Doug Melton » hardware http://dougmelton.com Android, Live Music, Circuits, Life Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:09:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Antennagate http://dougmelton.com/2010/07/antennagate/ http://dougmelton.com/2010/07/antennagate/#comments Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:40:45 +0000 doug http://www.supware.net/?p=754 Continue reading →]]> Certainly you’ve heard of “Antennagate” by now. It’s all the hype surrounding the fatal flaw in the iPhone 4′s genius new antenna design that causes it to lose quite a bit of signal strength when you hold the phone. I haven’t tried it myself, but I have tried holding a couple of my other phones in a way that would consistently make them lose signal strength.

Interesting fact #1: No matter what I do, I cannot get the iPhone 3GS to lose signal strenth. Even if I completely surround the phone with both of my hands.

Interesting fact #2: I can cause my HTC EVO 4G to lose signal strength consistently, by holding it in a way that I would never actually hold it. Holding it in this position also disables the camera. Good thing there’s a backup camera up front :)

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