iPhone 'End Call' sticker is an ironic solution to your reception problem

Not sold on those iPhone Antenna-aid bandages? Fret not, as we've got a whole 'nother round of laughs coming your way. What started as a concept has landed on Etsy as a buyable product: the 'End Call' vinyl sticker. As you'd expect, you simply place this guy over the iPhone 4's "weak spot" and then press it whenever you'd like to conveniently drop whatever call you're on. The only problem? This $4 add-on actually won't accomplish what it says in plain English.

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:15PM]

"If you have buttons on the side of your phone, you blew it."

[H264 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:50PM]

@cwalters74 I'm pretty sure he blew it.

[Seven2k Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:55PM]

@VAVA Mk 2

reminds me of a hot chick with small boobies wearing a push up ...not what it seems until you take it off.

how about this:

"if you cant put stickers on your phone like a high school student, you blew it"

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:59PM]

@H264
Sad face :-(

[loocas Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:02PM]

The price should've been $49.99 to better match with the rest of the accessories...

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:12PM]

@Seven2k
I wish I was as funny as Lord Vader :-(

[Seven2k Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:29PM]

@VAVA Mk 2

yeah he has good timing....guess that because he half man half machine.

[JohnnyKilowatt Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:44PM]

@VAVA Mk 2

If you try to say something funny and no one laughs, you blew it.

[tgates Posted Jul 22nd 2010 8:06PM]

@JohnnyKilowatt Does Vader get Engadget updates sent straight to his helmet?

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 8:14PM]

@JohnnyKilowatt
Yea I give up comedy *bows head in shame*

[Gooch818 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 8:57PM]

@tgates
No silly, he uses the force for ultra uber iPhone push notifications!!! So I'm told anyway...

[beesneazy Posted Jul 22nd 2010 11:52PM]

@cwalters74

At least in this rough economy Apple has allowed many a few to prosper on this fiasco. Everyone, try to make a quick buck off this!

[Aku Posted Jul 23rd 2010 12:58AM]

What reception problem? Didn't you sheep watch the press conference? There is no reception problem.

Why is this news?

[unf2011 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 2:15AM]

@VAVA Mk 2
If you can't make a phone call with your phone, you blew it. I would much rather have a phone with a task manager than a phone that sucks at being a phone. Maybe it is just me.

[ftw87 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 3:04AM]

@cwalters74

ROFL

[Riccardo Posted Jul 23rd 2010 5:37AM]

@Aku Lol, if you actually believe all that was said during that press conference then your're the sheep man..

[jackjumper85 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 5:58AM]

@ftw87 Did you really roll on the floor?

[notsodumb Posted Jul 23rd 2010 6:41AM]

@VAVA Mk 2
I hear Steve Jobs always saying end-user should never know about the technology complexity and they should enjoy how good it is.

Clearly he is wrong with iPhone4. People who never heard of word 'antenna' now talking about 'attenuation' ! lol.

[blenderman345 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 10:01AM]

@tgates : Vader writes for Engadget with an alias that if revealed, I might get Force Choked over the internet. I'm not even kidding.

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 10:28AM]

@notsodumb
Was that even a word in the dictionary prior to now? I gotta say Apple at least has helped make people more informed on antennas in cell phones. Ironically, kinda weird people look back and of all smart phone features thought about or desired, antenna advances isn't usually listed.
I see a nub antenna comeback! /s

[Kid Red Posted Jul 23rd 2010 10:47AM]

@cwalters74 Funny thing is this sticker wouldn't work. I haven't been able to drop a call by placing my hand there. It would be funny/or stinging if it were true. However, I personally never dropped a call prior to getting my case.

[labrat Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:16PM]

Hilarious win!

[derekdevine Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:29PM]

@labrat Hilarious indeed.

[Plazmic Flame Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:30PM]

@labrat

Entertaining win!

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:37PM]

@labrat

Wait....won't the vinyl actually INSULATE it? So...you're being hilarious, while at the same time purchasing a useful product.... I'd call that an epic win.

[Mike10010100 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:39PM]

@Mike10010100

(nvm. I suppose that's what they mean by that last sentence. My "epic win" designation still stands, however)

[beesneazy Posted Jul 22nd 2010 11:57PM]

@Mike10010100

Most certainly does not still stand. Shit is, how do they say it, "ghey?"

[beesneazy Posted Jul 23rd 2010 12:02AM]

@beesneazy
Oh...yeah, I didn't really read it. -.-'

[hondamx525 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 12:35AM]

@leey

This is an elaborate piece of spam

[Reisa Posted Jul 23rd 2010 12:57AM]

@Mike10010100

It works. Just don't stick it there.

[Leegh229 Posted Jul 23rd 2010 4:54AM]

@hondamx525 Why is it a piece of spam ( looks like one sure) but not all iPhone 4s have this problem as Steve jobs said it's been blown out of proportion by the media, my friends dad has one and he hasn't experienced one single problem with it.

[Ruben Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:20PM]

To be honest, this will never end now:

Browser X button sticker.
Pause Pandora sticker.
Pause Download sticker.
Mimic entering Elevator/Tunnel sticker.

[icon808 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:51PM]

@Ruben
Sticker should have read; REAR END CALL

[reallynotnick Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:26PM]

@Ruben
Problem is once you put the sticker you loose the function the sticker advertises.

[iKid Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:43PM]

@Ruben Yeh it's not even funny anymore. Like how "that's what she said" comebacks were funny after a couple of times, but now make me wanna puke.

[recharged95 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 8:18PM]

@Ruben

I have to admit now, I have 3 co-workers that got IP4s this week. And all 3 have replicated he problem right before my eyes. Man, just when I was starting to believe the Apple PR. Of course, we tried the force of death on my G1 and friend's Bold and nada.

Also, I tried my iOS app that does multitasking and uses notifs and MapKit and EventKit. Certain times they crash my app, when the simulator runs them fine for days....Weird.

[MicrosoftOwns Posted Jul 22nd 2010 8:25PM]

@recharged95

only a complete idiot calls an iphone "ip4"

[wbeardell Posted Jul 22nd 2010 10:37PM]

@MicrosoftOwns
dude, seriously. go troll 4chan for a week, and then come back as confident as you are.

[krztoff Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:22PM]

Wouldn't this sticker fix the disconnect problem that it is poking fun at?

[engadgetcomexcludeengadget Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:30PM]

@krztoff That's why they called it an ironic solution...

[Flustercuck Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:09PM]

@engadgetcomexcludeengadget
I think he knew that...

[zangetsu2 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 8:35PM]

@krztoff
Probably for most people, but I can still lose reception when I touch my case, so this "End Call" button would probably work for me.

[SinoPeach Posted Jul 22nd 2010 11:25PM]

@engadgetcomexcludeengadget

Poetic... NOT ironic. Sheesh....

[JosephZ Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:27PM]

Should have released the "warning" sticker instead. "holding here blocks calls".

Insert: Laughter

[kanoswrx Posted Jul 22nd 2010 5:27PM]

Kind of getting tired of all this. Obviously its been shown just about all phones have a similar issue. I know Apple gets all the heat because they are the #1 target out there now. But enough is enough, focus on more important things. I for one have noticed the bars go down when holding it there, but never had any performance issues, never a dropped call. Move along. Focus to much on this and Apple might never bring us the stuff we really need like better notifications!!

[Marbles Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:03PM]

@kanoswrx

Sorry Mr. Jobs, it looks like you'll have to endure just a little more.

[todrick Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:34PM]

@kanoswrx Actually it has not been shown that any other phone has a similar issue of degraded reception from the touch of one finger...

Jobs' Reality Cistortion Field appears to have clouded your perception.

[todrick Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:35PM]

@todrick

I work on all that whitty-ness and then typo the damn punchline...

FML

[alonsop Posted Jul 22nd 2010 6:41PM]

@Marbles. Hahaha lmao

[VAVA Mk 2 Posted Jul 22nd 2010 7:22PM]

@todrick
At least your joke was there. Mine sucked :-(