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Interestingly, the original iPhone 4 is a more attractive device than the iPhone 4S because it doesn't rattle when you put it down.

I can't believe that slipped though. It's a blot on the impression of the iPhone 4S as a solid thing.

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My 4s rattled a bit when it was new. I wasn't sure at first if the buttons were responsible for the rattling, or if it was something internal. Then I dropped it a couple of times while spinning it around in my hand to locate the side with the button I wanted to press, and that made it stop rattling for some reason. The front and back glass slabs now slide around a bit, though.

I'm more or less dumbfounded at the popular perception of the iPhone 4 as a "great" industrial design. While it's definitely a great phone, if they don't return to a curved back with the next model or otherwise provide some tactile cues that help the user sense how it's oriented as it's being withdrawn from a pocket, it'll almost be enough to send me over the fence into the Android camp. Failing to move to a bigger screen will certainly do that.

I have a 4S and have no idea what you're talking about.

First time I heard that the iPhone 4S rattles when you put it down. Had a couple of those in my hands and it felt like a iPhone 4.

Disclaimer: I have a iPhone 4.

I have a iPhone 4s and I don't know what your talking about. Can you be more specific?

Mine makes a little rattly sound, but it is from the 'bumper' case that it has on it. The contacts on the bumper make that sound for me. When I take the phone out, it is silent when I drop it from a half inch or so (other than the clunk sound the phone itself makes).

Dropping the 'bumper' by itself also induces the rattle sound.

Other than that, I have not heard of any iphone4S rattle sounds. Does yours have a 'bumper' case on it?

I have both and with or without cases, I can't replicate the rattle sound you're referring too

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