Two iPhone 4s, one with better cell signal

Hi All,
I just bought my wife an iPhone 4 and I've had mine since the initial release. First thing that caught my eye was that she clearly had better cell reception on her phone compared to mine. I've always thought that I had a bad cell signal because we live in a tri-level townhome, but her phone gets 2 to 3 bars compared to my 1 bar or constantly searching for network.
FYI, both phones are updated to 4.2.1. I've reset my network settings many times and did full restores. Could it be that an antenna hardware fix was done on the newer set of iPhone 4s?

My wife's phone is having same or similar issues as described by eyexist. Her iPhone 4 has been working without issue until 3 days ago when her cell signal is extremely weak and/or non existent. I have an iPhone 3GS and in areas where my wife's iPhone 4 is unable to obtain signal, mine generally has 3 to 4 signal bars. We traveled from Houston to Little Rock over the Thanksgiving holiday and most of 8 hour drive my wife's iPhone 4 had little to no signal where my iPhone 3GS only lost signal in several known spots along the way. I've performed multiple restores with no change and have taken iPhone 4 to AT&T store who informed me I would need to take to Apple Store for assistance.
If anyone else having same issue, please reply to inform what you have done to address issue. Any assistance regarding this issue welcome. Thank you!

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