An Alternative to the Expensive iPhone4 Bumper

Heard of those signal issues on iPhone4? Thought of buying the iPhone4 with the Bumpers sold by Apple? Here is an innovative way to save money and still have a Bumper for your iPhone 4!



Entering this morose situation with a bit of ingenuity is Oliver Nelson, who alerts us to the fact that rubber wristbands of the sort your favorite cyclist wears are apparently an almost perfect fit when stretched around the 4's antennae. He advises that a 1.125-inch long by 0.125-inch wide incision (into the unstretched band) is necessary to keep the 30-pin port and speakers open, but otherwise it seems like a pretty effortless and dirt cheap way to avoid all this drama.

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