It seems everywhere I go online, there’s another person spouting off on what’s now been dubbed Antennagate.\u00a0 Most of the commentary is uninformed drivel regurgitated from the myriad sloppy reporting circulating the net.\u00a0 Some are the usual malcontents looking for something to gripe about, while others are just having a good time making fun of what they see as a big corporate snafu.<\/p>\n
All of the fuss has centered on what is being commonly referred to as the “death grip” where a user covers a large portion of the phone while gripping it tightly.\u00a0 The weak spot, in the case of the iPhone 4 is a gap between the phone’s two antennas.\u00a0 What’s known is that the conductivity of the average human hand is enough to have an effect on reception when this gap is bridged. (especially when that hand is moist)\u00a0 Brian Klug and Anand Lal Shimpi of AnandTech.com<\/a> explained it best in an article published on June 30th<\/a>.\u00a0 That was a full 2 weeks before Bloomberg’s July, 15th article that claimed Apple was warned about the antenna design by senior engineer Ruben Caballero.\u00a0 Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the Bloomberg article “a crock” and “total [BS].”\u00a0 (Caballero has not come forward publicly to either confirm or deny the accusations.)<\/p>\n The article on AnandTech.com clearly backs up several claims made by Apple at their recent press conference<\/a> (July 16th):<\/p>\n So what does all this mean.\u00a0 Yes, Apple made a design decision that affected the performance of the iPhone 4 antenna.\u00a0 Does it matter? No.\u00a0 The new design is more sensitive and generally makes up for the possibility of attenuation.\u00a0 I’ve confirmed Apple’s claims myself.\u00a0 When you’re in an area with good coverage, it’s nearly impossible to disrupt the signal. It’s only in areas of strong interference or poor coverage that the so-called death grip has any effect.\u00a0 (the same goes for the single finger bridging technique.)\u00a0 There is a problem here, but it’s not as big or important as some in the media want it to be.\u00a0 Nothing to see here folks… move along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It seems everywhere I go online, there’s another person spouting off on what’s now been dubbed Antennagate.\u00a0 Most of the commentary is uninformed drivel regurgitated from the myriad sloppy reporting circulating the net.\u00a0 Some are the usual malcontents looking for … Continue reading \n
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