I guess when Consumer Reports, well, reports, Apple listens. Up until then, Apple was rather mealy-mouth about the antenna problems that drop calls when the hand covers the antenna. Steve Jobs cynically told folks not to hold it that way. Then, Apple blamed the software. They were falsifying the reception bars and over-reporting the reception quality.
Verizon jumped in with some quality ads mocking the reception issue. But the Droid X is getting somewhat mixed reviews, and who knows if they’ll be able to capitalize on Apple’s problems.
Not that I think Apple has problems. I think the iPhone 4 works better than previous iPhones. And that display is incredible.