g1smd - 7:42 pm on Jul 12, 2010 (gmt 0)

If you keep your finger off a spot about 1 mm wide on the lower end of the side, or put the phone in a case or shell, then there's no reception problem.

As for not spotting the problem earlier, all of the test phones were tested in cases; when the phone is in a case there's no problem at all.