So there was no one more thing today at the Apple press conference, but a few things surprised me.

Apple played the iPhone Antenna song to start it off. I would have been laughing if I was there. I think the theme of the event was the issues has been over exaggerated and if you go by the numbers they might be right.

The second thing is the all smartphones have this problem argument.

The point is simply that Apple chose to design the antenna outside knowing there would be a trade off. Saying well every phone has the same problem is one thing, but none of these companies decided to put the antenna outside. Watch the videos on that page. How many times do you hold your blackberry in that position with a tight grip? Now pick up the same Blackberry and hold it to your ear. Again, you wont hold the phone that way. The iPhone however is built to be held that way when on the phone in either hand, you will touch the location of the “death grip”.

To be honest, I think Apple tested the hell out of this phone in a location of great signal as jobs mentioned, they have AT&T cell towers at Cupertino. Outside of Apple however, the testers had to hide the phone in a 3GS looking case and I am sure that is how they missed this problem entirely.

I think it is safe to say the next time a manufacturers battery explodes, they can just play a video saying well Apple laptops explode too.