Consumer Reports won't recommend iPhone 4G after reception tests

The iPhone 4G is not recommended by Consumer Reports. Because of the reception issues, the magazine dropped its iPhone 4G bomb. iPhone 4G antenna problems and what the media calls the “iPhone death grip” have been in headlines since the business released the gadget last month. Apple is promising an iPhone software update to ensure a more accurate display of signal strength. However, Consumer Reports ran its own tests on the iPhone 4G and recreated the exact same exact reception issues everyone has been complaining about.

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Consumer Reports suggests free iPhone antenna fix<

The latest blow to the iPhone 4G is the Consumer Reports rejection. Since the iPhone 4G was released, complaints about the death grip and class action lawsuits about the gadget have besieged Apple. Apple has responded by promising an iPhone software update that will change how the phone displays signal bars. But CNN reports that a study by the magazine questioned Apple’s “optical illusion” claim. The iPhone was tested along with some of the other AT and T phones. None had death grip problems as the iPhone 4G does. Consumer Reports noted the iPhone 4G otherwise ranked highest on the list of wise phone ratings that it released Monday. But the magazine said it doesn’t plan to recommend Apple’s new device until the business unveils “a permanent — and free — fix for the antenna problem.”

Apple carrier, AT and T are off the hook because of tests

Consumer Reports has picked the iPhone 4G as the first Apple iPhone they won’t recommend. According to the Wall Street Journal, the conclusion was an about-face for the magazine, which said in a July 2 blog post that the iPhone 4G antenna issues weren’t a deal-breaker for the device. In its rejection of the iPhone 4G, Consumer Reports took some heat off Apple iPhone carrier AT and T, which was being blamed for all the data load issues for iPhones. ”The tests also indicate that AT and T’s network may not be the primary suspect in the iPhone 4G’s much-reported signal woes,” says Consumer Reports.

An iPhone antenna solution suggested is duct tape

As well as promising an iPhone software update, Apple has been telling all of their iPhone 4 users to hold the phone differently or buying a $ 30 iPhone cover. That was confirmed by Consumer Reports iPhone 4G test, as outlined by PC World. But there are numerous less costly alternatives to Apple iPhone covers — some iPhone 4g users have used the yellow rubber Livestrong bracelets that cost $ 1. Consumer Reports says duct tape works just as well.

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CNN
money.cnn.com/2010/07/12/technology/consumer_reports_iphone/?npt=NP1
Wall Street Journal
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704288204575363011516770540.html
PC World
pcworld.com/article/200924/consumer_reports_throws_iphone_4_under_the_bus.html?tk=hp_new