Touching iphone drops reception with case

ok so i notice that every time I touch my iphone the bars would just drop to like 3 or 4 even with the case on. I even picked it up by wearing some gloves with the case on and it still would drop some bars. If i set it down on my desk i would get 5 bars or 4. So im wondering if i should go to apple and get it checked out to get a replacement. I also notice is when im in the car driving around i would get 5 bars for a few min then after a while just drop to 2 bars then back again to 4 or 5.
So i would greatly appreciate you guys on what is the best thing to do for my phone.
Thanks!

This is pretty normal with a GSM phone - the cellular reception or the number of bars shown at the same location will fluctuate, which doesn't fluctuate as much with a CDMA phone and CDMA network. Right now my iPhone 4 is showing 4 bars of reception, and sometimes it shows two bars at the same location - it will fluctuate between 4 and 2 bars without being touched. I've experienced the same with every GSM phone I've used including the phone I was using prior to purchasing the original iPhone over 3 years ago. The other day I had a 30 minute phone call while my iPhone showed one bar of reception.
What is more important - can you place and receive calls regardless? If so, I wouldn't worry about it.

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