{"id":"iphone-4-death-grip","name":"iPhone 4 Death Grip","summary":"iPhone 4 Death Grip refers to the antenna-attenuation bug that hit Apple's iPhone 4 on its launch day, June 24, 2010, when wrapping a hand around the phone's lower-left corner tanked signal bars and dropped calls. Steve Jobs' terse email reply telling a customer to just avoid holding it that way turned a hardware flaw into one of the defining Apple mockery memes of the early 2010s, complete with the 'You're holding it wrong' catchphrase and the 'Hold Different' parody slogan.","tags":["iphone 4 death grip","you're holding it wrong","hold different","antennagate","iphone 4 antenna","steve jobs email","iphone antenna issue"],"howToUse":[],"imageCount":2,"nsfw":false,"images":[{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/iphone-4-death-grip/iphone-4-death-grip-holding-it-wrong-collage.webp","caption":"A crowdsourced collage of iPhone 4 owners demonstrating how holding the phone across the antenna gap causes signal loss.","width":680,"height":674,"nsfw":false},{"url":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/iphone-4-death-grip/iphone-4-death-grip-how-to-hold-iphone-4-properly.webp","caption":"A mock instructional showing the absurd 'correct' way to hold the iPhone 4 to avoid the death grip signal drop.","width":680,"height":480,"nsfw":false}],"historyUrl":"https://fcdtoybbbn2ccxbp.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/images/iphone-4-death-grip/history.md","related":["android","augmented-reality","the-game","app-permission-request","thats-what-she-said","sam-altman-fired-memes","threads-launch","bluetooth-connection-issue","buffering-video","10x-engineer","novelty-content-filters","vibe-coding"],"popularityRank":4206,"license":"Meme images and history: templates, screenshots, photos and fan edits, many of copyrighted material or real people. Explicit and offensive memes and images are included and flagged nsfw. Check you have the right to use an image before publishing."}