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Meanwhile, since we posted our inquiry on Monday, June 28, over 1250 people have responded. The overwhelming majority are experiencing problems with their iPhones and agree that Apple should be held accountable.
So let me get this straight. Over 1250 people are saying their reception isn't so great with the iPhone 4. Apple sold 1.7 million devices in the first weekend it was available. The percentage of respondents is so low I can't even copy it from Windows Calculator (I mean I can, it's 7.352941176470588e-4, but who wants to see that?). Why are people bothering with this frivolousness? I'd even venture to say there's more actually defective units that were sold than the amount of people that are complaining about their signal loss.
Apple is a big company, people think that it's going to just roll over to a few squeaky wheels. To say that the iPhone 4 is completely unusable as it was released is absurd. I'm finding more and more places just in my daily use where I have more bars with AT&T than I did with Verizon, including inside buildings. This kind of nonsense just appears to be the same Apple hate that happens every go around, it's always going to be something critically and traumatically wrong with anything that is released.
Don't get me wrong, if I cover the left side black band with my thumb my bars start to drop. In my apartment. Around town I don't have that issue and I can freely hold the phone however I wish without dropping calls or paralyzing my data connection. I'm not going to put a bumper on my phone and I'm not putting a case on it. I'm not dissatisfied with the service or the hardware. I have my gripes about some minor things with iOS but I'll get used to it.
It's genuinely shocking to me the amount of fervor over "low signal strength." Hasn't that been the major complaint of AT&T for years now? It's no different now than it was when you bought your 3GS last year, and your 3G the year before, and your 2G the year before that. AT&T and Apple both have a 30 day return policy, if it doesn't fit your needs, then return it. I'd be interested to go into a few AT&T and Apple stores to see how many phones have been returned to date. My guess is very very very few.
The Apple vs. the Internet soap opera continues......
