Consumer Reports: The could, sort of, might antennagate
People, tens of million of them love the iPhone 4 — it’s far and away the best selling smartphone on the planet. Whereas the AT&T version has what amounts to a non-issue with the antenna (i.e. get a case or don’t hold it that way), the Verizon iPhone has an even lesser issue. For whatever reason, Consumer Reports just can’t let it go.
Antennagate is one of those issues that just won’t go away no matter how many iPhones Apple sells — more than 16 million last quarter, which is way more than any other smartphone.
Likewise, Consumer Reports won’t go away either. Whereas they couldn’t recommend the AT&T version last Fall, even though it otherwise received the highest rating of all smartphones they reviewed, the Verizon won’t receive their blessing either, even though this iteration exhibits the so-called “death grip” issue to an even lesser degree.
But given our findings, we believe the possibility exists for individual users to experience the problem since low signal conditions are unavoidable when using any cell-phone network … For that reason, we are not including the Verizon iPhone 4 in our list of recommended smart phones, despite its high ranking in our Ratings.
For some people, Consumer Reports is rightly standing on principle. Nevertheless, consumers have spoken even more clearly with their dollars that the iPhone 4 is the best phone.
That said, I wonder if Consumer Reports will ever stop tilting at this windmill…
What’s your take?
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February 28th, 2011
Well written.
March 1st, 2011
I did not renew my subscription to Consumer Reports. How can I trust their opinion on anything when their recommendations fly so blatantly in the face of even their own rations.
The possibility exists that they could be giving me bad advice, so i can’t recommend buying their publication.