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LOL

Tomb1312

Jul 16, 2010, 4:20 PM
HA HA This is getting comical
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fahrende

Jul 16, 2010, 4:32 PM
Actually, not really. Post people don't understand the voodoo magic that tends to be RF engineering.

Now that a high profile device has shown just how tricky it can be, the public is becoming more aware and educated about it.

It's not one of those "it just works" kind of things.
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Jayshmay

Jul 16, 2010, 5:39 PM
Seems to me the Iphone is the only one with problems. What other popular smartphones have you ever heard of having reception problems?
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fahrende

Jul 16, 2010, 5:49 PM
Since I don't have that data, I wouldn't be able to tell you. I was being more general.

I'm just amazed at how much better RF has gotten overall. It used to be back in 2004-2005, you could still block the signal just by wrapping the phone in aluminum foil. Now even standing in a shield room with the door cracked open will cause a phone to not loose RF.

Apple wasn't the only company to tell users how to hold the phone BTW. I remember when LG launched the VX8600
https://www.phonescoop.com/phones/phone.php?p=999 »
it came with a decal on the back telling using not to hold the bottom of the phone.
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ecycled

Jul 16, 2010, 6:38 PM
samsung sgh-a707 sync had a sticker on the bottom back saying not to block that area it would affect reception, other samsungs did too but that is a specific example.

No other smartphones I know of tell you not to hold a certain part though.
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Globhead

Jul 16, 2010, 11:40 PM
And I had old Sprint phones which said not to stick your fingers behind the earpiece. The antenna has to go somewhere.

But it was dumb of Apple to leave it so vulnerable as to short together that easy. I will even say that this increase in sensitivity was probably due to Apple placing form before function. It was also kind of incompetent for them not to evaluate hand-induced interference and include a warning about any quirks, given the unique antenna design and the existence of that kind of thing in all phones.
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bluecoyote

Jul 16, 2010, 5:56 PM
HTC Droid Incredible
HTC Nexus One
Palm Pre (Sprint)
Palm Pre (AT&T)

Those are ones I can verify personally.
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Jayshmay

Jul 18, 2010, 12:01 AM
Umm. . .HTC Eris doesn't seem to have a problem.


http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/17/htc-fires-back-at ... »
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bluecoyote

Jul 18, 2010, 1:48 AM
I didn't know HTC even had phone support. I bet most of their customers didn't either.
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Rich Brome

Jul 16, 2010, 6:04 PM
All of them?
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fahrende

Jul 16, 2010, 6:13 PM
But since they're not iPhones, they don't matter right?

😉
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Rich Brome

Jul 16, 2010, 6:15 PM
They all matter, but only the iPhone is subjected to such intense scrutiny. It goes hand-in-hand with the hype and popularity of this single product.
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fahrende

Jul 16, 2010, 6:18 PM
What do you mean? There are other phones than iPhone out there?

BTW, I'm being facetious.
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Slammer

Jul 17, 2010, 11:50 AM
It's amazing that the same outlet that created the Apple frenzy, is in turn, backlashing their creation. You have to love the Media. The Media knows the power they have influencing the public. No other outlet abuses the freedom of free press more than themselves.

John B.
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Slammer

Jul 17, 2010, 10:20 AM
This is true Rich, but there does seem to be a legitimate issue here. I have a friend that returned his iPhone because of this problem. In an area where signal is mediocre, his iPhone4 would literally drop a call, where as our other friend's BB stayed the course with 2 bars and no dropped call.

Apple has a definite problem even if it is not across the board for everyone and in my opinion, Apple is trying to make light of the issue.

John B.
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Rich Brome

Jul 16, 2010, 6:04 PM
Exactly. Thank you.
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CHANELPHONE

Jul 16, 2010, 6:03 PM
Tomb1312 said:
HA HA This is getting comical


Ok! 🤣 LMAO..2!
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