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Originally Posted by Creamy Goodness View Post
why do they put the antenna in the bottom where you're guaranteed to block at least some of the signal when talking on the phone then?
Because that's farthest away from your head, and minimizes radiation absorbed in your head (SAR); yay for regulations.

Besides, it's not like you can put it somewhere else inside the phone and not be guaranteed to block the signal -- again, the whole head thing. The design goals of a mobile phone are seriously contradictory -- good radio performance at 850-2100MHz (wavelengths 14-6 inches) in the smallest possible package, and "normal" conditions involve being held directly against a loud-mouthed waterbag which must be protected from excessive radio absorption. The design is always a compromise, and it's honestly pretty incredible that most mobiles work as well as they do, especially considering all the additional obstacles (camera, battery, etc.) further restricting the available antenna space in a modern smartphone.
 

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