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