How iPhone 4 Makes People Ignorant

Barely 3 weeks since the iPhone 4 officially launched in the US, users have already been plagued with numerous problems when using the phone. The most prominent being that the phone reception is mostly unstable when held in the most common way. Since this phone builds the antenna around the body, unlike other phones in the market now, when held as you would a normal phone, your hand would disrupt the reception, thus causing the signal to drop drastically. While most people would think, "nah, it can't be that bad", I would say do a little google search about this issue. It is that bad that even an influential gadget website, Consumers Report, straight up recommended people NOT to get an iPhone 4.

However, with all these problems, the iPhone 4 has sold over 2 millions devices already, however, at least 1.7 million were sold within the first week of launch, meaning that the reception problem wasn't widely reported yet. Regardless, most people nowadays go wild when they hear an iPhone and think of it as if it's the best phone ever made, at least this year. There are many comparable phones out there released earlier this year that have already surpassed the new iPhone 4, namely HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S and Motorola Driod X. The video below, though funny, actually shows how a typical person can be easily influenced into thinking that the iPhone 4 is the best phone even though it is, in reality, an already outdated phone when it was released.


The second video is a test done by ifixyouri.com to see how the Apple's proclaimed 30-times-stronger than plastic screen hold up when being dropped. As shown in video, regardless of whether the road has much debris or the phone wasn't dropped properly, etc etc.. One thing is for sure, that the supposedly "very resilient screen" breaks as easily as any other smartphone out there.