R.Giskard Reventlov

Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.

Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the "grip
to death".
I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no drop at
all!

I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.

nospam

In article <i2c61e$omm$1@news.eternal-september.org>, R.Giskard
Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
>
> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the "grip
> to death".
> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no drop at
> all!

unfortunately, nobody will believe you.

> I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.

actually, it might.

Todd Allcock

"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:230720100943176217%nospam@nospam.invalid...
> In article <i2c61e$omm$1@news.eternal-september.org>, R.Giskard
> Reventlov <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
>>
>> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the
>> "grip
>> to death".
>> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no drop
>> at
>> all!
>
> unfortunately, nobody will believe you.

Depends on what you want to believe. I certainly believe he can't get the
signal strength "bar" indicator to change. Unless he hacks the phone like
Anandtech did, we'll never know if he can get the signal strength itself to
fall.

>> I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.
>
> actually, it might.

Certainly- coverage might be so stellar that even Anandtech's measured 24db
drop doesn't move the phone from 5 bars to 4.

nospam

In article <rml2o.600$F%7.404@newsfe10.iad>, Todd Allcock
<elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:

> >> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the
> >> "grip
> >> to death".
> >> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no drop
> >> at all!
> >
> > unfortunately, nobody will believe you.
>
> Depends on what you want to believe. I certainly believe he can't get the
> signal strength "bar" indicator to change. Unless he hacks the phone like
> Anandtech did, we'll never know if he can get the signal strength itself to
> fall.

true but bars don't matter. call drops do.

> >> I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.
> >
> > actually, it might.
>
> Certainly- coverage might be so stellar that even Anandtech's measured 24db
> drop doesn't move the phone from 5 bars to 4.

maybe, or maybe that at&t sucks. at&t has a call drop rate 3 times
higher than verizon and the lowest customer satisfaction of all four
carriers in the usa, tying t-mobile.

<http://www.changewaveresearch.com/ar...ss_service_201
00504.html>

Sythos

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:38:13 +0100
"R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in
> the "grip to death".
> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no
> drop at all!

do you have a photo camera with macro lens? take a snap of the
"dangerous" area bottom left of device (some rumors say the antenna now
is galvanized to have a non conductive surface)

Todd Allcock

"nospam" <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote in message
news:230720101457568311%nospam@nospam.invalid...
> In article <rml2o.600$F%7.404@newsfe10.iad>, Todd Allcock
> <elecconnec@AnoOspamL.com> wrote:
>
>> >> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the
>> >> "grip
>> >> to death".
>> >> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no
>> >> drop
>> >> at all!
>> >
>> > unfortunately, nobody will believe you.
>>
>> Depends on what you want to believe. I certainly believe he can't get
>> the
>> signal strength "bar" indicator to change. Unless he hacks the phone
>> like
>> Anandtech did, we'll never know if he can get the signal strength itself
>> to
>> fall.
>
> true but bars don't matter. call drops do.

Bars don't matter... until you don't have any, that is.


>> >> I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.
>> >
>> > actually, it might.
>>
>> Certainly- coverage might be so stellar that even Anandtech's measured
>> 24db
>> drop doesn't move the phone from 5 bars to 4.
>
> maybe, or maybe that at&t sucks. at&t has a call drop rate 3 times
> higher than verizon and the lowest customer satisfaction of all four
> carriers in the usa, tying t-mobile.
>
> <http://www.changewaveresearch.com/articles/2010/05/wireless_service_20100504.html>

One could argue, then, that AT&T is the worst place for a phone that can
lose 96% of its signal if you touch the wrong spot...

Chuck Olson

"Sythos" <sythos@sythos.net> wrote in message
news:20100723205428.52c79ad9.sythos@sythos.net...
> On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 14:38:13 +0100
> "R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
>> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in
>> the "grip to death".
>> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no
>> drop at all!
>
> do you have a photo camera with macro lens? take a snap of the
> "dangerous" area bottom left of device (some rumors say the antenna now
> is galvanized to have a non conductive surface)

Maybe "anodized" - - but good try.

Artoi

In article <i2c61e$omm$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
"R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
>
> Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the "grip
> to death".
> I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no drop at
> all!
>
> I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.

How long did you hold it for? The other possibility is that people's
skin conductance are different.
--

heron stone

In article <artoi-7326FA.21453924072010@news.internode.on.net>,
Artoi <artoi@hotmail.com> wrote:

> In article <i2c61e$omm$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
> >
> > Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the
> > "grip
> > to death".
> > I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no drop
> > at
> > all!
> >
> > I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.
>
> How long did you hold it for? The other possibility is that people's
> skin conductance are different.
> --

..good point... but there may be more than one other possibility

..better to say "another possibility"

--
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to be commanded, http://gendo.net
must be obeyed. mailto:heronDO@gendo.net

Your Name

"Artoi" <artoi@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:artoi-7326FA.21453924072010@news.internode.on.net...
> In article <i2c61e$omm$1@news.eternal-september.org>,
> "R.Giskard Reventlov" <*nospam*@invalid.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Just recvd my shiny new iPhone 4.
> >
> > Try as I might I cant get the signal strength to fall when held in the
"grip
> > to death".
> > I have held it nice and tight in a sweaty hand with no bumper and no
drop at
> > all!
> >
> > I am on Vodafone in the UK if that make any difference.
>
> How long did you hold it for? The other possibility is that people's
> skin conductance are different.

Which basically proves Steve Jobs' point - there's nothing actually wrong
witht eh iPhone 4 design, but the "problem" SOME people have is simply
because they're holding it wrong. :-)

The "problem" seems to occur more for left-handed people because it's their
palm that falls over the "gap" rather than an easily moved finger.