In a report published today, MobileTrax principal analyst Gerry Purdy calls Apple to fix the iPhone 4 faulty antenna design.
Apple will need to fix the faulty design of the iPhone antenna. I can assure you that the iPhone 5 won’t have that problem. It might have another problem, but it won’t continue the antenna problems in the iPhone 4. I’m confident that Apple engineering will ensure the future iPhone (and iPad) products will have antennas that work properly.
Apple’s faulty design has consumers wonder if they should buy Apple’s smartphone or not
It has been a real nightmare for Apple, certainly a cause for consternation with millions of iPhone customers, and perhaps a “Wait a minute, should I buy one of these?’ hesitation for a number of prospective iPhone buyers.
And the real winner of Apple’s “Antennagate” ? Antenna engineers!
Simply holding a device should not interfere in any significant way with the network signal reception. And Antennagate will cause other firms such as HTC, Motorola, RIM and Samsung to increase antenna design capabilities to ensure that they won’t have a repeat of the same problem as Apple experienced. It should be a ‘field day’ for antenna design consultants to help all SmartPhone manufacturers fix antenna problems.
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I have a thing about my iphone 3g, not quite geared up for the version 4, would like to see it tested by others first.
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First, this is not a “defect”. A defect means it is broken, not functional and a consistent problem with no solution. This is a design decision resulted in periodic usage problems. 70% of iPhone users use a case of some sort. The other 30% prefer to not use any casing. Of those, some are encountering this “shorting” problem.
Easy and cheap fix. THis is Apple, so everyone seems to enjoy jumping up and pounding on Apple. It seems thoroughly silly. After the Auto Industries’ collapse, the banking industry’s hubris and greed, we finally have an American company that can do some good by producing products that are easy to use and generally reliable with excellent service to boot. Unfortunately, the few brainless amongst us just cannot help but direct their personal bias at Apple as though it is some abstract conceptual entity.
The iPhone 4 has an antenna design that will allow shorting if you hold it in a specific manner. Easy fix is to get a case. Problem solved. All further hot air are just hot air, so move along little children and put in your pacifier. Time to look for the next successful American companies to bash just to make you feel special.
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