The iPhone 4 so far
I have had the iPhone for a week now and so far like the majority of iPhone 4 users, I haven’t had any reception problems (note: I am using an Apple Bumper). No dropped calls or anything. As I’ve previously mentioned the reception is actually better than my previous iPhone 3GS. With the iPhone 3GS the 3G wouldn’t work in my office just EDGE while with the iPhone 4 I now have 3G in the office. Another example is when I park my car underground when I go to my gym, before I wouldn’t be able to use the phone there because I would get a no network error, now I get 1 or 2 lines of signals and can make calls.
Other than the much improved reception and antenna, another improved feature is the camera. The iPhone 4 camera is just amazing, I’m actually finding myself shooting a lot more pictures with my phone now and if you check my twitter page you’d see that. The camera is probably the best new feature followed by the screen and improved reception.
Now not all is perfect. What I am facing is issues with the proximity sensor. That’s actually the problem most iPhone 4 users are complaining about. The problem is the sensor the tells the phone that its next to the ear and should shut off the screen doesn’t work all the time. So I would be talking to someone on the phone and then suddenly I put the person on speaker phone or hang up by accidentally pressing a button on the screen with my ear. Luckily Apple are aware of the problem and admitted this was an issue that would get fixed with the next software update.
Other than that it’s all good, The screen is amazing, battery life is great and the phone is just really fast and responsive. I highly recommend it.
:/ mine arrived on the 26th and they held it one day so my frnd can pick it up and he didnt go :(
same..! the screen didn’t go off well like older Iphones when I was talking handheld.
Thankfully the one I got didn’t have the proximity sensor issue. Although it can be fixed with a software update, not everyone is effected by it. Mark I heard that resetting the proximity sensor helps aswell.
“Many affected users report that either a Settings reset or a hard reboot fixes their problem. One Apple support thread recommends that users open the Settings app, then go to General -> Reset, and choose “All Settings” at the top (note: this will not erase your apps, media, or other data—that’s what the “Erase All Content and Settings” button just below this option is for. “Reset All Settings” just reverts any Settings preferences you’ve customized back to their factory defaults). One Twitter follower, Brian Partridge, reported that AppleCare told him to just use Reset -> Reset Network Settings, not all settings, and it worked.”
Hope that helps for now buddy.
thanks will give it a shot and see
Anyone got an iphone 4 for sale?
I want one bad.. where’s a good way to get it??
Hi Mark,
When you will upgrade the Kuwait blogs app so it can be compatible
With iPad?
Thanks
soon today evening i will have my brand new unopened box iphone 4 up for sale 32 GB.
do you get paid by apple to prompt?
did you get paid by Nokia to ask that?
Lazem,
Why? you think every Apple fan gets payed by them? lol….
I also have an iPhone 4 and had no issues with the reception, in fact i see it a lot better than any other smartphone i have used in the past.
This phones war reminds a lot of the war era between the mega drive (genisus) and the snes…LOL
I cancelled getting a nexus one and now I am waiting for my 16 gig iPhone to arrive from the UK, will not get an android till they open the market for the whole world like apple and they support my language, by the way I hate rooting and jailbreaking.
Lazem ..
Do You want me to buy you one dude ? .. If we were all payed then we all would be rich now :D .. Just shut your mouth up if you never had an iphone before
Reset all will fix the sensor .. especially if you did syn out of your 3gs itune data. also Reset will fix the problem when you do not see the Facetime button which is again because of the 3gs sync.
its a super phone!
The phone is good overall, but the reception issue is a disaster lets wait the free bumper.
Thankfully I don’t have the proximity issue but I do have an antenna problem which is solved by the case (however it’s weird in that I get almost no signal in my bedroom where previously on my 3G I used to get 5 bars)
My main issue though is the battery life (if you followed me on twitter, you’d see what I’m talking about) up until a few hours ago I used to lose 1% of battery juice every 5-10 minutes in standby mode with no apps running.
Driving me crazy but now I’m at 20-50 minutes per 1%
I will stick with my 3GS for now until they solve antenna hardware ( without case ) and see what the new (4.1) update will improve the iphone 4 .
why do you get all defensive? I do have an apple myself. and did I say anything about the IPhone.
I was just asking
blushberry: you are too stupid that I won’t even bother
I was browsing anandtech and this site has some amazing rewiews too… but most importantly I found this… http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-4-redux-analyzing-apples-ios-41-signal-fix