iPhone 4 Recall?

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Tomorrow, Apple is hosting a press conference to address glitches in the iPhone 4, which drops calls if you hold it wrong. This announcement comes just days after Consumer Reports suggested that the phones have a major hardware flaw, and it's adding credence to speculation that Steve Jobs might recall the whole batch. You know what's worse than waiting eight hours in the hot sun on a smelly Soho sidewalk to get a new phone? Waiting eight hours in the hot sun on a smelly Soho sidewalk to get a new phone, and then having it recalled. [CNN; Daily Intel; Previously]