Apple: We’ll Show More Bars for the Same Signal Strength on iPhone 4

iPhone 4 Signal Issues Solved!

Apple has just issued an open letter to its customers having iPhone 4 in hands. The open letter explains Apple’s point of view on iPhone 4 signal problems. You can read the whole letter on Apple site but I’d like to critically analyze the letter over here.

First of all, the letter starts with a bare lie:

“…gripping almost any mobile phone in certain ways will reduce its reception by 1 or more bars. This is true of iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, as well as many Droid, Nokia and RIM phones.”

Being a cell phone user for many years now, I can tell this isn’t true at all. I’ve owned all types phones from Nokia to Windows Mobile and this thing never happened to me. To verify it again, I went on to grip my Nokia phone as tightly as possible and gripped it at every angle. There was no drop in signal. Then I checked it with iPhone 3G, there’s no drop in signal wherever you grab the phone. Then I verified it with my brother’s phone, with my friend’s phone, my mother’s phone and my father’s phone. None of them dropped a single bar because of a grip.

There can be a confusion about a weak signal area. In a weak signal area your phone keeps on dropping and picking signal bars at random, either you grip it tightly or just place it on your palm top. It has nothing to do with the grip. However, when placed on a table, it might show stability in signal bars because it is not changing its position at all. The bars won’t necessarily be higher when placed. They can increase when the phone is picked up. Because the phone has changed its position. The new position might have a better signal reception. So above Apple statement is a big lie! You can verify it at your own.

The letter goes on:

The real signal strength remains the same, but the iPhone’s bars will report it far more accurately, providing users a much better indication of the reception they will get in a given area. We are also making bars 1, 2 and 3 a bit taller so they will be easier to see.

So here’s Apple solution. You are getting nothing but a prank! You are being blown right into your eyes. All shamelessly.

In real, the iPhone 4 reception problem is created because of the static charge that is established on the metal band when you hold it in your hands. This is nothing to do with the software. Have you heard of the solution in the form of a plastic case or a rubber band? Yes, if you keep your iPhone 4 in a case or cover it’s metallic band with a rubber or plastic, the bars don’t drop. Reason? You are not having direct contact with the metal which is in fact the antenna of the iPhone 4. There’s no static charge, so no signal drop.

Com’on Apple, stop being so shameless. Stop deceiving us!