Proper Way to Hold an iPhone 4
Holding an iPhone so as not to lose reception
As we all know, the external antenna on the iPhone4 can get shorted if you hold it wrong, losing signal bars. Fearless Apple Leader Steve Jobs simply suggests ‘don’t hold it that way.‘ We didn’t run across this issue in our original review but feel our dear readers deserve the follow-up.
Through a great deal of research at Spleened! labs, we’ve discovered a way to hold the phone that will not cause issues with the form-over-function design. Pictured on the right, the best way to hold the phone is to support the back with your middle finger while resting the bottom on the tops of the remaining fingers.
Note: the Apple press conference appears to be using Standard Engineering Excuse #4: “They all do that.”