Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Duct Tape to the Rescue

lol

The most talked-about phone in the U.S.—Apple’s iPhone 4—has a design flaw that’s best fixed with a sliver of duct tape, according to Consumer Reports.

“It may not be pretty, but it works,” writes Mike Gikas on that nonprofit consumer group’s electronics blog.

The patch—which sounds like it’d be more appropriate for kitchen plumbing than for a phone that retails for $200 to $300, plus an AT&T contract—is supposed to correct an apparent problem with the iPhone 4’s metal antenna.

In a controlled test, Consumer Reports found that people who hold the iPhone 4 in a way that covers up an antenna connector on the phone’s lower left side will experience poorer reception and possibly dropped calls.

But if you slap a piece of duct tape over that antenna connection, the reception problems go away, the group says.

(3) Comments
Posted by Owen at 2119 hrs
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  1. I love duct tape.

    Posted by Charlie Hillman on July 13, 2010 at 2231 hrs


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  3. I still haven’t had a problem with mine. I recently put one of the “bumper” cases on it.

    I can’t see why consumer reports would give the “not-recommended” label, when they laud iPhone 4 for all of its other features. The reception issue really only happens if you try to make it happen, but I guess the only people who really read consumer reports are 40 or 50 something anal retentive types anyway.

    I still say it is the best smartphone I have ever used, which includes Blackberry and Droid devices.

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