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Jan 4, 2014
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I've been having a major issue with my iPhone X when using it in landscape mode to watch videos and play online games.

Basically, my home WiFi speed is usually around 50 Mbps download.

When I hold the phone in landscape, with both hands on the side, fingers wrapped around the back, keep in mind the antenna strips are not completely covered in this position, the WiFi speed immediately drops down to 1-3 Mbps. This makes streaming videos or playing online games like Fortnite an impossible task. When I place the phone back down on the table, I run a Speedtest again & speeds are instantly back up to normal.

I've been searching online to see if anyone else has had this issue but the most recent posts are from the iPhone 6 era and not much else. I also had this problem with my 7 Plus.

Can anyone else recreate this issue with their iPhone or know how to solve this?

Thanks!

(this is how I hold the phone)
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