Daily Archives: July 3, 2010

Apple have issued a press release over-night in which they address the antenna issue reported by many iPhone 4 owners. The root cause, they say, is both ‘simple and surprising’: according to Apple, the phenomena of reduced signal strength when the device is being held is not new, has happened on past iPhones and other non-Apple devices, and  the real problem is that Apple got the formula on which they calculate the number of bars to represent the signal strength ‘totally wrong’.

According to the press release, users who experience this signal loss when applying the so-called ‘death grip’ are actually in areas of weak coverage at the time, but they’re unaware of this because Apple’s flawed signal-strength formula displays much better reception than they are actually receiving. Apple claim this issue was also present in the iPhone 3G and 3GS and that a software update in which they will adjust their formula to match AT&T’s recommendations will fix this in the ‘within a few weeks’.

So, Apple are effectively claiming that the issue is one of perception of signal strength rather than an actual design flaw. Do you buy this? Head past the ‘read now’ to read the full press display and to give us your thoughts.…