Verizon iPhone Also Haunted By the Death Grip

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday February 9, 2011 @09:52AM from the here-we-go-again dept.

adeelarshad82 writes "Turns out that the Verizon iPhone 4 is also plagued with the same problem as the AT&T version, the 'Death Grip.' This isn't completely surprising since Apple has made no significant changes in the antenna design to warrant a permanent fix. As a result, the 'Death grip' causes a drop in 3G data performance as well as the Wi-Fi performance. What's strange is that the Death Grip gives inconsistent results which is why analysts don't view this as a big problem for Apple, chalking up the news as 'bloggers looking for something to write about.' Analysts also argue that Apple sold millions of AT&T iPhone 4's last year and despite the media-furor, consumers did not line up at Apple Stores demanding refunds."

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Re:This is certainly not news by Anonymous Coward · 2011-02-09 10:33 · Score: 0, Troll

The only ones who were expecting different results were the bloggers who just happen to be people you can type really really loudly on the internwebs.
It sure as hell wouldn't be the devoted Applefags who bought the iPhone for the brand name status symbol, not for its impressive radio performance.