I'm curious if the same thing happens on, say, a 3G with its plastic casing. To rule out (or rule in) antenna-grounding-to-body issues. In other words, narrow down whether it's your body mass blocking the signal, or your skin touching the new metal casing, that's the issue.
If the iPhone 4 is in the Apple rubber case then you can grasp it any way you want and it doesn't affect the signal.
When they announced that you'd actually be holding onto part of the antenna, I did wonder how they worked around problems like this. I'm not good at RF or analog design so I just assumed that they'd come up with something.
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