Do other smartphones also have a connection problem.
The hottest iPhone model has just been launched by Apple to an eagerly anticipating hoard of enthusiasts. However, a short while after people got their hands on it, reports of malfunctioning began to come in. More precisely a lot of the new users claimed that they experience connectivity issues when they hold the phone in a certain way. And to Apple’s dismay, these statements were not singular cases and it turned out to be an malfunctioning crisis with virtually all the phones showing the same symptoms.
The issue arises specially when the iphone is held in a unique way using the left hand, creating the reception abilities of the inbuilt antenna to drop significantly. In case the iPhone is placed on a table for example, it displays five complete lines of signal but after it’s picked up and held in the palm, the range of lines drops to three, two and even zero. The problem of the apple iphone 4 is due to the two external antennas which loose sensitivity when covered.
The rest of the earlier iPhone models have had internal antennas so this issue never occurred as yet. It would appear that the connection problem is unique to the iPhone 4. However, Apple has released a statement saying that this challenge occurs in all mobile phones on the market if they are touched near the receiving antenna. Whether this is simply a PR tactic form the communication giant, it is not sure, but it’s a certainty that hardly any other phones have a similar issue when held near the receiving antenna.
The solution suggested both by Apple and also by new iphone 4 users is to buy a plastic phone cover that may actually isolate the hand form the exterior antennas. In this manner, no matter how somebody touches the unit, the signal is not interrupted, or at best the results aren’t that visible. Although this is only an improvised solution, it doesn’t solve the core issues and it seems that Apple doesn’t really worry about the problem.
Whatever the case, this will definitely remain a connection problem unique to the iPhone 4 and people will remember it for quite a while. It is to be seen how much will this stain affect Apple’s future share of the market. For many, an incident such as the connection issue is simply sufficient to send them towards other spartphone choices, others nevertheless love the iPhone so much that they’re willing to go down with the ship if required.