Except that there is no problem. I have an iPhone 4 as does my wife and I can cover the WHOLE metal band with my hands and not drop any bars.
It's mass hysteria and whining. Get over it.
"Bars" is not a unit of useful comparison. What happens to your cell signal dBm when you do that?
(For one, if you have excellent coverage, handling the antenna only makes it slightly less excellent. If you have already shoddy coverage, it's a bigger problem.)
(For one, if you have excellent coverage, handling the antenna only makes it slightly less excellent. If you have already shoddy coverage, it's a bigger problem.)