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I don't understand why somebody would voluntarily put a bumper on their phone that is known to cause signal loss. Even a small signal loss affects battery performance.
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Just curious, did a bumper somehow harm you? Kill your dog, cause a divorce, something? You seem overly upset with it.

Now, on a serious note, your statement is just foolish. While it's true to an extent that a poor signal will cause your phone's radio to work overtime and drain the battery, it's only in POOR reception areas, like in a building, and only if your phone isn't connected to wifi. In the week I've been using the k11 again I haven't seen a single day where my battery was draining unusually. In normal use I can easily get 2 days out of my 6+ and if you stop and think about it, who needs more than 24 hours of battery life?

I've had my phone showing my decibel numbers (field test mode) almost since day one so I'm pretty confident I know what the signal should be in the various areas I'm in every day. Trust me, if this bumper caused a degradation of signal that was noticeable I'd ditch it in a quick second, I'm not about to let looks win over function. BUT...it doesn't affect me.

So in the end, Grant, can't you just accept that it works and move on? I'm not trying to get you to buy it and use it, so why are you so hell-bent on trying to get me to STOP using it??
 
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Just curious, did a bumper somehow harm you? Kill your dog, cause a divorce, something? You seem overly upset with it.

Now, on a serious note, your statement is just foolish. While it's true to an extent that a poor signal will cause your phone's radio to work overtime and drain the battery, it's only in POOR reception areas, like in a building, and only if your phone isn't connected to wifi. In the week I've been using the k11 again I haven't seen a single day where my battery was draining unusually. In normal use I can easily get 2 days out of my 6+ and if you stop and think about it, who needs more than 24 hours of battery life?

I've had my phone showing my decibel numbers (field test mode) almost since day one so I'm pretty confident I know what the signal should be in the various areas I'm in every day. Trust me, if this bumper caused a degradation of signal that was noticeable I'd ditch it in a quick second, I'm not about to let looks win over function. BUT...it doesn't affect me.

So in the end, Grant, can't you just accept that it works and move on? I'm not trying to get you to buy it and use it, so why are you so hell-bent on trying to get me to STOP using it??
I could care less if you use it or not. Hell, buy three of them.
 
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