Originally Posted by
anrkitec
Woops.
Consumer Reports just published their review and testing report on the iPhone 4. Not only do they recommend against buying the phone but they pretty much call Apples recent "explanation" BS.
CR iPhone 4 Review
"...we can't recommend the iPhone 4.
We reached this conclusion after testing all three of our iPhone 4s (purchased at three separate retailers in the New York area) in the controlled environment of CU's radio frequency (RF) isolation chamber. In this room, which is impervious to outside radio signals, our test engineers connected the phones to our base-station emulator, a device that simulates carrier cell towers (see video: IPhone 4 Design Defect Confirmed). We also tested several other AT&T phones the same way, including the iPhone 3G S and the Palm Pre. None of those phones had the signal-loss problems of the iPhone 4."
but did they make any calls in real world conditions?
the number of bars does not matter. what matters if the user can make and receive calls and in particular, whether they drop or not.
anandtech found that despite the iphone 4 showing fewer bars when held in certain ways, it was able to hold onto calls much better than other phones.
i'm also puzzled about their comment on other phones, because i can easily change the number of bars on pretty much any phone (not just iphones) depending on how its held.
"The tests also indicate that AT&T's network might not be the primary suspect in the iPhone 4's much-reported signal woes."
consumer reports rated at&t last:
http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/2...ervice-survey/
and if the iphone is the problem, then why aren't there as many complaints in other countries for other carriers?