Got an iPhone 4? You may need duct tape

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The most talked-about phone in the U.S. -- Apple's iPhone 4 -- has a design flaw that's best fixed with a sliver of duct tape, according to Consumer Reports.
"It may not be pretty, but it works," writes Mike Gikas on that nonprofit consumer group's electronics blog.

The patch -- which sounds like it'd be more appropriate for kitchen plumbing than for a phone that retails for $200 to $300, plus an AT&T contract -- is supposed to correct an apparent problem with the iPhone 4's metal antenna.

In a controlled test, Consumer Reports found that people who hold the iPhone 4 in a way that covers up an antenna connector on the phone's lower left side will experience poorer reception and possibly dropped calls.

But if you slap a piece of duct tape over that antenna connection, the reception problems go away, the group says.

"When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side -- an easy thing, especially for lefties -- the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal," Consumer Reports says.

more and video here: http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/...ex.html?hpt=C1

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Duct tape can fix anything!

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Originally Posted by T-Bird76

Duct tape can fix anything!

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Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....

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Originally Posted by moose135

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Originally Posted by T-Bird76

Duct tape can fix anything!

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Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....

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Oh yeah, they need some duct tape in the Middle East, duct can solve world peace!

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Originally Posted by moose135

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Originally Posted by "T-Bird76":2ftjtpaq

Duct tape can fix anything!

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Duct tape is like The Force. It has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together....

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Oh yeah, they need some duct tape in the Middle East, duct can solve world peace![/quote:2ftjtpaq]

Yep...we can just tape up the evil doers...they'll never get out ;)

MS Exec Dubs iPhone 4 “Apple’s Vista”

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/ ... le_s_Vista

Maybe duct tape is the solution to the BP oil leak (is there a waterproof version?)!

Looks like Apple will be holding a press conference on the problems with the iPhone 4. Not that it matters....they can market Rat $hit and people will buy it.