Is IPhone 4 really that bad?

i think you shouldn´t, the only think that everyone complain is about the antenna, there are no complains about the screen or other thinks... just buy a case and you´ll have your perfect phone!

Not real. Don't hold off. Order through AT&T though for quick ordering though.

This is insane!! Apple needs to fix this problem by a recall. Providing us with a bumper does not solve the issue, I don’t want to have to cover my phone with plastic or rubber in order to make it work properly. Apple man fix it and fix it quick!

Yes, it is. Buy an Android device and you won't be sorry. It's pathetic Apple can't own up to their mistakes.

no problems with mine with or without the case, Go for it I say.

only as a phone

Okay, here's the deal. Read quick in case they decide to delete this.

The iPhone 4 is the best smartphone I've ever owned, and I've owned plenty. This was an upgrade from a 3GS, so I've been in the iPhone camp for awhile.
It has also been the most frustrating thing I've owned in awhile. Yes, the antenna issue is real. No, a case will not solve the issue 100%. Yes, when you're in a good signal area your signal doesn't seem to drop. No, I'm not in one of those areas most of the time. Yes, the screen is amazing. No, mine doesn't have yellow spots, nor has it ever.
When it works, it's wonderful. It is the first phone I've been able to take three stories underground inside a server lab AND still make calls, as long as I don't touch that little band.
No, you don't have to squeeze the living **** out of it to make it fail. "Death Grip" was spin designed to try and put the blame on the user, when all you have to do is lay a finger on that spot to cause it to fail.
A fix will come and when it does the phone will be amazing consistently.
For me, needing the iPhone and the apps available, the hassle of remembering to not touch the left corner is an inconvenience, and it IS a functional issue which should be addressed, but even with this issue, the phone still beats anything else I have available to me.
My company is an all iPhone shop, so I need one too; and although I COULD go back to my 3GS, after using the 4, that just isn't going to happen.
So I use my case, try to be careful when talking and eagerly await a real fix, because "hold it different" is not an answer I will accept.
Get the phone. You won't be sorry.

Not real? So all the reports demonstrating the failure are fakes?
I'm holding one in my hand right now that fails when touched. It's very real.

Yes, I've gone thru 2 iPhone 4's in a little over a week. I'm back to my 3GS. Lucky for me I'm out of contract with AT&T. I can only hope Apple fixes the problem and that Verizon gets the contract in January. AT&T around Philadelphia is really the pits

Well that's just a pipe dream. Verizon will not be getting this phone in January. If that's what you're waiting for, you should probably get something else or keep waiting.

It's a mob mentality thing. The majority of people are having no issues but the minority with issues are screaming from the mountaintops.

And you are certain of this How?

I don't think that's exactly correct. Yes, not everyone is experiencing this, but that's the problem. We paid for the same phone and want it to work like the others. They don't. That doesn't make us whiners, it makes us victims. The other people with phones that work trying to downplay the issue are the problem. By trying to convince people there is nothing wrong, you only serve to hide the fact that something is wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh6kn2mQmEs&feature=youtube_gdata

My bumper doesn't 100% solve the signal drop from the speed test.

Really, didn't you answer your own question?

I can't fathom how some people justify purchasing a phone that, well, doesn't work as a phone. Why would you spend 2 grand on a 2-year contract for this? All for something you have to jump through hoops to use?

Is this real? Absolutely.
The antenna problem is a hardware issue that is directly related to it's position on the phone and no protective coating.
The people who claim it will be fixed with a software update are clueless (have you ever touched a tv antenna in two spots?).
The people who claim no problems use their phones in a area where the signal is so high it is not impacted by the attenuation caused by contact with the antenna. The problem is still there in every phone.

By purchasing the product, you're only validating to the company that these issues "mean nothing" to the consumer and will only result in the same cycle being repeated.