New iPhone 4....same old problems

Hi folks, I'm one of the many disappointed iPhone4 customers and I hope you can help me out here. Yesterday I got my new iPhone4 and as I was expecting I have the common problems almost everybody else has: poor reception/lost of reception almost all the time. The previous iPhone 3G was working great but the new one is not. Mine came bundled with iOS 4.1. As I have read in this forums and many others there seem to be a bug in this version of the OS that causes poor reception and incorrect signal strength bars. I was wondering whether it possible to install the previous version of the OS, namely, iOS 4.0.5 (i guess that's the correct version number?) because I've heard that that particular version doesn't have this problem (I'm aware I will lose things like HDR but hey, I have a real camera for that so I don't care if the iPhone has or not HDR capabilities).
Is that possible? if so, how can I do it?
thanks,

Hi Malcolm,
You are reading reports from only the users who have problems. Users without problems don't >complain.
This is a weak argument. What should I do? read the complains of people whose devices work fine? I'm sorry but your answer to that sentence doesn't hold. Whenever you have problems with something you look for advice and comments of people that have the same problems. That's the way human problem solving works.
When the next version comes out you will see many people wanting to return to 4.1, which will
have suddenly become perfect.
Again, this is a thin argument. As customers who pay a LOT of many for electronic devices we want things to be functional. So, with the release of a new driver/OS version we expect the old problems to go away and, yes, new problems will come along because that's just the way software development works. So, if iOS 4.1 was supposed to solve reception problems how does Apple explains that after releasing v4.1 those problems are still here? Many people have reception problems, just read the forums. Again, we don't just a fancy electronic device, we want a functional thing. It's like buying an expensive rolex watch that does everything except telling you the time. Or having a Ferrari with a broken engine.
Thanks for the feedback! I'll keep testing the iPhone and if it doesn't get better in a week I'm afraid I'm gonna have to return it and keep using the old 3G until reception problems with the iPhone 4 are solved.

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