iPhone 4 antenna problem: a solution provided by Apple

July 2, 2010 Jenny Gadgets, Mobiles, 0

Apple iPhone 4 The iPhone 4 has been well appreciated for its features and innovative technology used. The Retina Display, the Gyro Technology, the features of multitasking, iMovie app, video calling and so on; all these features make this device a truly remarkable one for the buyers. But, with the launch of the device, customers started complaining of a grisly problem in the handset.

The problem which was identified in the iPhone 4 was the dropping of signal strength to very low on touching the left rim of the iPhone 4, and could result in disconnecting of calls or the loss of connectivity. The rims use the new concept of the antenna technology, according to Steve Jobs.

Jobs simply responded – “Just avoid holding it in that way”, reported CNET. This iPhone 4 grip shown by Steve Jobs has been called the “Death Grip” and this grip reduces the contact of the hand of the user with that of the steel band encircling the iPhone 4 edge which contains the antenna. Thus the problem can be solved in this way.

Even for the safety of the rims, the buyer needs to get the Bumpers by paying a sum of $29. According to Apple, a case can avoid skin-to-iPhone contact at the lower-left — the score or gap in the steel band — which can modify the cellular antenna’s capability to receive and send signals at its designed frequencies.

Thus, the two ways of solving the iPhone 4 problem have been explained. In spite of the problem, the iPhone 4 continues to be the favourite for its buyers.