I'm not defending the iPhone 4's issues with reception when held in certain ways - I'm certainly hoping that the rumours of a firmware fix to improve matters are true. But Nokia may really have shot themselves in the foot by posting a blog on their official website mocking the iPhone 4. They say you can hold a Nokia any way you like; "you’re free to hold your Nokia device any way you like. And you won’t suffer any signal loss. Cool, huh?".

Yeah, that does sound pretty cool! So why is it that the E71 (the device pictured in their blog post) comes with instructions saying, "avoid touching the antenna area... [this] affects the communication quality". Hmmm... sound familiar? How about the scores of videos on YouTube showing exactly the same issues have existed with Nokias (and other phones) for years?

I'll re-iterate, I'm not saying the iPhone 4 is perfect, but seriously Nokia, people in glass houses should not throw stones!