Is the proximity sensor a bigger problem than the antenna?

A lot of fuss has been made about the reception if you hold the antenna in your left hand. By far the bigger problem is the location of the proximity sensor. On the iPhone 2, 3 and 3gs it was on the top left of the screen where it worked faultlessly. On the iPhone 4 it is on the top middle. The sensor detects the light, releases the keypad and your cheek will hang up, mute the call, select hands free, or face time. The worst manifestation is if you rest the phone between your ear and your shoulder. Perhaps people are assuming that the 'dropped' call is caused by the antenna problem. In fact it's caused by your cheek. I have a problem on about 50% of calls rising to 95% if I put it to my shoulder. It's not fit for purpose.
Please apple do something about this. It gives the world's apple haters ammunition.

alanterra wrote:
Thanks to both of you. I do own a licensed version of 10.5--just one that was purchased before my MacBook Pro. I think you are both saying that if I find a version of a Leopard install disk that was produced after my computer was built, then it should install a "universal" system that can be used by any computer. However, I cannot take my licensed version of 10.5, which was produced before my MBP, update it, and then expect the MBP to boot off it. (It is tempting to try, tho).
That's not my understanding. I thought that even with newer versions of the OS, it would only install components that are specific to the machine type. I would think that it's not universal but one that is specifically tailored for the machine to avoid unnecessary overhead.
Driver updates are already available in Software Update or individually downloaded update packages, such as 10.5.6 to 10.5.7. The way I understand it, the update package would contain everything needed for all machines, but only the required drivers for the individual machine would be installed, and the package eventually deleted (in Software Update). There have been combo (as well as separate) PowerPC and Intel downloadable updates to Leopard, but I doubt that they would install all the drivers needed for all the machines.
To be honest, I don't actually know if the license I purchased when I bought my Leopard disk (10.5.4, I think) gives me the right to use a 10.5.7 install disk, or only to use a 10.5.4 disk + updates to 10.5.7. A small point, and I think (or, at least, I hope) Apple will not really care.
I would think you would need a physical copy of the install software.

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