Initial reports on Apple’s iOS 4.1 update confirm what we already knew and what AppleCare is telling to customers: The iPhone software update doesn’t fix the iPhone 4′s antenna problems. The good news is that it fixes the bar display.
According to iPhone 4 users in MacRumors forums, the iOS 4.1 update doesn’t solve their reception and transmission problems.
They claim that touching the antenna on its death spot makes the signal drop as before. That means that, if you were experiencing voice degradation, dropping calls, and slow or no internet access, you will still experiencing those problems.
But as promised by Apple, the update will give a better reading of the actual signal. That’s good. It means that people will not longer be seeing bar signal drops from five bars to one, like this article explains. It is a necessary, albeit purely cosmetic, fix.
David
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM“…you will still [be] experiencing those problems”.
“…you will still experienc[e] those problems”.
Also, although Cook used the term ‘cosmetic’ in his criticism of the planned software update, he did not use the term correctly, and technology blogs should be cautious when recycling the word in their articles. To describe something as ‘cosmetic’ is to suggest that it is merely an aesthetic decoration that serves no utilitarian purpose. The software update does not ‘fix’ reception issues, but it does give an improved reading of antenna signal. A term other than ‘cosmetic’ would be more appropriate.
matt
Thursday, July 15, 2010 at 11:22 AMI think its a fair use of the word. compared to actually FIXING the phone, fixing the display so it correctly tells you how crap it, and the network it uses is, might seem pretty USELESS!