The antenna issue with the latest iPhone 4 ^[1] has become a major headache for Apple. When Apple announced free cases for all iPhone 4 ^[1] owners, many thought that the issue is behind us but interestingly Apple doesn’t want to leave it at that. Apple recently created an Antenna performance page ^[2] on its website that compares iPhone 4′s antenna issues with other major smart phones in an effort to prove Apple’s point that iPhone 4 is not any different when it comes to antenna issues.

Apple does that by posting pictures and videos that show the drop in signal for other smart phones when held in a way that attenuated the signal. Up til now, Apple had targeted Blackberry Bold ^[3] 9700, HTC Droid Eris, Samsung Omnia and Nokia N97 ^[4] Mini. However, now Apple has also added Droid X ^[5] to the list and in addition to posting pictures and video about the antenna test with Droid X ^[5], Apple has also post the video to its YouTube page ^[6]. Apple’s targeting Droid X is a little bit different than other smart phones since Droid X has been called a “serious iPhone  competitor”. The strategy Apple has adopted to tackle this issue is not winning Apple any friends in the mobile phone industry. In fact, by calling out names and forcing people to see how other smart phones also have issues, Apple is giving its competitors another chance to come together against Apple’s growing share of the mobile phone market.