IPhone 4 antenna review

Question

Bravo Consumer Reports! One, for championing a truthful assessment of this phone and two for continuing to responsibly, independently and objectively report performance reviews of products.
The iPhone 4 is the best smart phone mobile device introduced to date (I've had my iPhone 4 since June 23) but it's also one of the worst phones with respect to conducting voice calls. The problem is quite simple: the antenna is located on the outside of the device, Apple engineers all utilized bumpers/cases in their testing, and holding the phone without a bumper/case results in dropped calls.
Humans are highly conductive and because of our body capacitance we make good antennas. Directly touching antenna segments results in changes to the performance of the antenna. With a tuned antenna, the resulting change is not favorable. A shielded antenna results in less unfavorable interference than one that is touched directly (i.e., without plastic).
Apple can continue to brush this under the rug, but the fact is the phone is flawed in terms of how most people would expect a cell phone to perform.

Answer 1

Two things come to mind if/when a fix is done. Either they (apple) is going to offer a free "bumper". Or two, replacement with a hardware fix.
1) I bought a "bumper" to fix my issue. I paid $30 MORE to get my iphone4 to work. They can tell me I'm holding it wrong, but they shouldn't. If the crack was on the very top, then maybe I can see them telling me it's my fault as not many people hold it from the top. But it's on the side of the phone.
Will Apple give me back my money for buying this bumper if they give a free one? I doubt it. So again, I'm the looser.
And if this is the fix being offered, now I'm limited to what accessories I can get. I already found out my car charger won't plug into the phone with the "bumper" on. I also found out that if I want to use a "invisible shield" I can't. It'll be too thick to use the bumper without it ruining the shield. So again, I'm the looser.
2) iphone4 swap. Best idea. Then at least I'll have a phone that would allow me to choose what accessories I want that was made for an iphone4
People asked, why didn't I jsut return the phone within the 30days? I switched from one carrier to another. I got rid of my old phone. And like many here, I bought apps. Not to mention I heard that Apple was planning a "fix", which sounded good considering Apple's track record. So returning the phone wouldn't be a piece of cake unless I want to loose over a $100's over it.