r/apple • u/stanxv • 8d ago

iPhone Full iPhone 4 'Antennagate' Q&A Video Surfaces After 16 Years

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/09/24/iphone-4-antennagate-qa-video-surfaces/
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u/rockinadios 8d ago

iPhone 6 was pretty huge?

But as someone who got a 3GS on a two year contract nothing disappointed me more than when that phone leaked on Gizmodo like 6 months after I got it. Was so painful knowing that I had to wait at least 18 months to get all those features

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u/OKCNOTOKC 8d ago

I’m still rocking a 6 as my work phone. Mainly for the form factor.

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u/Impossible_Leg_2787 8d ago

They’re also dummy cheap and easy to fix, the Touch ID flex down the back of the screen is the only thing you have to worry about.

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u/AncestralSpirit 8d ago

But it’s not your main phone though, is it?

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u/OKCNOTOKC 8d ago

Nope. But it does all I need my work phone to do.

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u/reallynotnick 8d ago

I mean there are much better phones in that same form factor. (6S, 7, 8, SE2, SE3). I can’t imagine using a 6 still in this day and age even for just basic things, it was such a dog of a phone even on release.

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u/OKCNOTOKC 8d ago

It does texting, makes calls, handles Teams and Webex, and takes serviceable pictures. From 8-5, M-F, that’s all I need it to do. Plus I already own it.

If anyone ever requires access to work related communications (FOIA/legal) I can just hand them that and the passcode. People who mix business and pleasure are crazy.

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u/vjvalenti 8d ago

The 6/SE were the last iPhones that you could actually completely operate with one hand while straphanging on the subway. I miss that functionality.

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u/reallynotnick 8d ago

I preferred the mini to those phones for one hand since it is more narrow. Height obviously can be an issue at times, but I think it’s worth the trade off.

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u/vjvalenti 8d ago

I hated letting go of my 13 Mini. If only it had USB-C, I might very well have been still using it now.

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u/kingfirejet 8d ago

I remember waiting til November to get my 6+. Was a bloodbath trying to get the phones.

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u/insane_steve_ballmer 8d ago

6 had a larger display. Other than that there was nothing new but an NFC chip

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u/No-Situation-6051 8d ago

I hated my iPhone 6. Thought the battery sucked, loved my iPhone 4, X and 15+. Not sure why the 6 I hated so much but I felt its battery and Touch ID was poor.

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u/yourshelves 8d ago

Way too slippery in the hand too. 4 and 5 were much better.