Shannon Heafey
Digital Applications
Apple
settles class-action suit over iPhone 4 antenna problem
By Doug
Gross, CNN
updated
12:04 PM EST, Mon February 20, 2012
This
article is regarding the antenna problems iPhone owners are facing. Nearly two
years after tech blogs screamed "Antennagate!" over problems with the
iPhone 4's reception, owners will be getting a little pocket change for their current troubles.
Apple
over the weekend settled a class-action lawsuit filed about the issue,
promising to pay $15 or give a free case to everyone in the United States who
bought one of the wildly popular phones.
Released
in June 2010, the slimmer reworking of Apple's smartphone became a huge seller.
But soon after it went on sale, some owners began complaining that their phone
frequently dropped voice calls.
The
culprit, it was ultimately determined, was the antenna, which is wrapped in a
band around the phone's edge to help create its slim form. Using what became
known as the "death grip," (i.e. holding the phone at a certain spot)
caused reception to suffer or cut out entirely. Apple faced several law suits
and had clearly upset several customers. They handed out free cases that
protected the antenna. They handed out phone cases for three months. There were
much less complaints and since the new iPhone 4S came out in October, there
have been no further complaints regarding the antenna.
I have an
iPhone 4 and I have never had a problem with it. I have had it since April 14th,
and I can confidently say that there has been no substantial problem with the
way the phone operates. It is definitely my favorite phone that I have had. It
provides all the necessary things that a normal flip phone would not. I enjoy
all the applications and tools it allows me to use. It navigates anywhere I
please, lets me text with a great keyboard, call with fantastic service, manage
my schedule, check my calendar for upcoming events, listen and play music, look
up facts on the internet, ect. As you can see this phone has had mainly one big
fault and it was fixed quickly. I suggest everyone to get an iPhone.
This is very intersting because I can't say that I have had too much of a problem with my Iphone 4 either. My main problem is that ever since I recieved the phone I have not had 3G and I do not know why. I have lost calls but I always believed that was because of the service, never did I actually think it had something to do with antenna. I too love my iphone and would not trade it in for anything unless it was better. I am fine with the regular iphone 4 not the iphone 4S. This phone is basically a mini computer in your hands that travel with you whereever you go and it helps many business people while working. I would too recommend the iphone 4 to anyone.
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