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Anandtech's iPhone 4 review

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Re: Anandtech's iPhone 4 review

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Post by Greyface »

An extremely well written interview, the best yet. Apple's decision to remove the Field Test from i0S4, the introduction of the iPhone Bumper case, and the complete disregard to the numerous complaints so far has heightened my suspicions that they were well aware of the problems with the external antenna but assumed they could get away with it.

Re: Anandtech's iPhone 4 review

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Post by sree_nair »

Greyface wrote: post #2

An extremely well written interview, the best yet. Apple's decision to remove the Field Test from i0S4, the introduction of the iPhone Bumper case, and the complete disregard to the numerous complaints so far has heightened my suspicions that they were well aware of the problems with the external antenna but assumed they could get away with it.

I think you meant "Review".

Yes, Extremely detailed.

Re: Anandtech's iPhone 4 review

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Post by nickpp »

Interestingly, looks like the infamous antenna issue is now up to YOU: how important is that functionality to you?

Radio reception, like anything really, is a trade-off. The external antenna without a bumper case offers greater sensibility with good looks at the expense of the "cup" holding pattern.

Do you want absolute best signal? Don't hold it that way... :) Wanna hold it any way you like? Get a bumper case. Want the good looks while you have mostly good coverage? Keep the iPhone as it comes by default, hold careful if you tend to drop connections often.

The choice is really yours. Who said Apple doesn't give you choices... :)

Re: Anandtech's iPhone 4 review

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Post by Terretta »

nickpp wrote: post #4

Interestingly, looks like the infamous antenna issue is now up to YOU: how important is that functionality to you? Radio reception, like anything really, is a trade-off. The external antenna without a bumper case offers greater sensibility with good looks at the expense of the "cup" holding pattern. Do you want absolute best signal? Don't hold it that way... :) Wanna hold it any way you like? Get a bumper case. Want…

I appreciated the clarification that signal strength (dB) and signal quality (SNR) are two different things -- that all the phones tested got lower signal when "tightly cupped", but with the iPhone 4 despite the lower dB, the new antenna design holds calls and gets higher speeds than other phones:

> "I can honestly say that I've never held onto so many calls and data simultaneously on 1 bar at -113 dB as I have with the iPhone 4 ... reception is massively better on the iPhone 4 in actual use."

And that there's another benefit to the new antenna design:

> "WiFi signal has changed as well... though not how one would expect. Holding the phone with no case actually improves WiFi signal strength by a measurable 5 to 10 dB."

Re: Anandtech's iPhone 4 review

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Post by stanleydrew »

Terretta wrote: post #7
nickpp wrote: post #4

Interestingly, looks like the infamous antenna issue is now up to YOU: how important is that functionality to you? Radio reception, like anything really, is a trade-off. The external antenna without a bumper case offers greater sensibility with good looks at the expense of the "cup" holding pattern. Do you want absolute best signal? Don't hold it that way... :) Wanna hold it any way you like? Get a bumper case. Want…

I appreciated the clarification that signal strength (dB) and signal quality (SNR) are two different things -- that all the phones tested got lower signal when "tightly cupped", but with the iPhone 4 despite the lower dB, the new antenna design holds calls and gets higher speeds than other phones: > "I can honestly say that I've never held onto so many calls and data simultaneously on 1 bar at -113 dB as I have with…

"the new antenna design holds calls and gets higher speeds than other phones"

Other iPhones right? Is there indication that this is a comparison with other phones on ATT besides the iPhone?

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