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Apple Hires Antenna Engineers. Really.

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you're-holding-it-wrong dept.

kangsterizer writes "Sometimes, news items are just about a good laugh. You may or may not like Apple, but the way it has been handling its antenna issue has been like a small tech soap opera — Steve Jobs, the CEO, saying 'not to hold the phone that way,' rumors of software issues, and the latest but most crunchy part, since the antenna issue has been widely discovered, on 23 June, several 'antenna engineer' positions opened up at Apple. Seems someone got fired: Antenna engineer job position 1, Antenna engineer job position 2, Antenna engineer job position 3." I just figure they did all their testing in California, where AT&T dropping calls is as common as $4 coffees.

3 of 417 comments (clear)

  1. Re:The funny part is, it's still better than Andro by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The biggest problem with any Android phone is the terrible software it's saddled with. Some of the HTC devices look pretty nice, spec wise, but the OS on them is utter shit. And, no, openness doesn't make up for being shit.

  2. Re:Reading into it? by Khyber · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    You don't need an expert to design an antenna, just someone with a half-assed knowledge of mathematics and an RF guide.

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    Still waiting on Serviscope_minor to wake up to fucking reality and realize that Jessica Price isn't going to fuck him.
  3. The frame is the antennas by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    You hold the phone in your left hand, you bridge the two antennas, wireless gets affected. That's not rocket surgery.

    Next question?