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Video Daily: Antenna issues with iPhone 4? Use duct tape

Consumer Reports, the respected nonprofit organization that publishes guides on all kinds of products and makes recommendations to consumers said yesterday it could not recommend the Apple iPhone 4.

The organization also said that AT&T was not to blame for the model's left hand antenna issues, placing the blame on Apple's hardware design.



Consumer Reports has said that the design flaw is temporarily fixed by using a sliver of duct tape, and CNN has tested the method.

"When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side -- an easy thing, especially for lefties -- the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal," Consumer Reports adds.

Apple has said an upcoming software update will fix the antenna issues, but seeing is believing in that case.




Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 13 Jul 2010 23:29

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• 8 comments

• KillerBug

  Hey, check out my slick new iphone4, sure, it is a piece of trash on a terrible network, but at least it looks cool. Oh, nevermind that duct tape on the side!

  13.7.2010 23:30 #1

• cyprusrom

  LOL, how do you spell retarded with 5 letters?
  Easy, that would be APPLE.

  13.7.2010 23:36 #2

• Hyasuma

  so the rumor are true, duct tape DOOO fix everything! Even a crappy apple
  

  14.7.2010 00:34 #3

• nonoitall

  Duct tape: 1
  Apple: 0
  
  :-D
  

  14.7.2010 01:08 #4

• KillerBug

  I wonder if steve jobs will post a video on "The correct way to apply tape to your iPhone4"...maybe they will even start selling apple approved tape; at $30 per inch.

  14.7.2010 04:38 #5

• dEwMe

  This was planned to gain that essential redneck market share...
  
  

  Just my $0.02,
  
  dEwMe
  

  14.7.2010 08:22 #6

• joepet200

  Originally posted by KillerBug: I wonder if steve jobs will post a video on "The correct way to apply tape to your iPhone4"...maybe they will even start selling apple approved tape; at $30 per inch. If I were Steve, I'd hire Red Green to eplain the "how to apply the Duct tape". He IS Duct Tape's #1 spokesman.
  
  
  

  14.7.2010 13:46 #7

• Josipher

  Originally posted by KillerBug: I wonder if steve jobs will post a video on "The correct way to apply tape to your iPhone4"...maybe they will even start selling apple approved tape; at $30 per inch. nice one been a long time since i chuckled at anything said round here haha

  14.7.2010 13:53 #8