"Apple, Antennagate, and Why It's Time to Move On"

Wow. Give this man a Pulitzer.

I really need to change my mindset about what I take in from Gizmodo. If I want tech journalism, I'll go read Engadget. If I want to amuse myself with opinionated musings of a tabloid blog, I'll read some gizmodo.

@katypee001: If you have a technical grasp of the situation, then you'll realize that all phones indeed do this... loose signal (bars) when held in the hand. Its just that the iPhone 4 experiences more than the rest.

@Dancing Milkcarton: There is not enough incentives for Gizmodo to start a campaign against RIM for signal attenuation. And besides... Jesus Diaz likes his blackberry...

@Fulgurite: Of course Gizmodo is biased. That's their theme... be biased, create controversy, get more hits, make more advertising cash money, then beat the dead horse over and over to ring out any loose change.

@Prawo Jazdy and The Velocity Trumpets: That's because you're in an area of good reception coverage... and I'm not being sarcastic to quote Steve Jobs. That really is the case.

@frigg: I've pitched this notion to Jesus Diaz and other Giz editors. I was shot down like a MiG in Washington DC. Supposedly this iPhone antenna crisis is the equivalent of a presidential assassination. Just look at the amount of hits these recycled entries are getting!

@frigg: I've pitched this notion to Jesus Diaz and other Giz editors. I was shot down like a MiG in Washington DC. Supposedly this iPhone antenna crisis is the equivalent of a presidential assassination. Just look at the amount of hits these recycled entries are getting!

@frigg: I've pitched this notion to Jesus Diaz and other Giz editors. I was shot down like a MiG in Washington DC. Supposedly this iPhone antenna crisis is the equivalent of a presidential assassination. Just look at the amount of hits these recycled entries are getting!

@frigg: I've pitched this notion to Jesus Diaz and other Giz editors. I was shot down like a MiG in Washington DC. Supposedly this iPhone antenna crisis is the equivalent of a presidential assassination. Just look at the amount of hits these recycled entries are getting!

@Brian Lam: I want to understand how attenuation of 19.8dB equals "losing signal by a factor of almost 100" when the acceptable dynamic range as measured by the iPhone is from -113 to -51, a total range of 62dB. I would also like to know why the attenuation value for the scientific control of Anandtech's experiment,…

I am appalled by the lack of technical competence shared by the general public. I expected the readers of a tech blog would be more technical in nature and lend themselves to a more analytical review before lashing out with their emotions.