July 13, 2010 
If you have opened an internet browser within the last month you have probably heard about the iPhone 4’s antenna dilemma. The problem, if didn’t already know, has plagued the next generation Apple iPhone and caused it to loose signal when a conductive material (aka skin) bridges the gap on the iPhone. Now every technology blog, including Tech Cores has hounded this mistake, so what happens when Consumer Reports joins the band wagon? Well let me paint a picture for you, bloggers were hand digging the iPhone 4’s grave and then Consumer Reports brought in the backhoe. 
So, basically they just gave bloggers something else to well, blog about. Now also in the review they tested the “covering the gap with a “non conductive” material, tape” idea, and added a statement saying that it does indeed work but only makes the design on the iPhone 4 suffer.
“Bumpers 4 All”
(Pun Intended) The solution handed down by many blogging sites is to simply give each and every iPhone 4 owner a free bumper for there iPhone. The Apple Bumpers have gotten great reviews overall and in my opinion work great and feel even better in your hand. But that is A LOT of bumpers, and not every body wants to have one just to be able to call somebody.
The following quote from consumer reports writer Mike Gikas is the concluding partition on the report and the quote that really finishes their “Not Recommended” review.
“If you want an iPhone that works well without a masking-tape fix, we continue to recommend an older model, the 3G S.”
Marc Billow
Tech Cores Administrator
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I was one of the first to receive my IPhone4. Biggest mistake of my life. The antenna thing is really just the tip of the iceberg. The biggest problem I have is the bluetooth. I’m on the phone for 6-8 hours a day and I went from my 3Gs which I could walk from one end of my house to the next with no problems to the 4g which starts to break down after 3-5 feet. I can’t even put the phone in my pocket and talk on my ear piece. I have 3 different ones, all with the same result. Not to mention the OS instability. I have my exchange server configured with calendar, mail and contacts. All of the sudden my calendar goes blank. Freezups, hangups, blackout .. you name it. This phone has proved absolutely worthless. My advice. Don’t do it, I just bought a droid x and I’m in love. speed, features. Its like going from a fisher price toy to a real device. I swore by my IPhone for years but I really think Apple like always is loosing their edge and its the same thing that buried them in the computer industry…. they won’t open up the source. They are greedy and proprietary. It can only go so far.
Apple addressed the Exchange issues in 4.0.1, as well as proximity sensor issues. As far as Bluetooth goes that’s most likely a phone specific issue and should have been brought or mentioned to Apple who would have replaced the phone. As far as Android goes, well, it is needs work, and a lot of it… It just seems unfinished to me…
Marc Billow