According to Jobs, the perception of an iPhone 4 problem is real.
“We’ve been getting reports of people having issues with the antenna system when they touch this spot here, “Jobs said, pointing at the “Death Grip” spot.
“We only heard about this 22 days ago. It’s not like we’ve had our heads in the sand about it for months.”
“We’ve been working on it, and no we want to share what we’ve learned.”
“First of all, “Jobs said, “It’s not unique to the iPhone 4. You can go on YouTube and see videos of other phones doing the same thing.”
To prove the point, Jobs demos videos of the Blackberry, the Samsung Omnia 2 and HTC Droid Eris dropping bars. The Droid Eris video is particularly severe: it shows the Eris dropping from four bars down to zero over the course of a minute.
“This is life in the smartphone world,” says Jobs. “Phones aren’t perfect. We’re all doing the best we can.”
In case Apple’s humility in this isn’t apparent, the slide backing up Jobs’ words says “We’re not perfect.”
