The controversy over antenna issues that plagued the iPhone 4 drew to a close this week as Apple offers $15 to those affected by the issue. You are only eligible for the money if you are in the U.S. and did not take advantage of Apple’s offer for a free case back in 2010. Those eligible were contacted via email.
Apple released a minor iTunes update with bug fixes this week. You can get the update via Software Update on your Mac.
U.S. Congress continues to take an interest in iPhone privacy issues. They have asked for information from dozens of app developers about what information about users they gather and how the use that information. Apple itself has begun to refuse apps that use the iPhone’s universal device identifier (UDID) as a method of identifying the iPhone as a unique device across multiple apps.
iPhone 4 Antenna Settlement, iTunes 10.6.1
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So were later buyers - after antenna gate was discovered - eligible for the $15? For instance I purchased my iPhone 4 in February 2011 when Verizon came on board. The death grip still killed the signal, and I was never offered a free bumper. I guess it was assumed at that point that the end user should know better. :-(
I didn't think there was a problem with the Verizon model (different antenna). But I know that any radio device will show some difference when you surround it with your hand. So maybe what you experienced isn't the actual problem -- but just normal use?