just tested it in our office in germany with o2 as carrier, went vom 1 bar to three bars in about 20 seconds inside the glass... amazing.
Why would it take 20 seconds for this to work? Radio is not slow.
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#12just tested it in our office in germany with o2 as carrier, went vom 1 bar to three bars in about 20 seconds inside the glass... amazing.
Why would it take 20 seconds for this to work? Radio is not slow.
Surely it's just a result of the bars being smoothed/some sort of running average of strength.
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#14Tested with an Apple Bumper case and a 500ml Arcoroc glass in my apartment: no effect.
Tested without the Bumper: still no effect.
Perhaps only certain kinds of glasses will work? Certain shapes or sizes?
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#15This is questionable. A couple stray observations for the boffins at HN:
1. Confirmation bias. Sure it works, because when it doesn't we don't think about it or publicize it on the net.
2. Glass holder removes your big meaty hand from the equation. Your hand absorbs radiation and is the equivalant of wrapping a phone in a steak.
3. Only works because the iphone radio is such a mess. You may be looking at bar strength changes that are happening anyway.
4. Works but because of orientation. Holding up compared to laying it down may give you better reception.
5. No controls. He should try this with a plastic holder or hanging it in the same orientation with a string. I wish the "aha I discovered something amazing" crowd would learn what controls are.
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#16just tested it in our office in germany with o2 as carrier, went vom 1 bar to three bars in about 20 seconds inside the glass... amazing.
Why would it take 20 seconds for this to work? Radio is not slow.
Most likely these are natural bar changes that are happening anyway. The glass or the "magic sticker that goes on your battery" just fools you into believing confirmation bias.
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#17If you stick it in a pint glass it makes the speakerphone a lot louder as well. I can foresee some funny looks from strangers however, if you were to sit there in a bar on your own shouting at your phone in the bottom of a glass. Maybe that kind of thing is normal in california, I have no idea.
This was Amsterdam, people in Amsterdam are weird to Americans, so who knows :)
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#18Could there be a metal component to the glass?
It could be lead glass..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass
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#19Works on my cheap Galaxy Apollo in a pint glass - nice.
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#20Earlier quoted context omitted.
Why would it take 20 seconds for this to work? Radio is not slow.
Most likely these are natural bar changes that are happening anyway. The glass or the "magic sticker that goes on your battery" just fools you into believing confirmation bias.
nope, its not, complete reproducable with 3 different phones.