@ninjablaze: I was merely reframing pishposh.mcgee's hyperbole to illustrate that any signal loss has been unnoticeable. I've never once dropped a call with my iPhone 4, It's never been in a case and I hold it however I damn well please.

@pishposh.mcgee: You know what phone I have that never drops bars no matter how you hold it? iPHONE 4. Those Apples are tasty.

@endrew: They did plenty of real-world testing. Unfortunately, due to their policy of secrecy on unreleased products, the testing was done using a case to disguise it as a 3GS.

@MavrixWK: Please explain to me how that would in any way help to figure out the death-grip problem.

@endrew: Because the environment from which calls are being made is neither relevant to the issue nor is something that Apple or any carrier can be held responsible for. What is under discussion is how the PHONE handles signals and whether there is a hardware issue causing undesirable signal loss. And how would you…

Bravo! Excellent article! I agree wholeheartedly with every point, and I say that as an unapologetic Apple fan.

@michael: Im2fools is right. Though it seems to be her sister-in-law throughout the Gizmodo article, the linked original article clearly states: "Jeanne Mundango Manunga's criminal problem was that she blamed the harassing text messages on an ex-boyfriend and his sister-in-law, and reported them to the police."

@Flowah: I can't believe I have to use logic to rebuke a response to my satirical caveman, but here we go:

When Thag invent wheel, Thag no think it ever get so complex. How people use "vulcanized rubber?" People no understand "spokes." Thag think slice of tree with hole in middle is best.

@LessthanZach: I considered using a JB app like MiWi, but then I realized that I'd be burning through my iPhone's battery in a couple hours rather than using the 10 hours of battery life afforded by the iPad.

@iElvis: And the best way to avoid trolling is to troll in the very first comment??

@posts: I was more responding to some of the earlier comments than to the article.

The reception problem is not a design flaw. It is definitely a manufacturing error, but not one that affects every phone. I've tried to replicate it on several friends' phones and have been completely unable to do so.

@dtptampa: Actually, you pedant, this was back in November, so it would have been the second movie, whose full title is actually Twilight Saga: New Moon.

@CreatureV: You would if you were a developer.

Matt Smith isn't too keen on a multi-Doctor episode? Could it be because, as good as he is, he'd never live up to David Tennant?

First step: blimps in the sky. Second step, CYBERMEN!

Finland gets free Wi-Fi, but here in the states, if I don't pay my electric bill, I have to live without power. And it's not like I could just go to a power company with more reasonable rates. For some reason, THEY'RE allowed to have monopolies. I guess it's okay, as long as you're providing something that people…

If there were an American Doctor Who, the TARDIS would have to be a Port-O-Let.

@viditbhargava: Sorry. I should have magically intuited that you're an engineer!