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    News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    The new antenna in the iPhone 4 doesn’t seem to work if you hold it in a certain way.
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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    They need to make the iPhone 4 'Ned Flanders' edition.

    It's frankly amazing to be told you're holding the phone improperly.

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    My W880i doesn't do that...

    and this is progress!

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    I don't get how Apple, a company that prides itself on the quality and all-in-one "just works" nature of its hardware design could have cocked this one up so badly. Especially given that it would appear that the whole concept of the new design was based around having the antenna on the outside.

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    In other news; Apple blames poor reception on nearby HTC devices with Adobe software.

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    The signal on the iPhone has always played second fiddle to aesthetics.
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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    My N73 had instructions that advised I didn't keep my palm over the back of the phone, flat, as it would require the radio to increase output power and would affect signal strength.

    So it's not a problem entirely unique to Apple. Still, the problem does, if reports are accurate, seem quite profound, and a little silly.
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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    Quote Originally Posted by bbc
    The problem is thought to be particularly acute for left-handed owners who naturally touch the phone in the sensitive area.
    Steady on!

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    I thought it was right handed people this affects, if you're right handed you tend to hold a touch screen phone in your left and do the touching/pointing with your right.

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    Am I the only right-handed person that usually holds the phone in their left hand?? I think it's descriminating against more than just lefties!

    Comedy design fail though, well done Apple
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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    Quote Originally Posted by bbc
    The problem is thought to be particularly acute for left-handed owners who naturally touch the phone in the sensitive area.
    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel View Post
    Steady on!
    I look forward to hearing that BBC quote on The News Quiz tonight

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    Is it just me or do other people think putting the antenna in the bottom left corner is REALLY DUMB! Ok more people might hold it in the right bottom, however the iphone is know for rotating to landscape in which case the bottom left is where it would be held. The most sensible place would seem to be the top right hand corner in a vertical phone, as it is the place that is least likely to be held. The Bottom is clearly where people are going to try to hold the phone, it seems Apple no longer employs engineers just creative designers.
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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    '1 out of 10 of our customers are defective for our product' - Apple
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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    You're all wrong, they needed twin aerials

    Anyway yes, a left-handed person might hold it in their right hand to use the screen but would, I imagine, use their left hand for phone calls - and vice versa for right-handed people. Either way, it's an incredible fail by Apple - I for one thought the whole "aerial uses the frame" thing would've negated this sort of issue, but obviously it's not quite what they said it would be..

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    Is it bad that I want this to mark the beginning of the downfall of Apple?

    Meh.

    But knowing Apple, this probably won't make much difference. They'll most likely sue others over it.

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    Re: News - Apple iPhone 4 unsympathetic to lefties

    Quote Originally Posted by HSK View Post
    Is it bad that I want this to mark the beginning of the downfall of Apple?
    You can go on making a bad product only so long, at the moment Apple is seen to be a status symbol, you should hear the way the analysis slag off Nokia and a Love Apple on Bloomberg to see this. If the fan boys switch and the iphone is seen as being owned by iLosers, then it could be the downfall, it needs people however to come out and say "The Emperor has no Clothes". Sorry just some techie geeks do not cut it as we are seen as having no "style" anyway. Now if Steven Fry said it... that would be damaging.
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