Apple must have known that holding the iPhone in a certain way would cause the signal drop problem, as this hardware fault was shown off as well as the its self. (Steve Jobs asks, tells the audience to stop using wireless/3G, mean while the iPhone 3GS had already loaded the ). Distractions later Steve Jobs holds the iPhone 4 in a different way.

I think recalling after the fault had became in the field would have been less embarrassing, than telling customers they are holding it wrong or saying its a software problem. (By the way Apple, telling the software to lie about how much signal there is won't fix dropped calls and no ).

Apple must think its customers are stupid or something, and that early adopters are so in love with the Great Apple and the word according to Jobs, they will not sue or switch to HTC, Motorola or Sony Ericsson (All on ).

I may even at this rate not upgrade in November to the iPhone 4, I might wait for Sony Ericsson to put out an Android powered phone.

click here to see the photographic results (I love my Sony Ericsson Cyber-shot phones)

p.s. You can't delete this Apple! We're self hosting!

But as you know, Apple's response has been less than consumer-friendly. As we know, there's the infamous, “don't hold it that way” advice. The same statement told users to simply purchase one of many available cases, including one Apple sells.

Next up, the company unveiled a “stunning” software problem that over-inflated signal quality…but shortly thereafter, started advising customers that any forthcoming software fixes wouldn't fix the hardware-based antenna problem. And of course, the official script, if this leak is to be believed, advises tech support to tell customers that, in fact, the antenna is awesome, but even so, don't hold it that way, maybe buy a case, and no, AppleCare is not to give out a free case, offer any kind of warranty repair, or deal with the problem in any satisfactory manner at all.

Oh, and now Apple is deleting mentions of the Consumer Report findings on its support forums, as it's wont to do when problems crop up that it doesn't want to acknowledge.

Time for an iPhone 4 recall? by Molly Wood for CNET News