iPhone4 losing connection when held?

[Munkeh111]

twesterm said:

Munkeh111 said:

It's so funny. I was fiddling with my Mum's new iPhone 4, and it really does work, you just need to hold in your left hand. The problem is that you don't have to hold it in a weird way or anything, just hold it in your left hand

It's still not that big of a deal.  It's still a design flaw, but it's not the mountain people are making it out to be.

It happens when you touch a  specific piece of the phone with bare skin which you would typically touch when holding it with your left hand.  There are two very simple fixes for this: 1) put a small piece of tape on the area you're not supposed to touch or 2) put a cover on your iPhone.

Both of those completely eradicate that problem.  Considering I don't know anyone who doesn't use some sort of case for their iPhone, not many people should really even care about this.  For those foolish people that don't use a case, how many of those do you think are left handed and actually hold the thing in their left hand?

Well I will take this from a personal perspective. I use an XPERIA X10, which is a of a similar size to the iPhone, but maybe slightly bigger. I have a slip case, which covers everything up, when in my pocket, because my main concern is for the screen, so when I actually use it, I take it out the case. And while I do sometimes use it with my right hand, I prefer to hold in my left hand in a way that would cover up that little area, ruining the phone and then use my right index finger. So for me, the iPhone 4 would just not work at all...

I could use tape, but I dont want a bit of tape under my hand every time I use the phone. Of course, I do use it that way because of the huge screen, so it might be slightly less of a problem with the smaller iPhone screen, but if I had one it would certainly be a problem, and I am sure there are people who are in the same situation as I am.

This is a serious hardware fault, and it is not acceptable in a product like this