Arf!Some useful (or tedious) details:
• 2G radio reception is not affected, so making and receiving phonecalls should be not affected, certainly in the UK. (http://mattgemmell.com/2010/06/24/iphone-4-signal-loss-issues) [Edit: Hmm, actually, how can we be sure? Perhaps Matt Gemmell was a normal distance form a 3G mast, but happened to be right next to a 2G one? Need more info.]
• This is not the only phone that is affected by how you hold it: see this comment by grahamwilliams stating that the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Storm, and Storm 2 all have 'diagrams in the manual on how NOT to hold your phone'.
Edit: note that I am not saying '...therefore it doesn't matter'.
(• 2G radio reception is not affected, so making and receiving phonecalls should be not affected, certainly in the UK. (http://mattgemmell.com/2010/06/24/iphone-4-signal-loss-issues) [Edit: Hmm, actually, how can we be sure? Perhaps Matt Gemmell was a normal distance form a 3G mast, but happened to be right next to a 2G one? Need more info.]
• This is not the only phone that is affected by how you hold it: see this comment by grahamwilliams stating that the BlackBerry Pearl 8130, Storm, and Storm 2 all have 'diagrams in the manual on how NOT to hold your phone'.
Edit: note that I am not saying '...therefore it doesn't matter'.
Bee Nice |-|,
Fri 25 Jun 2010, 14:54,
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Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Fri 25 Jun 2010, 15:08,
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ver' well, ta taand I trust you're the same
( Sir Aunty Grampa Dave the Hat - enjoying a post-meridian muncheon - Ta! Cannaoogim!?,
Fri 25 Jun 2010, 15:30,
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splendid!Yeah, I'm ok. Rumbling on. You know how it is sometimes: wheels spinning, but the scenery doesn't seem to be moving... :-S
( Bee Nice |-|,
Fri 25 Jun 2010, 15:50,
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My missus' fancy phonehas the antenna in the bit where you're not normally holding it, thus circumventing this problem.
There should be something in the manual about not holding it like it's the PRECIOUS.
(There should be something in the manual about not holding it like it's the PRECIOUS.
Smallbrainfield,
Fri 25 Jun 2010, 15:13,
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THey wantses it. Yessssssss. They sha'n't get it!I thought it was odd to make the antenna == the bit you hold on to. I wonder about keys or coins shorting the gap too. Perhaps they'll add some transparent insulator coating onto the stainless to prevent this. Who knows.
( Bee Nice |-|,
Fri 25 Jun 2010, 15:29,
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