Consumer Reports: "we can't recommend the iPhone 4"

In what could be the last word on the iPhone 4 reception issue, Consumer Reports has released the results of its tests and concluded that "there is a problem with its reception. When your finger or hand touches a spot on the phone's lower left side—an easy thing, especially for lefties—the signal can significantly degrade enough to cause you to lose your connection altogether if you're in an area with a weak signal. Due to this problem, we can't recommend the iPhone 4."

The report confirms that this is a hardware issue, and not a software issue as Apple claimed.

However, the report maintains that the iPhone 4 "sports the sharpest display and best video camera we've seen on any phone, and even outshines its high-scoring predecessors with improved battery life and such new features as a front-facing camera for video chats and a built-in gyroscope that turns the phone into a super-responsive game controller." Which means that the iPhone 4 is perhaps the best hand-held device out there for doing the other stuff, except making calls.

How about you? Would you be willing to pay a hefty amount for such a great-looking phone (with the Retina Display, FaceTime, two cameras, multitasking and a new handsome industrial design) even if it, you know, drops your calls because you're holding it the "wrong way?"