iPhone 4 Antenna Issue
The cluster centers on the iPhone 4 'Antennagate' controversy, where holding the phone a certain way caused signal drops, prompting Steve Jobs' 'you're holding it wrong' response. Users reference this incident to critique Apple or compare it to similar hardware problems.
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Didn't the iphone 4 antenna issue happen under Jobs? With him claiming you're holding the phone wrong or something like that.
This reminds me of the "you're holding your iphone wrong" explanation for the signal problems.
This is the same company that told people they were holding their iPhones wrong because the antenna was dropping out during calls.I'd prefer to try it myself rather than just take their word for it.
Well, he would say that the users are using them wrong. Precedent: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2010/jun/25/ipho...
"holding it wrong" was exactly the right phrase given how that phrase was used with the iPhone antenna bridging problem. This is an Apple product failing.
When you held your iPhone 4 wrong and the connection dropped, people didn't claim that there was no antenna.
That's not as bad as Apple's.https://archive.is/20240401152946/https://www.wired.com/2010...
Remember this?https://techcrunch.com/2010/06/24/iphone-4-antenna-issue/
My understanding is that all phones suffer #2, and the iPhone 4 is not obviously much worse in this respect than its rivals.But, of course, even if you do something that fixes #1 completely, there will always be people saying "Boo, Apple hasn't fixed the problem! When I hold my phone like this, I get less signal, just as I did before!" -- when in fact the same would be true whatever phone they used.
Sounds like another round of "you're holding it wrong" - https://www.wired.com/2010/06/iphone-4-holding-it-wrong/