By this point, I’m sure you’ve heard all the stories going around about how the genius of Apple’s brilliant new antenna design on the iPhone 4 can be shattered by simply holding it. When you bridge the two antennas together on the top and bottom of the device, the bridge creates a major disturbance in frequency. And Apple’s response to it? “Simply avoid holding it in that way.”
According to an article over at the NY Times, it is possible, and even likely, that the issue was not caught before release because of a a couple key issues:
- Apple’s HQ is obviously going to have wonderful reception, given the relationship between Apple and AT&T
- Whenever the phone was taken into the wild, it always had a case on it to make it look like a 3GS
This writer’s opinion? Bad testing, coupled with pure laziness. The idea that a company could create this state-of-the-art new antenna design on speculation alone and not only neglect to consider the bridging of the two antennas, but also never test it the way it would be held without a case, is ridiculous.
What do you think? Let us know in the comments.
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