Rubber Cover Helps Signal Problem

In what could prove a shrewd marketing campaign for the iPhone 4 accessories, a molded plastic and rubber diaphragm has the latest version of Apple's handhelds have proven to be a possible solution to the problems of signal quality of the phone.

Consumer Reports said Wednesday that the coverage is called the guard, "deals with the problem of signal strength," and gives a more fashion-friendly solution than using a piece of duct tape in a specific place on the phone, a publication Treatment also says works. If Apple would stress to the report in a four-centered iPhone press conference Friday, is unlikely because Apple tried to promote this patch before.

Consumer Reports noted the phone's signal will be reduced by a finger covered "a small hole in the bottom left cabinet on the phone." A guard or a piece of masking tape placed over the gap led to "significant drop in signal strength," the publication reported.

Even with the bumper - cost $ 29 - approved as a fix, Consumer Reports also asked to give four Apple iPhone customers with a solution for free. A more likely topic for a press conference Friday

Apple defensive over Consumer Reports findings

thecloserThe seemingly endless tale of four iPhone antenna issue has risen again. After a negative report from Consumer Reports, Apple has apparently removed all the questions about the results from the popular support forum discussions. Kent German as reported earlier today, Consumer Reports issued a formal position on the Apple iPhone 4 G and can not recommend phone Moderators for the forum Support Discussions Apple's rapidly growing delete threads discussing Consumer Reports articles.

Although these issues are no longer visible, you can read the cached version of Bing.Despite the generally positive reputation, Consumer Reports, many fans of Apple iPhone defended strongly throughout the four thread. It will be interesting to see what kind of fallout this finding will produce in terms of sales for the Apple iPhone 4 G moves forward. Despite early reports on these very issues, sold more iPhone iPhone 4 3GS still nearly doubled in the first day. Not to mention, the Consumer Reports said that issues related to the iPhone antenna 4 is not unique to iPhone 4th Also interesting to note that Consumer Reports has the iPhone rate of 4 as the best smartphone available today, whatever dish that has a material defect is built into the iPhone design 4th Apple has insisted issue is a problem the software will be fixed in next version 4 of Ios.

The next step would be in Apple, and I believe all software engineers available working for a solution through IOS 4 update. Should the issue of antenna to display material in connection with a withdrawal could be disastrous for the future of Apple's iPhone and a huge victory for the other developers smartphone tooth and nail for market share the iPhone brand. Should Apple Discussions forum moderators have removed support questions on the recent article from Consumer Reports? Covered by the antenna affects your decision to buy the Apple iPhone 4 G; Tell us in comments!

Consumer Reports Apple iPhone 4 G study flawed

As the 4 hits iPhone seem continues to accumulate, Apple has found a friend in an electro-mechanical and self-described which alleges that Consumer Reports does not provide a truly scientific examination of the problems facing the Apple iPhone antenna 4.

Bob Egan, now a technology blogger and Global Head of Research and Chief Analyst at TowerGroup, the study argues that Consumer Reports was the popular independent team of customer support in a position to recommend the purchase ofApple iPhone 4 G has several inherent weaknesses and therefore can hardly be regarded as scientific. The bottom line. From what I see in reports, consumer reports to replicate the same uncontrolled scientific experimentation without that most blogging sites has become.

Egan also asked whether the issue is still full of apples, assuming that AT & T could share some blame for varying the call sign and file the problems that have since become fodder for endless blogging each technology reporting aspects of Apple site.Also, do not know if the finger on the deck of antenna mismatch or antenna receiver itself disagreement.Since this issue came to light, I carefully monitored my 3G reception while using the Apple iPhone 4 G . My conclusions, although totally unscientific, is that if I can reproduce the problem index of the control signal (where the number of bars decreases considerably when filling the gap of the antenna in the bottom left of the unit) does not seem to affect call quality or make calls dropped. It reminds me that the index problem is the result of incorrect calculation software and can also expect a software determines the silence of this problem for good. Thus, the issue of jobs, who do you think? Consumer Reports has done due diligence in the 4 trials iPhone, or do not miss the steps of the process to make the report more valid? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!

New industrial design Of Apple iPhone 4G

At first glance, the new Apple iPhone 4G, industrial design, so only temporarily revoked the previous two generations will look different. It feels great to end up right out of the factory, although the design of the language common to all Apple products there are some elements which are not. Against the glass screen is red finish alloy wheels. Finish with one voice, replaced by two separate reports. Rim transparent finish, and went tapered, curved surfaces are.

However, this concept is not a trend. When not in the rest of Apple's product range. On the contrary: The new iPhone also comes with the iMac and to IPAD simplicity. In fact, we have available the iPhone 3G, polished chrome wheels and a hard place over the background with curved edges and utilitarian-Dieter Ramish can say on the iMac and IPAD. IPAD, as well as, for example, the new iPhone has a meaning. Same feeling, the same functionality is easy.

Why aluminum monocoque design, but instead will have a black plastic back? Why two volume buttons, voice? Why the seams? And the reasons behind any curvature at all?
Why back plastic?

Plastic back is the most obvious design choice. IPAD, with its all aluminum back on its wireless reception radius has been reduced. A 3G version of the top spots on a large, probably enough to ensure good reception is great. Luxurious but tiny new iPhone: using a very small area where the signal can not be ensured. Jon, I've been dying to get rid of plastic back, and I'm sure iPad style all the way to go, but the wireless reception on a mobile phone is the most important thing. Functional aesthetic compromises necessary.

Why a separate volume buttons?
Volume of the new iPhone instead of a button, iPhone, iPod touch or find IPAD uses separate buttons. If you think this one up, this may indicate a temporary condition of factors, many hardware button for the Apple phone features camera demand. New iPhone, the camera's features to get more weight means a larger sensor and has a flash. Apple, this approach can be applied with two buttons that make sense to think provides a physical release. This makes sense.

Why the seams?
Perhaps the most surprising aspect of sewing is the new design. Aesthetics and functionality to meet all of their terms do not appear, do not attempt any explanation. But it did not look bad. In fact, the whole effect seems to be something to find a Braun 70.

Enjoy these seams are suspicious. Or the end product is lost or can not predict at this time is a function.

Why tapered or curved?
If a future article, and there's a new Apple iPhone 4G too miniature tapered, curved surfaces, was packed as you can see a lot. Everything seems to take up any space other than a tight thing is electronic.
Hardware features

The phone measures 2.31 by 0.37 inches 4.50. It weighs 140 grams. 3GS a postal scale (and 135 on the Apple official measures) is 137 grams. According ie, 3 grams heavier. Battery 5.25 W / h 3.7 V, 4.51 W / h is a 3.7V battery 3G, are compared. On the back of the phone, she XX GB, but since we did not get a working phone, said the situation, we could not see exactly how big it is
this is how it feels

freaking amazing. 3G is really the most elegant, I like the mound on a flat back, no one as big welcome more angular design. It feels more solid and less plasticky than 3G. Metal button again, less generous to give a toy-all previous generations. The closest analogues are more square and his brother, the last will be heavier than the original iPhone.

Your face is quite natural and real that it feels like a bright front and rear of the phone without sliding it does not matter how. because it is thinner, feels even better in your pants.
What all this means

Apple iPhone 4G radically different than 3G and 3G has changed. , They were not feeling up to the rest of the products that are designed to kill the old hopeless. Now a slim body, a form factor much better than no wasted space and the hard lines too. But the design has changed is not the most important.

Many features of these people to upgrade everything at the same time before the camera crazy! "Everything is waiting for has been delivered. Flash back a better camera, better battery life and a microphone, a better voice clarity for. Meat Those two years and 3G I bought now the ideal position to upgrade, and many would be so different, and better the phone has . If confirmed, this summer, and we expect this new generation iPhone looks like a winner if it behaves.
Your face is quite natural and real that it feels like a bright front and rear of the phone without sliding it does not matter how. because it is thinner, feels even better in your pants.



Promote blog

Apple's recent packaging and tinker with the final design of the iphone4g, although in some functions that are missing from the iPhone and new generation, so new and already much different to what extent. Here you can find a detailed list of results:

What's new

• Front facing video chat camera
• Improved regular behind the camera (the lens is fully aware 3G iPhone more)
• Camera flash
• standard micro-SIM SIM (like IPAD)
• Improved display. "Quite," the iTunes Connect "display high-resolution imagery much higher on 3G seems difficult to know if it's thrown around before the screen 960x640.
• What seems a secondary microphone for noise cancellation, top, next to the headphone
• Split buttons for volume
• Power, mute and volume buttons are all metal

What changed of apple iphone 4 G

• Back glass completely flat or (more likely) or a ceramic or plastic through a bright cells to bring the signal is made. Tapping into the windshield, rear-screen at the touch of a freer and is more high-pitched voice, but only for the rational construction elements could be in a different direction
• Apart from all around the edge of the aluminum
3G (but apparently more screen • slightly smaller, higher resolution)
• Everything is square leave
• 3 grams heavier than the
• 16% of the battery more
• Internal components, collapsed and a large battery to make room for a miniature low
Why I think this is absolutely true of apple iphone 4 G

We are even more skeptical, if not more. Tips are always wrong. But the overall quality of the game for about a week after Apple phones and a full and final settlement of this unit is like the end, there is too much evidence stacked in their favor, there is very little probability of being false. In fact, almost none of probabilities. Apple design from scratch the following operating components have to use the phone, thinking, and then it spread to people in the world. Almost impossible. Therefore one by one.

This loss has been reported
Fireball John Gruber Brave connected to Apple's iPhone that Apple has really lost a prototype and said they want to return:

So I called around and is now a fact that Apple's unit - a unit from Apple is very interested to get back to believing.

Obviously, no one has found and it is here.

Screen
We connect to the iTunes screen for the reasons listed earlier, so that I could not go beyond this screen, high quality USB cable, it was impossible to distinguish individual pixels. I can not tell you the exact solution of this new generation iPhone, but not much higher than the current iPhone 3G.

OS
According to this person to establish that the iPhone OS 4.0 was running before the iPhone 4.0 announcement. Playing with other people and could see the iPhone version 4.0 features. After the old Apple remote access killed the phone. Specific 3G device firmware firmware-3G could not recover, because the devices installed and no software is available for the phone not published. How credible is another clue.

Are considered an iPhone
Apple iPhone acts like this feature "to reconnect to a computer, connected with the boot order right and not". Xcode and iTunes and see it as an iPhone. On Mac OS X System Profiler, which is a natural wiping away the phone like an iPhone restore mode, it reports, but different product IDs (both CPID and CPRV) compared 3G, or 3G, or more.

This method uses micro-SIM
Now, using a micro-reality is a clear indication of this new generation iPhone. No other mobile phone in the U.S. at this stage, it uses the standard.
If Camouflage
Patients were discharged in a case full of plastic at home the phone was to conceal such 3GS. Not only is this situation normal, all the great new holes and new switches and ports, and the holes made for the camera flash device was. Belkin Case-Mate or something, but it looks like. Perfect in disguise.

The fact that in nature today
Logic of why this phone is iPhone this year, next year or model of the previous year, just because he was currently in the wild may collapse. She is now a super-finished form, is almost finished with it would make no sense for Apple in the 2011 model tested. Also last year the phone model test model of the iPhone last year, according dismantling 3GS () for components in a manner that can not be different. No micro-SIM, a more logic board, flash, no camera front, small battery and a sub-camera. Leaves only the 2010 model.
What courage, conclusive evidence
And finally, we opened, we have seen more than a clearly labeled APPLE. components and to be extremely good condition and very old (in this case designed for the opening) in 3GS clear that this is a 3G or transferred to another agency did not comply with the appropriate standard. If possible, perhaps even in small devices and large size restrictions of the battery would not be together.