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Crackberry's call for duplication Apple's test? Go to an area where you have full bars while holding the phone gingerly, then change that loose grip to a bit m
by onedognight 16y ago
Crackberry's call for duplication
Apple's test? Go to an area where you have full bars while holding the phone gingerly, then change that loose grip to a bit more of a death grip.
is flawed given that "full bars" can indicate an arbitrarily strong signal. In order to see the effect Apple demonstrated you will most likely need to be in a location where you just barely have "full bars".
Why are we linking to a website that either doesn't understand the how the "bars" work on phone or is only trying to add misinformation the discussion?
- statictype 16y agoThe statement itself was issued by RIM. I'm pretty sure they know a thing or two about bars and antenna design.
- sunir 16y agoThey do know and they do have a problem but they didn't address the topic. They deflected the attenuation problem with the Bold and parried by putting the emphasis back on Apple's design. That is how PR works.
- onedognight 16y agoI too am pretty sure RIM knows about about antenna design which is why they didn't deny Apple's claim that many, including their own, smart phones are subject to a grip of death. crackberry (which is what the OP linked to) however insinuate (through their flawed survey) that it wasn't.
- grandalf 16y agoI could not make my bb curve lose any bars from gripping, holding, etc. I tried very hard...
- MWinther 16y agoJust like there are people not being able to reproduce the problem on their iPhone 4.
- grandalf 16y agoPoint?
- edster 16y agoThe point is the single data point you are providing. Finding iPhone 4 users with this same data point of not having a problem point to the fact the you entirely missed the point.
- grandalf 16y agoI thought that with any iphone 4 in all but the strongest signal areas it was possible to cause a decrease in measured signal by doing the death grip.