IPhone 4 reception issues are not design related! Proof inside this topic!

Hello,
I conducted some very strict tests to verify the reception bug some people are reporting.
*Test 1:* Holding the iPhone 4 at a specific and precise position with a plastic protection and the left hand covering the bottom left corner making sure both antenna parts are connected by my hand.
*Test 2:* Holding the iPhone 4 at a specific and precise position WITHOUT any plastic protection and the left hand covering the bottom left corner making sure both antenna parts are connected by my hand, making sure my left hand is perfectly dry.
*Test 3:* Holding the iPhone 4 at a specific and precise position WITHOUT any plastic protection and the left hand covering the bottom left corner making sure both antenna parts are connected by my hand, making sure my left hand is wet (wetting it before the test)
*Tests duration:* 2 full minutes.
Here are the results:
*Test 1:* Full reception (5 bars), EDGE data network working. Calls are working perfectly as well as data operations (Safari).
*Test 2:* Full reception (5 bars), EDGE data network working. Calls are working perfectly as well as data operations (Safari).
*Test 3*: Full reception (5 bars), EDGE data network working. Calls are working perfectly as well as data operations (Safari).
Geographic location: Paris (France), Bastille district, inside my apartment. Note that I don't get 3G on this location, wathever phone I use (Veryfied with HTC Magic, iPhone 3G and iPhone 4, it's all the same on this aspect).
*So same exact result for all three tests!*
*_So what does it mean?_*
It either means that not all iPhone 4 are affected by this issue (as mine is not affected), or that this issue is not simply related to how you hold your phone and does involve also other elements, like the phone baseband firmware not dealing well with some GSM network configurations (different frequencies...etc) when adding noise (which is what your hand do when holding the phone) or something else.
This could give credits to the AppleInsider theory that it's related to how the BaseBand firmware is dealing with some GSM network situations and so that it's software related and that a fix is coming soon (see: http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/06/25/deathgrip_hysteria_may_end_monday_with_ios_401.html).
But it can also mean that it's still purely hardware related and that it's a production fault that affects only some units but not all.
But it's clearly not a design fault, otherwise all units would be affected and so I would be able to reproduce it with mine, which is not the case (as demonstrated by the tests I conducted).
_*My advice to those who are affected:*_
1) Wait a week to see if a software fix get released (as apparently, according to AppleInsider, it may come this very monday as part of an iOS 4.0.1 update), or at least for a confirmation that it's not a software issue in some GSM network configurations.
2) If it's confirmed that it's a production issues on some units, then get your phone exchanged.

Well documented post.
After reading through all the reports I found myself intentionally holding the phone in the "Death-grip".
I went out that evening and used the phone perfectly fine all day, holding it with a few things, which is actually the way I hold it anyway when texting / msging etc.
I have a lot of faith that Apple with resolve this with a software update, and hope the fault is related to the BaseBand firmware reported in the appleinsider.
I am angered by everyone accepting the bloggers so-called "OFFICIAL RESPONSE" as Apples 'Official Response'.
There is no way, that Apple (Steve Jobs), would use that response via email, back to a single customer.
Officially... Apple will direct their response to the news directly, or at least something on their website.
People need to stop jumping on the "Steve Jobs told us to just hold it differently" band-wagon, and wait for something thats actually "OFFICIAL"...
As i've said in previous posts, just because the news and this blogger has put the word "Official" next to it, does not make it so...
Rant over...

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