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Bumper and all, Consumer Reports still doesn't recommend iPhone 4
By: cnn.comPosted On: 07/19/2010 1:52 P
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Does a free case fix all the iPhone 4's problems?
Does a free case fix all the iPhone 4's problems?
Not really, says Consumer Reports, the influential product watchdog.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Friday announced that his company will give iPhone 4 owners free cases to address reception problems caused by the phone's external antenna, which is a metal band around the edge of the phone.
Mike Gikas, senior editor for electronics and technology at Consumer Reports, said in an interview that such a patch is a good "first step." But it's still not enough for his group to recommend the phone to consumers.
"What we were hoping for was a concrete, this-is-it fix for the phone," Gikas said.
Consumer Reports made headlines earlier this week for suggesting that iPhone 4 owners would get better phone reception if they put duct tape over the bottom left corner of the phone, where there was a "design flaw" in the antenna.
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