The Apple grip

Wise Words: death grip and other grips

A few hours after the new iPhone was released on 25 June, buyers were complaining about a weak Wi-Fi signal, especially when it was held in the left hand.  What was Apple’s response? They blamed the users for using the wrong grip. 

"If you ever experience this on your iPhone 4, avoid gripping it in the lower left corner in a way that covers both sides of the black strip in the metal band."

He's got a good grip Photo: Wrestling New Prague vs Northfield PEM MPLS West by Robin

Is Apple coming to grips with the problem? It's trying to: the company recently posted five new job listings for antenna engineers.

I'd like to add one more expression with "grip" to this post: get a grip! I'm not talking to Apple here, but the lawyers who are hoping to file a class-action lawsuit against Apple. Get a grip, guys — how about focusing your talents against BP instead? There's so much more at stake there.

The "death grip saga" is not as gripping as the Apple critics would like to have us believe.

Expressions with "grip"

come to grips with sth. = etw. in den Griff bekommen
We're had a few problems, but we're slowly coming to grips with them.

in the grip of sth. = in den Fängen von etw.
We're in the grip of an economic crisis.

lose one's grip (on oneself) = den Halt verlieren, jegliches Maß verlieren
The way he reacted shows that he's starting to lose his grip.

lose one's grip on reality = jeglichen Bezug zur Realität verlieren
She has obviously lost her grip on reality if she thinks she'll get praised for her speech.

get a grip (on/of oneself) = sich zusammenreißen
Will you get a grip of yourself? Things aren't that bad!

gripping = spannend, ergreifend
Stephenie Meyer's novel Eclipse has been made into a gripping film.

grip = Helfer(in) am Filmset
He's worked as a grip on numerous films, but he doesn't know any of the stars personally.