Horrendous signal strength, one or none bars where I had 5 with 3G

is it possible that pretty much everyone has a problem with the signal strength? I was apprehensive about the uncovered "revolutionary" antennae and...was proven right. My new iPhone has what can only be described as **THE worst signal response of all iPhones I had**! I am so unhappy about this that it borders rage. I am pondering returning it and asking for my money back. Also, does anyone have a problem with buggy Settings.app on the Phone tab? After about three attempts to activate FaceTime which will NOT work, it completely stops responding to the slider and I have to reboot the phone to (unsuccessfully) try again. WAY TO GO, APPLE!

I too have confirmed the issues shown in the videos about the antenna, however my signal strength in my home where I use my phone the most is way inferior to that of my 3GS even if you're not holding the phone! It's so bad that I am going to put the iPhone 4 back in the box and use my old phone till they get this resolved.

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