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'Death Hug': Verizon iPhone Demonstrates Antenna Attenuation Issues

lifeinhd said:
I'm not so sure. I have a Droid Eris, the same one Apple used in their video to cover up their antenna issues, and try as I might, I cannot get it to drop more than one bar. Even when I "hug" the phone, covering everything except a little strip at the top of the screen so I can see the signal, I only drop a bar.

...Other than that though, the phone's crap. But don't say it happens on every phone.
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You know, I can't reproduce this on my AT&T iPhone - but that does not mean it does not happen for other people in other locations. I think it depends on many factors, including your location (and the signal strength there). I guess I could fly to NY and try to reproduce. So maybe you should grab a friend with an iPhone and you sit next to each other and try to death grip the phones (works of course only if you are also on AT&T) - and also trade the phones between you and your friend for tests since everyone might hold it different (even when following instructions for death grip).

Anyway, I hope this is not getting blown out of proportions as last time.
 
who the fu*k in the world grab the phone in that mode??? that's completly unnatural and false.

In everyday usage there is ANY (ANYANYANYANYANY) problem.

So this is all about page rank and ********s.
 
BC2009 said:
I tested placing the iPhone 4 in a 4-inch thick lead box and then encasing the box in concrete with a camera to record the iPhone screen positioned inside the box. I then dropped the concrete block with the lead box inside and the iphone and camera into the ocean. I later retrieved the concrete box with a submarine and after chiseling the concrete away and opening the lead box I found the camera had recorded footage of the signal on the iPhone dropping to zero bars.

I call this the "death entombment" and iPhone 4's antenna is not powerful enough to maintain signal in such cases. To date no other smart phone has been found to have this issue, but then again nobody has bothered to try. Maybe Apple should create some videos of other smart phones with the "death entombment" and see how they hold up and then post their findings to youtube.

NOTE: If you try to replicate my test make sure to set the iPhone 4 to not go into screen-blanking mode. My first attempt was wasted as the camera simply recorded the screen shutting off to save battery power. If you are able to replicate my results please post your findings to youtube.
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Generic ATT iPhone user post.

STOP HATING ON VERIZON!





:p
 
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briguy21 said:
Sure ATT put this guy up to making this video. However the main difference is that with my Verizon phone I have yet to drop a call, with the iphone 4 on ATT I dropped them all the time. I am considering the issue fixed.

Yeah, the signal does go down one or two bars, but never once have I had no service, like the ATT iphone.
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How'd you get a Verizon iPhone already without being a prior Verizon customer? Just curious :)
 
I swear this is so ridiculous! Show me one person on earth who actually holds their phone like that lol! This is not an issue. It hasn't even ever been an issue for me on AT&T either. Get over it people! :rolleyes:
 
The thing WHY there was no signal drop during the hands on on the Verizon iPhone announcement is that they had a strong signal. So even if the detuning of the antenna affects the reception the bigger problem is the hand that covers the antenna completely. The damn signal strength is reduced by the flesh of the hand. Is this that hard to understand? Why do they have to exaggerate it by covering the phone (in an uncofortable way of holding it I never seen before) in a way it makes it unusable?

Expectations not met? Just return it but don't blame the seller for your attempt to use it while covering the phone completely with your hands.

Ever tried to use a phone in a Faraday Cage? NO? Why not? You know it wont work? Ahhh, I see common sense but why cant you use your common sense here? Ahh I see you want to get attention (and sell your ads).

Great!
 
I discovered that when I place a "death grip" on my Verizon iPhone, my AT&T iPhone actually gains an additional line for every line that the Verizon iPhone loses.

The same thing happens with the Verizon iPhone when I apply a "death grip" on my AT&T iPhone.

What's even stranger, when I hold both iPhones in each hand and apply the "death grip" the lights in my house dim and my computer reboots.
 
whatever said:
I discovered that when I place a "death grip" on my Verizon iPhone, my AT&T iPhone actually gains an additional line for every line that the Verizon iPhone loses.

The same thing happens with the Verizon iPhone when I apply a "death grip" on my AT&T iPhone.

What's even stranger, when I hold both iPhones in each hand and apply the "death grip" the lights in my house dim and my computer reboots.
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I screwed 2 lightbulbs in my ears and when I do the death grip they light up.
 
"Death hug" is the silliest yet. Whenever I use my iPhone in landscape I wrap all my fat fingers so far around it that I can't see the top or bottom half inch of the display.
 
Richard Gere is over the moon....

*NEWS FLASH*

Experts at iLounge have recently found that if inserting ones iPhone into ones anus could result in dramatic signal loss and inability to send or read text messages!!

iLounge are demanding Apple CEO offer free trained Gerbils with flashlights strapped to their heads to all iPhone customers to reduce this tragic oversight.

"Gerbil-Gate" as it is being referred too by some rival companies, seems like it could affect other branded phones too.

The HTC Mozart is also meant to be suffering similar issues, but on further testing studies proved that it was in fact just a piece of crap.

[Update]
Google has officially stated that they too will be offering free gerbils to customers but unlike Apple theirs will not need the flashlights, because as we all know the sun shines out off Android users asses.
 
WillJS said:
Nobody holds the phone with that exaggeration of a death grip. His palm covers a fourth of the screen! Yes, it has an antenna issue, we've known that for a while now. Re-position your grip on the phone and ! suddenly it's issue free! :rolleyes:
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But you have completely overlooked the display issue of the iPhone, if you hold the way done in the video, you cannot view the whole screen. :D
 
macrumors said:


with the gsm version of the iphone having received considerable attention for issues with loss of cellular signal when held in a "death grip" position, observers have been interested to see whether a similar issue affects the verizon iphone with its modified antenna design.

ilounge reports that not only has it been able to demonstrate loss of cellular signal strength with the same "death grip", but it has also been able to hamper wi-fi reception by subjecting the device to a grip dubbed the "death hug".

It's not clear if such a "death hug" is of any practical concern.

Apple ceo steve jobs famously referred to the antenna problems with the original iphone 4 as a "non issue", telling a customer to simply "avoid holding it in that way".

All phones do suffer from some attenuation when gripped tightly in certain ways, a phenomenon caused by the human body's natural ability to absorb signals in the range used for cellular and wireless networks. Critics of the iphone 4, however, argued that the effect was seen by some simply by bridging the iphone 4's antenna with your hand. The video makes no effort to see if this antenna bridging remains a factor on the verizon iphone 4.

Article link: 'death hug': Verizon iphone demonstrates antenna attenuation issues
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duh!
 
-AG- said:
*NEWS FLASH*

Experts at iLounge have recently found that if inserting ones iPhone into ones anus could result in dramatic signal loss and inability to send or read text messages!!

iLounge are demanding Apple CEO offer free trained Gerbils with flashlights strapped to their heads to all iPhone customers to reduce this tragic oversight.

"Gerbil-Gate" as it is being referred too by some rival companies, seems like it could affect other branded phones too.

The HTC Mozart is also meant to be suffering similar issues, but on further testing studies proved that it was in fact just a piece of crap.

[Update]
Google has officially stated that they too will be offering free gerbils to customers but unlike Apple theirs will not need the flashlights, because as we all know the sun shines out off Android users asses.
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UPDATE: Don't hold it that way. Keep it out of your poop chute.
 
Why is this news? Really Macrumors? It's stupid to report stupid "news."

Every radio telecommunications device can be attenuated. This is how radio works! Don't like it, walk around with a wire connected to the world!

Also, my iPhone 4 has worked great since day one.
 
gkarris said:
I don't see "hug" in this chart... :eek:

;)
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So whose data are these?

If they are from the phones' reported signal strength, then they can be all over the place due to differences in the manner in which the signal strength is calculated and / or reported.

Further, are they all on the same network?
 
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