[gopherhockey]

The iPhone 4 is a BMW among Fords... the antenna issue, while real, is over-hyped. I get a signal even with the death grip in places my 3GS didn't. 4.01 didn't "fix" the issue but it made things more real, and consumers will be less apt to freak out if they don't see multiple bars dropping when in reality they should have only had one or two bars in the first place.

Its the best phone out there. I was hoping to get an Android this time around but IMHO they are still a year or two away. If someone that isn't a Korean company comes out with a model that has some style and their apps mature I may switch just cuz I'm a tech nerd and I like to play with new things.

Long story short DO NOT let people's hype about the antenna pull you away from looking at the new iPhone. Do what most intelligent consumers do and judge it for yourselves, not what a bunch of rabid anti-Apple people tell you. This is coming from a fairly big Microsoft bigot who is disappointed in a company who really got it wrong. (I make my living off Microsoft, not Apple...)

I still love my iPad more than life itself though.

P.S. people wanted Jobs to grovel on the floor and beg for forgiveness at the media event yesterday. People are idiots.

P.P.S. my grandma read consumer reports once upon a time. Then I showed her how to use Google.