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Apple Takes on Droid X With Latest Smartphone Antenna Video

This is complete BS. My Droid X does not do this.

In addition, forget bars, lets look at dBm.

Come Apple try being truthful for once and stop playing childish games.

dBm
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SteveC said:
EXACTLY! See my post above yours. I agree wholeheartedly. You can't sit at your desk and get blasted. Sometimes you have to take the fight to the competition. Bring it. Woohoo
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Right, and now that apple has proved it's point they need to drive it home!!!:apple::apple::apple:
Don't get mad that they are fighting back, they are RIGHT!!!:apple::apple::apple:
 
Glitterkidd777 said:
just wondering...do you own an iPhone 4? Have you tried to "lightly touch" an iphone 4 with one finger and have it drop more than 3 bars? If you open up a droid x, find where the actual antenna is, and draw a circle around it, then place one finger over said circle..i'm sure similar things would happen to what happens with the iphone.

I'm also wondering about people who say that some kind of "short" happens. If the antenna were to "short out" it would drop the call immediately, instead of waiting untill the bars slowly drop to zero, then dropping.

This is a non issue to anyone I know who owns an iPhone 4. I know probably 20 odd people who own them.
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I guess you don't own a droid x. :p
 
You can really see which people are able to think independently and those who follows Apple's lead.
 
imnow said:
Apple is trying to tell people like you the simple facts by demonstration. Chill out.
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exactly. i love it.

i'm slightly chagrined that apple stoops to this, but... you know. when in rome. it made me laugh out loud. love it.

all they are saying is: let's compare apples to apples (hmm, bad phrasing.. oranges?). people tear apple apart but then whine when they demonstrate that you could do this same thing with many other devices out there. come on.
 
Glitterkidd777 said:
just wondering...do you own an iPhone 4? Have you tried to "lightly touch" an iphone 4 with one finger and have it drop more than 3 bars? If you open up a droid x, find where the actual antenna is, and draw a circle around it, then place one finger over said circle..i'm sure similar things would happen to what happens with the iphone.

I'm also wondering about people who say that some kind of "short" happens. If the antenna were to "short out" it would drop the call immediately, instead of waiting untill the bars slowly drop to zero, then dropping.

This is a non issue to anyone I know who owns an iPhone 4. I know probably 20 odd people who own them.
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I do not own an iPhone 4. However, I used one at the Apple Store. it had full bars, and I called my cell phone (iPhone 3GS it also had full bars too) Then I held the iPhone 4 like I do with my 3GS, and watched th bars go down and the call dropped. I tried it, again, but using my iPhone 3GS. It didn't drop any bars OR the call. Again. Same location, iPone 4 kills the call. I used a Droid X at the same mall today. It had full bars. I held it, and tried to drop the call. No bars lost, no call dropped.

I should point out, that my Apple Store has an AT&T repeater in the store, yet I managed to drop the call. I'm sure there was a Verizon repeater in the mall though.
 
Castiel said:
It is kind of amusing considering the X poster said you can hold it however you want without losing signal.
I do think though Apple should just put the stick down and let this issue die down.
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lol i forgot they said that. I guess there should be a class action suit against them for false advertising? I'd say it has a better chance than attacking apple for offering a phone that does everything they say it will. Apple has never said "The iphone has the best reception of any other phone ever," or "the iphone will never drop calls."
 
marcfogel said:
This is complete BS. My Droid X does not do this.

In addition, forget bars, lets look at dBm.

Come Apple try being truthful for once and stop playing childish games.

dBm
dBm
dBm
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Sorry, but the Droid X does do this. ("Droid does.")

And this manifestation is all about dBm, of which the bars are a simple representation (albeit without any industrywide standard).
 
samcraig said:
Grasping at straws. Do they honestly think they are fooling anyone? And look at the way they have to hold the phone to make it go down. Talk about DEATH grip. I'm surprised the plastic casing didn't crack.
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You call that a 'death-grip?'

Seems to be a natural hold position, similar to the one many have criticized to be natural for the iPhone.

The demonstration doesn't imply that the Droid X is sub-par. If anything, it effectively counters the Droid ad: 'Hold the phone any way you like.'
 
I think the Droid X has bigger issues to worry bout than the attena looks like there screens are all messed up.
 
i think this is brilliant marketing on apple's part.
Anyone who was going to return their iphone because they were unsatisfied with reception was going to have to get a different phone. Then they realize that all the other possible phones they could get exhibit the same behavior and they realize that it's not a problem exclusive to the iphone, but it is one that all phones share.

Apple's basically just proving that anyone who switches to the Droid X from their iPhone hoping for better antenna function is going to be disappointed.
 
wow... apple is more and more becoming one of the lamest companies out there...:(
 
ouimetnick said:
So if you hold a phone like a retard/grip it tightly (very unnatural) it loses a few bars, and keeps the call. Place a metal object to bridge the lower left side of an iPhone 4, or touch it lightly with your finger, or even holding iPhone 4 normaly drops the call, and displays "Searching":confused:

Can someone explain how those are the same?:confused::confused:
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They aren't the same at all. To bad my iPhone (nor the vast, vast majority of people's) has never dropped a call or displayed "searching" no matter what I've done....
 
dtich said:
exactly. i love it.

i'm slightly chagrined that apple stoops to this, but... you know. when in rome. it made me laugh out loud. love it.

all they are saying is: let's compare apples to apples (hmm, bad phrasing.. oranges?). people tear apple apart but then whine when they demonstrate that you could do this same thing with many other devices out there. come on.
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With the iPhone 4 they are comparing Lemons with Apples. And the Lemon is iPhone 4.
 
Funny because everyone know that you don't have do death grip the iPhone 4 to get it to drop your car. The lightest of touches will drop your call or halt your data transmission. Check my sig.

>>>> >>> Apple, for insulting my intelligence.
 
ouimetnick said:
I do not own an iPhone 4. However, I used one at the Apple Store. it had full bars, and I called my cell phone (iPhone 3GS it also had full bars too) Then I held the iPhone 4 like I do with my 3GS, and watched th bars go down and the call dropped. I tried it, again, but using my iPhone 3GS. It didn't drop any bars OR the call. Again. Same location, iPone 4 kills the call. I used a Droid X at the same mall today. It had full bars. I held it, and tried to drop the call. No bars lost, no call dropped.

I should point out, that my Apple Store has an AT&T repeater in the store, yet I managed to drop the call. I'm sure there was a Verizon repeater in the mall though.
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Don't believe any of this? Show some video?
 
marcfogel said:
This is complete BS. My Droid X does not do this.

In addition, forget bars, lets look at dBm.

Come Apple try being truthful for once and stop playing childish games.

dBm
dBm
dBm
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That's exactly what most people say about the iPhone 4. It only happens in areas of relatively low reception and network signal strength. You and I both live in areas of good/strong reception it seems. I haven't had the death grip on my iPhone 4 and none of my Android friends have it either on their devices. And my friends with iPhone 4s don't have it either.
 
macfan881 said:
I think the Droid X has bigger issues to worry bout than the attena looks like there screens are all messed up.
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+1 This.


Wifi, screen, and battery issues. Looks like Motorola has some explaining to do! Oh wait, they dont make the best phone on the market so no one cares.
 
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