http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/10490572.stm

Quote :

"Our formula, in many instances, mistakenly displays two more bars than it should for a given signal strength. For example, we sometimes display four bars when we should be displaying as few as two bars."

Convenient classic mixup

7/3/2010 8:50:10 AM

OMG NEW!!!!

there's not already a 173 page about the iphone and several pages discussing this topic specifically...oh wait...

7/3/2010 8:58:31 AM

Shennanigans

7/3/2010 9:14:15 AM

more like iphone buy fail

7/3/2010 2:44:32 PM

This is a thinly veiled coverup. They wanted to make sure their new product had 'more signal' than their previous, so a little programming trickery with a logarithmic scale and viola! 5 bars where there is one!

Oh, and new software! (but only for 32GB+ owners. If you can't afford the huge model you'll just have to buy another one - nevermind it's the same hardware.)

[Edited on July 3, 2010 at 2:50 PM. Reason : rawr, who is still buying this stuff?]

7/3/2010 2:49:36 PM

attn users...

7/3/2010 2:51:24 PM

there's not already a 173 page about the iphone and several pages discussing this topic specifically...oh wait...

7/3/2010 2:51:50 PM

Quote :

"This is a thinly veiled coverup."

Right, because it wasn't all over the news or anything. If it's a coverup, then it's the worst coverup ever.

7/3/2010 2:57:55 PM

^this is Apple we're talking about

And they could find fecal coliform bacteria on all the screens and two things are sure to happen: Apple call it a feature OR promise to fix it and do nothing for a year // still sell a million or 2.

7/3/2010 3:03:03 PM

^ That's an unreasonable hypothetical, so I see no reason to respond to it.

7/3/2010 3:13:18 PM

I like how CNN went to mulitple locations and did interviews with people standing in line asking them about the iphone 4 reception problem and 9/10 said they either didn't care or believed it to be a hoax.

I laugh at those idiots for buying a pos, I'll stick with the 4g EVO. Pretty cool that Raleigh was one of the first cities to get 4g.

7/3/2010 4:12:40 PM

iOS > Android

7/3/2010 4:17:47 PM

AT&T < Everyone else

7/3/2010 4:22:03 PM

ignorance is bliss if you are an iPhone owner i guess....

7/3/2010 4:34:58 PM

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7/3/2010 7:01:05 PM