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I'm as big of an Apple fanboy as they come; however I clearly remember "Antenna Gate" and how simply holding the iPhone 4 caused signal attenuation of a rather
by michaelmcdonald 3y ago
I'm as big of an Apple fanboy as they come; however I clearly remember "Antenna Gate" and how simply holding the iPhone 4 caused signal attenuation of a rather severe degree.
- sebzim4500 3y agoWasn't the iPhone 4 wildly successful though? It's when I got my first smartphone, so maybe my memory is biased.
- kemayo 3y agoInsofar as the fix to the Antennagate issue was to use a case (to avoid bridging the two antennas connected to the rim of the phone with your sadly-conductive skin), it didn't really affect the vast majority of people who bought the phone and immediately put it into a case to protect their expensive device.
- scarface_74 3y agoThe iPhone 4 was successful and even despite the fake controversy, the GSM version sold for three years without any changes.
- mrguyorama 3y agoWhat fake controversy? There was a real design flaw that apple responded to by insulting the intelligence of their users.
- scarface_74 3y agoThe same design flaw that contemporary phones had?
- mrguyorama 3y agoContemporary phones did not have that design flaw. The antenna on the iPhones was exposed externally and could be shorted out, making it non-functional. Name a contemporary smart phone that also allowed you to short it's antenna by holding it