here's an interesting take on it. http://www.antennasys.com/antennasys-blog/2010/6/24/apple-iphone-4-antennas.html
On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Sisk, Kris <[email protected]> wrote: > > I've been accused of being an Apple hater more than a few times so > here's your grain of salt. > > That Apple would release a product with a flaw like that doesn't > surprise me at all. The sad thing is that people will still buy it > knowing full well that they're going to have this problem. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cameron Childress [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2010 5:37 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: SERIOUS iPhone 4 Hardware Flaw > > > http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2365650,00.asp > > The new iPhone's antenna is a strip of metal that goes around the > entire exterior of the case. This means it gets great reception... > till you hold in your hand. The second you hold it in your hand your > reception starts steadily dropping because your body grounds the > antenna. Then your call goes "poof". > > You can fix this flaw pretty easily by buying a case for the phone. > But seriously? It's called a "handheld device" for reason. How did > this design flaw make it all the way through production? > > I saw this in person today as someone picked up a phone that had 5 > full bars and the phone immediately started losing bars. It got to > two bars before he set it back down again - 5 full bars came back > immediately. > > Really? Really? I mean REALLY?!?!?!?!?!? Apple has to be kidding > about this.... Seriously?!?!?!? I am baffled. > > -Cameron > > ... > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:321991 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
