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

Consumer Reports won’t recommend the iPhone 4G. The iPhone 4G bomb was dropped by the magazine because of reception issues. iPhone 4G antenna issues and what the media calls the “iPhone death grip” are in headlines since the business released the gadget last month. Apple says there will soon be a software update showing accurate display of signal strength. Consumer Reports ran its own tests on the iPhone 4G and recreated the reception issues everyone has been complaining about.

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Free iPhone antenna fix asked for by Consumer Reports<

The Consumer Reports rejection is the latest blow to the iPhone 4G. Since the iPhone 4G was first released, complaints about the death grip and class action lawsuits about the over-hyped gadget have besieged Apple. Apple has responded by promising an iPhone software update that will more accurately show phone displays signal bars. But CNN reports that a study by the magazine questioned Apple’s “optical illusion” claim. The iPhone 4 was tested with other AT and T phones, such as the iPhone 3GS. None had the death grip issues that the iPhone 4G demonstrated. Consumer Reports showed readers that the iPhone 4G otherwise ranked highest on the list of intelligent phone ratings that it released Monday. But the magazine said it does not plan to recommend Apple’s new device until the! company 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 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.

iPhone antenna solution includes 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 getting a $ 30 iPhone cover. PC World reports that the Consumer Reports iPhone 4G test confirms that assertion. But there are many less costly alternatives to Apple iPhone covers – numerous of the iPhone 4g users have used the yellow rubber Livestrong bracelets that cost $ 1. Consumer Reports suggests that duct tape works also.

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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