Apple iPhone 4 Death Grip Videos Disappear

Apple iPhone 4 Death Grip Videos Disappear

Apple recently pulled the web page at apple.com/antenna with videos defending their antenna design on the iPhone 4. It's currently not clear why, but the videos still remain on Apple's YouTube channel. These videos previously displayed examples on other phones that when holding them in certain ways could decrease the signal of the antenna. The videos posted sampled quite a few phones with the antenna in different areas and included the BlackBerry Bold 9700, HTC Droid Eris, Samsung Omnia II, Nokia N97, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, and more recently, the Motorola Droid X.

Competitors did seem to have some issues with the fact that Apple seemed to be insulting their products, though it was mainly to just defend their own. Here's one of the videos previously displayed on Apple's website: