IPhone 4S signal loss after upgrade to iOS6

Does anyone has experimented a remarkable issue on the signal strength after upgrading the iPhone 4s to iOS 6? I'm having a lot of problems with the reception of my phone; most of the time I only can see 3 bars, and as soon as I grip my phone (with my left hand) the signal goes away totally and the "No Service" label appears; a side effect of this is battery life is much less as the phone is alway searching for signal (in the backgroun as I don't see the searching label).
Do we really have the "Deathgrip" issue again?
Please let me know if you've seen a similar behavor on your phone and if you fixed it, thanks.

Hi folks,
I've experienced the same symptom - cell bars dropping away then 'Searching' message - after I installed IOS 6 on my iphone 4. The only twist is that I only experienced the symptom when I had a location service-based app open like Apple Maps, Google Maps, Waze, or Scout. I found a fix though! After I reset my Network Settings the problem is gone. Go to General --> Reset --> Reset Network Settings and activate it. The only caveat is that you'll have to reconnect to your wifi-based network (if you have one) and type in your wifi password again. Hope this helps.
dcz

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