[JohnBooty]

"Antennagate" is the gift that keeps on giving. Great litmus test for pundits and online peanut galleries.

You are technically correct: it was a design flaw.

But folks usually incorrectly trot it out as an example of a manufacturer who arrogantly blamed users for a major product flaw.

The reality is that that essentially nobody experienced this issue in real life. The problem disappeared as long as you used a cell phone case. Which is how 99.99% of people use their phones. To experience the issue in real life you had to use the phone "naked", hold it a certain way, and have slightly spotty reception to begin with.

So when people incorrectly trot this one out I can just ignore the rest of what they're saying...