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Student's Antenna Tweak Leads to Vastly Improved Battery Life

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Reception vs. Battery Life

badsky2k

Dec 20, 2008, 2:38 PM
My first question is how is the reception compared to a "wired" antenna? If the reception is less, then what good is a longer charge on the battery? Most phones kick up the power as the signal becomes weaker (to keep connection to the tower) until the handoff. Thus, if the reception is weaker with this new finding, then the extra battery power becomes moot.
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durkadurkha

Dec 22, 2008, 12:19 PM
with the saved battery life I'm sure they could have the antenna run at 100% all the time and still have a significantly longer lasting battery
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Cellinovation

Dec 28, 2008, 4:23 PM
antennas running at 100% constantly! Never happen! This would be come a signal propigation nightmare. RF Engineers cry themselves to sleep in the fetal position at night just thinking about it!
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