So I picked up an iPhone 4 today...

[fatality_uk]

had to put it straight back down to get a signal!!
:p

[Phrea]

I'd like to see some pictures, of you holding that phone. :P

[kamaboko]

But Steve Jobs said it's a none issue. All you have to do is shell out $30US for what amounts to a rubber band that goes around the edges. Amazing how they had this nifty little item already to sell...almost like they knew about the reception problem in the first place. I bet Jobs could bring back the "Pet Rock" and people would buy them in droves. "It's not just a regular rock that you would find on the side of the road. This is a special rock. Look at how fast it drops when you let go of it. It breaks glass like no other rock can. It's the iRock...and I invented it".

[fatality_uk]

Having seen all the vids on youtube showing people putting a phone back on the kitchen table to get a signal, I am waiting for Apple to bring out the iTable!!!

[Dr. C]

Apparently the problems are worse if one holds it on one's left hand. That is holding it wrong one must hold it on one right hand. http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Apple-On-iPhone-Reception-Woes-Youre-Holding-It-Wrong-109054 Well that is one more reason to not consider the iPhone at all, as if there were not so many other really good reasons already to stay well away.

[kamaboko]

Apple is working on a left hand solution. It'll be called the iRightHand. Put the phone in the iRightHand holder, then, hold the iPhone in the iRightHand to your left ear. Easy solution for only $120US.

[squilookle]

This is why I wait for a few months to buy stuff rather than queueing up outside the shop on launch day. Not that I would ever buy an iPhone anyway.

Oh well.