Emily’s list: iPhone death grip edition
A few weeks ago, I blogged that I was dying to get an iPhone 4, but was doing everything in my power to resist. 
Despite the new features I so desired, I concluded that I just didn’t need one. Shortly after that, once the phones were in stock, I called AT&T to see if I qualified for an upgrade. I learned that even as a current AT&T customer, it would still cost a whopping $199. Ouch. I wavered back and forth, and ultimately decided to wait — at least until I heard more from people as to whether it was actually worth it.
Boy am I glad I waited; it turns out that the iPhone 4 has major antenna reception issues. According to Wired, it’s so bad that Consumer Reports, which initially ranked iPhone as the best smartphone, has come out and said that it can’t recommend the phone because of this major technical problem. A steel antenna band runs along the edges of the phone.