Apple iPhone 4
NEW DELHI: Apple may not have accepted the antenna glitch in just released fourth-generation iPhone, but the company is all set to hire antenna engineers. As the company’s recent job openings show. Apple has posted job requirement for antenna engineers in its job database.
Reports began making the rounds on the Web on June 24 saying that the iPhone 4 could lose a signal, or that the signal indicator would show a weakened signal, when the smartphone is held in a certain way -- particularly if it was held in the left hand.
Several new iPhone owners confirmed the reception problem in a string of more than messages posted to a thread on Apple's iPhone 4 support forum. "Signal drops from 4-5 bars to 'searching for signal...' when I hold it in my palm or cover up the line on the lower left side of the phone," reported a user identified as "yoshjosh" on the thread. "I understand that cell signals may degrade when you cover up the antenna, but I have never seen anything this severe, and I'm not holding the phone differently than I think most people hold their phones. This is a real issue."
Apple acknowledged that holding the iPhone 4 may result in a diminished signal that could make it difficult to make and maintain calls or retain a data connection. However, it maintained that it is same with every wireless phone.
"Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone," Apple said in a statement. Apple CEO Steve Jobs however called it a non issue.
Reports began making the rounds on the Web on June 24 saying that the iPhone 4 could lose a signal, or that the signal indicator would show a weakened signal, when the smartphone is held in a certain way -- particularly if it was held in the left hand.
Several new iPhone owners confirmed the reception problem in a string of more than messages posted to a thread on Apple's iPhone 4 support forum. "Signal drops from 4-5 bars to 'searching for signal...' when I hold it in my palm or cover up the line on the lower left side of the phone," reported a user identified as "yoshjosh" on the thread. "I understand that cell signals may degrade when you cover up the antenna, but I have never seen anything this severe, and I'm not holding the phone differently than I think most people hold their phones. This is a real issue."
Apple acknowledged that holding the iPhone 4 may result in a diminished signal that could make it difficult to make and maintain calls or retain a data connection. However, it maintained that it is same with every wireless phone.
"Gripping any phone will result in some attenuation of its antenna performance with certain places being worse than others depending on the placement of the antennas. This is a fact of life for every wireless phone," Apple said in a statement. Apple CEO Steve Jobs however called it a non issue.
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