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It seems like this 'dropped call' thing is mainly a US thing also though. Most of the blame must surely rest with the carriers.

Galvanic skin response varies from person to person, wildly in some cases. I haven't seen this addressed in the various iPhone 4 antenna analyses so far, though I've probably just missed it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03PQyWp0mWE

It seems rather obvious that for any given phone, there is a way to ruin it's reception. If nothing helps, put it in a steel box, encase it with concrete and throw it into the ocean. That should do the job.

The real question is, how is the reception in a typical phone call situation.