Thread: Apple's antenna problem press conference reaction thread
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2010-07-17 , 18:02
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Originally Posted by GaryHT627 View Post
Excerpt from Page 20 of the N900 Manual

Antenna locations
Your device may have internal and external antennas. Avoid
touching the antenna area unnecessarily while the antenna
is transmitting or receiving. Contact with antennas affects the
communication quality and may cause a higher power level
during operation and may reduce the battery life.
Internal and external mean inside / outside the body. The issue with the iPhone is that the antenna not just external but is not covered and exposed.

Contacting / covering the antenna here speaks to the blocking that no one disputes and in this case the phone may increase power to overcome that. Touching an antenna has some affect on any phone. Sure.

The iPhone problem is that they put two antennas two side by side. Because both are bare metal you can make a physical connection with the two through your skin (quality of contact has to do with galvanic skin response). The interference caused by two antennas being shorted can not be overcome by increasing power.


The issue is confusing and not the same as some may want you to believe.
Last edited by geohsia; 2010-07-17 at 19:31.
 

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