" lright, just to put everyone at ease... No matter how much we'd all like to believe that the iPhone 4's antenna is to blame for the shitty cell service, new information seems to be pointing at the iOS4 update, rather than the iPhone 4 itself.

Supposedly, a similar issue to what the iPhone 4 is having has been replicated in several 3Gs models after the 4.0 update was applied to the device.

One of the new additions in iOS4 (Version 4.0) is a new way the baseband handles signals and signal noise. This was a major revision in the baseband software and according to the article below, the software is more than likely to blame for the chaos.

Let it be known however, that due to FCC rules, all new phone antenna, not just the iPhone's must be placed as far from the user's head as possible. This explains the bottom mounted antenna. Of course it's going to cause reception issues; somewhat.

The FCC is trying to save lives, not phone calls. - Sucks, right?

Many iPhone users in the past have complained about dropped calls when holding the device at the bottom, this is no different. It's always best to hold your phone away from the antenna. Duhh.

I give it until early next week until we see iOS 4.01 - Thankfully the JB and Unlock for iPhone 4 hasn't been released yet, otherwise we would have ended up stuck with shitty service!!!"

Quote from appleinsider...
... so if it really is a software mistake, all the critics are wrong..

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles..._ios_4_01.html