It is a design issue, there is no doubt about that because your basically shorting them out. Some say you can fix this with software, telling the OS how to handle it could sort it or improve it. Others are not so sure.

Theoretically you could adjust the signal strength going through the antennas.  However its not a fix by any stretch, by tweaking the power outputs you can reduce interference up to a point.  However as a result youre going to compromise the signal strength as a result because youre going to have to drop the power outputs.  

That said, most people wont care anyway.  Theyll have their iPhone, and theyll wave it around thinking they have the greatest thing ever.  

clear nail polish fixes it instantly. I guess they will at some point put some form of thin film you do not notice in later manufacture but someone has also re-milled the grove and found it to work better so there is rather simple solutions.
They should have replacements if they do though.

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clear nail polish fixes it instantly. I guess they will at some point put some form of thin film you do not notice in later manufacture but someone has also re-milled the grove and found it to work better so there is rather simple solutions.
They should have replacements if they do though.

so you have to paint sh*t on it, and void your warranty as a result.  Or you need to get access to a milling machine, or be very good with small engineering tools, pull it to bits an void your warranty.  

Pathetic.

I was referring to them doing it on newer batches . Besides more is coming out that not everyone has the issue. My brother for the life of him can not loose a signal doing it.

clear nail polish fixes it instantly. I guess they will at some point put some form of thin film you do not notice in later manufacture but someone has also re-milled the grove and found it to work better so there is rather simple solutions.
They should have replacements if they do though.

Wouldnt the bumper things they sell for them fix the issue? Convenient that.

Ill have to see about the update.
I bet Apple will fudge the signal bars as they make changes though so it wont look so bad. As long as a call wont drop then they can blame poor signals on AT&T and other carriers again, lol

Simplest option might be try covering the gap with some tape. Wouldnt really look that good but might work.

"There is no reception issue. Stay tuned,"

From Steve.

May be just bad software code in dealing with the issue and as some said is now starting to sound like a software issue.

Time will tell but I still find it hard to believe any company would develop a phone and if the issue was this bad that no one would notice this problem and that anyone would mass produce a product with such a problem.
No matter how you want to think about Apple no company I can see in their right mind would launch with such a big hardware flaw, just hard to fathom.