YONKERS, N.Y., Feb. 26 (UPI) -- Consumer Reports has declined to recommend the Verizon iPhone 4 because of a problem that can cause dropped calls.
The magazine said the Verizon phone has the same problem its testers found last summer in the AT&T iPhone. If a user holds the phone so that the hand covers a gap in the external casing, a position Consumer Reports calls the "death grip," performance declines and calls will be dropped in areas where the signal is weak.
"The phone performs superbly in most other respects, and using the iPhone 4 with a case can alleviate the problem," Consumer Reports said.
Users appeared to be less unhappy with the Verizon phone, Time magazine said, possibly because a tighter grip is needed to cause the problem than with the AT&T phone.
