I'm able to reproduce the antenna attenuation problem just by holding the phone the way I used to hold my iPhone 3G: in my left hand, with the flat of my palm along the side of the device. Signal will drop from four bars to one. Anything less than four bars, and I lose signal completely. This is while I'm inside my house, where I tend to get terrible signal (usually no more than three bars of 3G, and often falls back to GPRS). When in the presence of a strong signal, the attenuation doesn't affect the phone at all.
Mindful of this, I've simply followed Jobs's advice and avoided holding the phone that way, and I no longer have that problem. That having been said, my free bumper case is on its way.
One sentence summary: "Death grip" attenuation is real, but it's nowhere near as bad as it's been made out to be.
I think it's probably worth pointing out that a lot of people probably don't physically hold the phone at all when using it if they prefer to use a headset. Personally I would rather use a headset wherever possible and would only need to hold onto the phone if I get an unexpected call when I don't have my headset with me.
Cloud spending continues to surge globally, but most organisations haven’t made the changes necessary to maximise the value and cost-efficiency benefits of their cloud investments. Download the whitepaper From Overspend to Advantage now.
rawsoncj: I'm able to reproduce the antenna attenuation problem just by holding the phone the way I used to hold my iPhone 3G: in my left hand, with the flat of my palm along the side of the device. Signal will drop from four bars to one. Anything less than four bars, and I lose signal completely. This is while I'm inside my house, where I tend to get terrible signal (usually no more than three bars of 3G, and often falls back to GPRS). When in the presence of a strong signal, the attenuation doesn't affect the phone at all.
Mindful of this, I've simply followed Jobs's advice and avoided holding the phone that way, and I no longer have that problem. That having been said, my free bumper case is on its way.
One sentence summary: "Death grip" attenuation is real, but it's nowhere near as bad as it's been made out to be.
Are you subscribed to our RSS feed? You can download the latest headlines and summaries from our stories directly
to your computer or smartphone by using a feed reader.
Trusted
