subject: Buyers Sue Apple Iphone 4 For Faults On The Phone [print this page] Two U.S. law firms filed a class action suit against Apple and AT & T telephone company, which has the exclusive distribution of the iPhone 4in the United States district court of Maryland for failing on the new phone.
"The plaintiffs received the iPhone 4 with defects , which are interrupted by calls and data connections, "the lawsuit said, adding that it is not possible to use the phone normally. The plaintiffs, two individuals, demanding compensation and the resolution of coverage issues.
The plaintiffs claim to be speaking on behalf of all users of the iPhone 4.There are potentially millions of people affected, their lawyers said. Apple sold in the first three days since the launch more than 1.7 millionphones.
Apple's iPhone 4 signal problems have been the source of a barrage of complaints by customers complaining of a faulty antenna and now Steve Jobs has broken the silence. In an e-mail Jobs downplayed users' reception gripes as a "non-issue." Meanwhile, others within Apple are advising iPhone 4 users to avoid gripping the phone system from the lower left corner.
As the first batch of iPhone 4 smartphones reached the market on Thursday, several users reported that they are having poor reception issues with their new device when holding the phone by its metal sides in two opposite places.
The metal bands surrounding the sides of the iPhone 4 also acts as antennas for the telephone system, and the signal drop problem seems to appear when a user touches both of the black lines on the phone's metal sides towards the bottom, according to corroborated users reports.
Just hit the market, users began to complain about Internet forums and blogs about the poor quality of coverage, especially left-handers , as the cover with the bottom left hand side of the phone, which acts as antenna, low coverage . Experts believe that, depending on how you grip the device, the antenna can be greatly affected.
Apple rejected the accusations and alleging that such difficulties are part "of normal on any mobile phone" when it is grasped by covering the area of the antenna.
In most mobile phones the antenna is on top of the casing, also in the earlier models of the iPhone. Apple recommends not to cover the bottom to speak or use a protective case.
