It's no longer a rumor or a sporadic problem, Apple's iPhone 4 has an antenna issue. Now for the lucky people who live in a super hot spot probably haven't or won't experience the "dropped calls" problem but enough people have experienced it that every tech blog and major media outlet has tested and reported this issue, most heatedly when Consumer Reports said it could not recommend the iPhone 4 due to the antenna problem. Even a US Senator from NY wrote a letter to Apple urging them to address this issue with a recall or free solution beyond the software patch or "hold it a different way" solutions.
Apple is holding a press conference Friday to most likely address this issue. If they had to do a recall, it would cost them about $1.5 Billion. They could also offer to give away a "bumper" for free which they now sell for $29.95 which would only set them back about a dollar a phone. There is currently no disclaimer anywhere on Apple's site so they are accepting orders knowing full well there is an issue, even if they have not publicly admitted it, yet. I had planned on ordering one today, but decided to look into the issue beforehand and I am definitely going to wait until after I hear what Apple has to say tomorrow.
Apple devotees have long forgiven any of Apple's issues in a cult like manner, but I think even this might snap a few people out of it now that there is major competition from Google with the Android.
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