Consumer Reports on Friday said it can’t recommend the Verizon iPhone, citing the same reasons it wouldn’t recommend the AT&T iPhone 4.
[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]”The Verizon iPhone 4 has a problem that could cause the phone to drop calls, or be unable to place calls, in weak signal conditions, Consumer Reports engineers have found in lab tests,” the group said on its Web site.
While the group said it did find many positives with the Verizon iPhone, ultimately the signal loss was enough to keep it off the list of recommended smartphones.
“The Verizon iPhone 4 closely resembles the original AT&T iPhone 4 in many positive respects, including offering great multimedia functionality, a sharp screen, and the best MP3 player we’ve seen on a phone,” said Consumer Reports. “Unfortunately, it also shares with its sibling the possibility of compromised performance in low-signal conditions when used without a bumper or case.”
Consumer Reports caused some confusion last year when it said the iPhone 4 had scored highest in its smartphone ratings, which was good news for Apple. However, on the same day, it said it couldn’t recommend the iPhone 4.
Highest rating among smartphones… can’t recommend… well, that kind sez it all doesn’t it?
People who think iPhone sucks either are lying to themselves about any or all of the competitors or haven’t used them. Android is awful with versions 1.6, 2.3, and what’s the current version – it doesn’t matter because no one can get 3.0 to work in handsets… Windows Mobile 7 – HA! And let’s see Palm… what do they have two dozen apps? What’s missing here with CR is perspective. They lack all sense of perspective when it comes to serving their readers because they lack proper perspective.
all the reviewers i’ve read say they haven’t been able to get the verizon phone to drop a single call. i’m guessing they’re going by the same measurement decline they saw previously, despite verizon being able to handle the drop better than AT&T can. Sad.
Did they test their recommended phones in the same manner? Usually they test all phones the same way, but i’m not sure about this one.
Consumer Reports is an irrelevant click whore.
I think the more they come against the tremendously popular iPhone, the more discredited there magazine will get. If you think about it, there entier business depends on people believing in them. If they outright make stuff up, there goes there readership. Whatever is left.
Not my father’s Consumer reports. It had credibility then. Now, I can’t recommend it. Hey, CR, I’ll trade you the lousy washing machine you told me to get for an iPhone!
And the toilet paper.. don’t get me started!
It’s amazing Consumer Reports can’t recommend the iPhone yet according to Apple they’re having trouble keeping up with demand. That tells me people are demanding these phones. Either iPhone 4 buyers are mindless drones or Consumer Reports doesn’t know what it’s talking about.
Up here in Canada when you ask us about iPhone 4 antenna issues, our first reponse is, What antenna issue?
I’m guessing CR’s last iPhone publicity stunt did wonders for their subscription efforts. Looking forward to seeing the magazine not recommend other smartphones that have reception issues.
Junk like this really doesn’t do CR credibility any good. The whole antenna fiasco ended out looking more like a small fire fanned by jealous competition the first time around, and I don’t see that anything has changed.
I know that Steve Jobs saying “don’t hold it like that” sounds really trite, but the reality is that I never held my phone like that in the first place and have never suffered from any of the antenna problems mentioned.
It’s clearly one of the best phones on the market, period.
That’s ok. I can’t recommend Consumer Reports either.
With, or without the so-called “death-grip” issue, the Verizon iPhone is showing average speeds all over the country, that’s just about as fast as AT&T’s iPhone.
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