 3:50 PM in response to pridepuppy21

Yes my 4G (with me since 23rd) is totally fine. No death grip problems (I tried in many areas with strong and week signals), no yellow dots, no nothing. And , yeah, I didn't drop it on the curb at Times Square so no chance to accuse Apple in making it fragile.

caryrae

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Jun 26, 2010 3:51 PM in response to andysweety2009

The bumper is just a protective band that goes around the edges of the phone and the phones come with sim cards installed.

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC597ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0NA&mco=MTM3NTI0ODg

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Jun 26, 2010 3:50 PM in response to andysweety2009

Are you actually reading any of the replies to your questions?

Stedman

Jun 26, 2010 3:52 PM in response to koushien

Hey Takenoko. Read some of the other threads. The bumpers/ cases only work with limited success. This issue will have to be solved with software, hardware, or both.

I din't buy the phone to keep in a case (as many do). I like the feel of the so-called naked phone. This flaw makes it impossible for me to maintain signal.

Case only ameliorates the problem in a 'delay.' The bars eventually drop. Cheers.

(An iPhone one cannot hold- HA!)

klopus

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Jun 26, 2010 4:01 PM in response to Dan Slocum

Dan Slocum wrote:

(An iPhone one cannot hold- HA!)

Yes, you can! Hope and Change are coming. 🙂

Seriously though. I don't a have dead grip problem but if you do how hard is it not put your fingers over 2-3 mm area at the left bottom? I tried and there's nothing awkward about it.

f_r

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Jun 26, 2010 4:04 PM in response to pridepuppy21

They are guaranteed to have issues. Stop claiming to not have issues because you are using their cheap workaround. A piece of rubber like their 'bumper' costs a few cents to make and thus has a huge profit margin. This is a defective phone and needs to be fixed.

My iphone 4G works perfectly!