We ’d heardprevious reportsthat theVerizon iPhone 4was susceptible to the samedeath gripissues that rocked the original iPhone , but now diligence heavyConsumer Reports confirms it : the death handgrip is back . grant to CR :
https://gizmodo.com/verizon-iphone-4-reportedly-falls-prey-to-death-grip-5755347
The problem is similar to the one we confirm in July with the AT&T translation of Apple ’s novel smart earphone . It can fall out when you hold either interpretation of the phone in a specific but quite born way in which a break in the speech sound ’s extraneous casing is covered . The phone performs terrifically in most other respects , and using theiPhone 4with a case can ease the trouble .
As with the AT&T iPhone 4 , the tests were all conducted under highly controlled consideration . And like the AT&T iPhone 4 , a $ 30 bumper case corrected the problem .
chatter to viewWhen the iPhone 4 issuescame to lightlast summertime , Apple responded bygiving out free bumpersto consumer . There ’s as yet no word of any such plan to counterbalance Verizon iPhone buyers .
https://gizmodo.com/apple-will-give-free-bumpers-to-iphone-4-owners-5589004
There were already plenty of reasonsto hold off on buyinga Verizon iPhone 4 . It ’s a ignominy that a known fault , left uncorrected , can be added to that list . [ Consumer Reports ]
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