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Apple has released official advice for iPhone 4 owners to overcome the problem of the device losing signal when held by the lower left corner. Steve Jobs responded to a query about the problem from one owner by saying: “Just avoid holding it in that way.

BBC News - Apple issues advice to avoid iPhone flaw


This is really funny because it is a very old tech meme that goes back to at least World War II. We usually call it “don’t do that.”


It goes like this:


User: when I hold escape while right clicking between noon and 12:15 on a Tuesday, the window minimizes.


Programmer: don’t do that then. 


The iPhone 4 version:


User: If I hold the iPhone like *this* I lose all of my signal bars.


Steve Jobs: Just avoid holding it that way.

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