Show me another phone that completely interrupts data access by the touch of a finger on a particular spot on the case, and I'll show you another phone that has a horrible defect.
It's all the same issue. The only difference is that with the iPhone you have exposed metal making for very easy conductance bridging that black gap over the skin.
As opposed to the
only somewhat harder "conductance bridging" on other phones of completely removing the case to get at any conductive thing attached to the antenna?
There are plenty of reports of people touching the iPhone 4 without dropping the call
There are plenty of reports of people getting rear-ended in a Pinto without the gas tank exploding into flames. That must mean that it doesn't happen, right?
the issue is not likely to affect the next generation of products
Oh, Apple's going to resolve that industry-wide problem, then?