Rotten Apple
Soon after Apple released the latest iPhone last month, consumers found that holding the phone in the usual manner — palm against the back, fingers along the sides — can reduce the device’s signal strength to nil. This, to say the least, is a major flaw: One should be able to walk and talk on a cell phone without gripping it in some exotic way. To fix the glitch, Apple is now issuing free plastic-and-rubber bumpers that go around the phones and limit interference with the external antenna. Who would have guessed a glorified rubber band could save one of the decade’s most-hailed devices?
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