It's not as big an issue as you make out - have you tried the iPhone 4 reception issue yourself I wonder? I can tell you the Nokia's do the same if you hold then in a particular area.

As for Nokia - having pooped on the N97 hardware (GPS, scratched camera lens, software bugs, memory corruption), N900 (dodgy connector) they abandon Maemo, No OVI maps for N900, No MMS, OVI Suite which is incomplete and 6 months late, etc etc and then Nokia tell you that Meego isn't coming to N900 - and you'll go right ahead and buy another Nokia?

It's upto personal preference - name a smartphone which is perfect in every way? I bought the phone and bumper on the 15th pre-registration. The bumper wasn't knee jerk - I want to protect the glass without the need for a screen protector.