Apple’s defense now, after the press conference on Friday, it to claim that all phones have attenuation problems. They even have video! John Gruber is in overdrive on the situation, with multiple links to videos with other phones who lose a couple of bars due to a “death grip.”
These are in addition to Apple calling out RIM and Nokia at the Friday press conference regarding a couple of their phones. They even posted some video showing how the signal gets attenuated, presumably causing a call loss.
It’s a good example of “the best defense is a good offense” and also of attempting to drag everyone else down into the muck. After all, if everyone else is guilty, then why single us out for scorn?