signal-proof room that allows engineers to bombard a phone with the signals of a particular carrier to simulate a variety of real-life conditions. our engineers found that when you place your finger on the gap between the two antennas on the lower left-hand side of the iphone 4, signal strength can drop by about 20 decibels, and that s enough to drop a call. we tested multiple iphones as well as other phones from at&t and found that the problem is really only with the iphone 4. bottom line, we can t recommend the iphone 4 until apple fixes this design flaw. but until then, we have our own solution for dealing with the problem. by using nonconductive tape like duct tape and covering the gap on the side of the iphone, we were able to reduce the reception problems. however, it does spoil the look, don t you think? as i try to get the duct tape off my ear where it stuck because my jury-rigged cluging of the iphone didn t work that well, let s talk to m.j.
engineers to bombard a phone with the signals of a particular carrier to simulate a variety of real-life conditions. our engineers found when you place your finger on the gap between the two antennas on the lower left-hand side of the iphone 4, signal strength can drop by about 20 decibels, and that s enough to drop a call. we tested multiple iphones as well as other phones from at&t and found that the problem is really only with the iphone 4. bottom line, we can t recommend the iphone 4 until apple fixes this design flaw. but until then, we have our own solution for dealing with with the problem. by using nonconductive tape like duct tape and covering the gap on the side of the iphone, we were able to reduce the reception problems. however, it does spoil the look, don t you think? as i try to get the duct tape off my ear where it stuck because my jury rigged cluging of the iphone didn t work that well, let s talk. a portion of the blog that was
that the drug company hid those risks. republicans on the senate judiciary committee planning to delay the risk for ela ina kagan. other stories making headlines this tuesday, investigators in uganda said they found an unexploded suicide vest at the scene of one of the explosions there. at least 76 people died including 1 american. four people are now under arrest in connection with those attacks. so mali group with ties to al qaeda claimed responsibility. cuba s fidel castro made a rare appearance on cuban television. he appeared relaxed and lucid and warned tensions could trigger a global nuclear war. and consumer reports says it will not recommend apple s new iphone 4 because of reception problems caused by the phone s antenna design. users complain that calls drop if the phone held a certain way. this is a big deal.
and months business effects your wallet and your family just up the dial every day 5:00 eastern 4:00 central on fox business network. the influential consumer reports magazine announced today it cannot recommend the new iphone four because of reception problems. the report echos recent customer complaints that touching the hand set s bottom left corner can significantly degrade the phone s signal. apple spokesman blamentd issue on a simple software glitch and promised to fix soon. but the bad news doesn t stop there a federal judge just ruled a major lawsuit against apple and its exclusive carrier at&t can go forward. it s it used to be just 10 people. now it s a class action lawsuit that could include 50 million people regarding apple s practice of locking the at&t the phone into the at&t network. and it claims the two companies conspired to violate antitrust laws. we re told neither company has commented on the terms of their exclusive deal. but apple reports denying
in the first three days that it went on sale last month. nbc gina kim joins us live now from the apple headquarters in california. so, gina, do we know any more about this? is this news or really about addressing these complaints with the iphone 4? well, you know, first of all, because this whole news conference has been shrouded in secrecy, everything that all the media outlets have been saying this morning is purely speculation, but 99% sure that apple is going to be answering some really critical questions about those problems this morning. first of all, how are they going to fix all those dropped calls and reception problems that these brand-new iphone 4s, apparently, have been having. some of them, i should clarify. was there something called antenna gate, what some people are calling antenna gate. did apple already know about these reception problems long before they launched the phone but they went ahead and released it to the public anyway. as far as words of a recall,