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Death Grip Tested On iPhone Competitors
adeelarshad82 writes "Given Steve Jobs' recent claims about 'Death Grip' being a common problem among smart phones, PCMag tested out six major iPhone competitors to see how they would react to the grip. The test included Motorola Droid X, T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, Droid Incredible by HTC, BlackBerry Bold 9650, and the Samsung Captivate. The signal strength was measured in dBm, which typically ranges between -50 to -110 dBm (numbers closer to zero show better signal). Interestingly, the test results video showed mixed results. T-Mobile myTouch 3G and Samsung Captivate showed drastic changes, dropping down to -89 and -97 dBm respectively. On the other hand, while the signal strength dropped for HTC Droid Incredible, Motorola Droid X and Blackberry Bold, it wasn't as severe. Results of testing showed that not all phones reacted the same way to the typical death grip and required variations of it to bring about results."
WTF? Not a single article or video showing iphone dropping calls? NOT ONE? Jesus Christ - you fanbois are delusional.
Fuck my karma - here it comes - FUCK ALL APPLE FANBOIS, and FUCK STEVE JOBS. There, I said it. On /.
About as many stories as we read about "cool new app on iphone" ones.
Can't stand it? Let me try a standard apple fanboi reply - "Then don't read. Nobody is forcing you to read these stories."
How many more stories about this crap? The holy iPhone has a small defect.
If you consider the inability to use the phone AS a phone a small defect, then of course you're 100% correct...
Browsing at +1 - no ACs, I ignore their posts. So refreshing!
An ideal design places the antenna inside the case, but at some distance from other conductive surfaces (primarily the PCB.)
But putting the case on the outside improves distance from the other conductive surfaces...
Apple already conceded defeat and reverted to the "internal" antenna by using a plastic bumper
That's just a crutch though for people that think they have a problem. I'm not going to use one, as there simply is no need.
That's not admitting defeat, that's giving people a solution if they think they need one.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley