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Bombshell. Consumer Reports can't recommend the iPhone 4 because of the antenna non-issue

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This one isn’t going to go over very well, we feel.  Consumer Reports is, for the first time, pulling its ‘Recommend rating’ on the iPhone due completely to the antenna non-issue that Apple plans to fix with a software update in coming weeks (or two weeks ago if you believed one report).  Somehow, even though they can’t recommend it, the iPhone 4 topped their Smartphone list again.  I guess they can’t recommend buying a smartphone of any sort?!

It’s official. Consumer Reports’ engineers have just completed testing the iPhone 4, and have confirmed that there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone’s lower left side

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