radiation from holding band causing finger tingling?

[CrAkD]

your user name doesnt help but, with some ipods when its switched on and you rub your hand down the metal case u can feel the charge thourgh it, alsmost feels like your finger is viberating while moving it along the case.

your not mental, maybe just sensitive x

lol you completely lost me on this. My ipod is plastic. never felt a "charge" however sometimes I think I got a text msg cause my leg vibrated then I realize my phone isnt in my pocket

P.S. I think everyone is being SUPER dramatic now.

 

[tritonj]

the tingling sensation isn't from the phone, it's Joe Pesci hitting you with a bat

lol, damn i miss George Carlin

 

[turbineseaplane]

Wow.
I totally wasn't going to mention this as I thought it was just me....

...I noticed this the first 5 minutes I had my iPhone 4.

Not happy about it.

The iPhone 4 basically REQUIRES a rubber bumper or case...
...and thus a basic black Bumper should be included for free.

 

[Ultrakla$$ic]

Since I've had my I4, my nuts shriveled up to the size of a pinto bean!!! WTF?!?!? I'm going back to the Iphone 3G= elephant balls!!!!!

 

[Amnesia87]

Hey all,

Anyone one else experience this? Using the phone for like 20mins. My thumb and fingers touching the metal band. My finger are felling some what tingling. I can kinda feel the phone broadcasting.

The phone is great for everything else. But is this a concern? Direct contact with the antenna which is broadcasting EM energy at high frequencies. Conducted straight into the fingers.

It might not be a lot of energy but your DNA/cell components are not very big and I bet compared to energy vs size the power is pretty decent.

Before people say other phones are like this. You don't directly touch the metal antenna. Old cell phones were covered in plastic. And EM energy dissipates exponentially with distance.

 

[touchmonkey]

It also burns when I pee. No, wait.....

Wow. Just wow.
Greatest internet forum post evar.
Reminds me of a Woody Allen quote/misquote/paraphrase:
"2 great questions of existence: Are we only born to suffer and die? and Why does it hurt when I pee?"
You made my day.

 

[Torq]

Well, let's see ... first if you're getting anything from being in contact with the antenna, it's through conduction not radiation.

And if what you're feeling is not just a product of holding your fingers in an odd position for 20 minutes, then its just a low level electrical current. This seems probable, as the chances are your fingers will moisten slightly from being in one place for so long, lowering resistance and increasing current flow to the point where you can just feel it.

I can't personally, but then I don't think I've actually held a cell-phone to make a call in the last 4 years.

And yes, electromagentic energy reduces with the square of the distance from the source, which over the 1/4" of an inch the antenna in another phone was from the face, means bugger all.

You can't "feel" radiation directly, only the secondary effects. Usually heating, which can be direct heating (infrared, as with sunlight) or with microwave radiation (which is what GSM is based on), you'd feel it as heating resulting from the vibration of, principally, water in your cells and the friction this produces. It wouldn't feel like tingling.

 

[ozziegn]

^ I second that ^

I can read the news headlines now:

Man files $6M lawsuit against Apple. Claims right hand has radiation poisoning from faulty iPhone 4 antenna.

Jeez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[RafaelT]

I have felt it as well. I am not concerned about it though.

I figure if I can survive 220v across the chest then my fingers will be just fine.

 

[raremage]

im glad some of you replied how I was feeling about this. People that need tinfoil hats shouldnt be allowed you use the internet. ughhhh

The Internet is all they have - be gentle!

 

[46Chromeboy]

Ok...I am officially coming out of the closet. I AM A FINGER TINGLER AS WELL.
There, I said it. Can I have my life back now?

 

[PhoneI]

I get it too. Same sensation I would have touching the nano. It's not radiation though. It could be static electricity from touching the metal. Get a case if it bothers you.

 

[mytakeontech]

Hey all,

Anyone one else experience this? Using the phone for like 20mins. My thumb and fingers touching the metal band. My finger are felling some what tingling. I can kinda feel the phone broadcasting.

The phone is great for everything else. But is this a concern? Direct contact with the antenna which is broadcasting EM energy at high frequencies. Conducted straight into the fingers.

It might not be a lot of energy but your DNA/cell components are not very big and I bet compared to energy vs size the power is pretty decent.

Before people say other phones are like this. You don't directly touch the metal antenna. Old cell phones were covered in plastic. And EM energy dissipates exponentially with distance.

I dont know abt fingers but forme something else definitely tingles.

 

[PhoneI]

By the way, some people experience this with MacBooks too.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/440564/

 

[125037]

Hey all,

Anyone one else experience this? Using the phone for like 20mins. My thumb and fingers touching the metal band. My finger are felling some what tingling. I can kinda feel the phone broadcasting.

The phone is great for everything else. But is this a concern? Direct contact with the antenna which is broadcasting EM energy at high frequencies. Conducted straight into the fingers.

It might not be a lot of energy but your DNA/cell components are not very big and I bet compared to energy vs size the power is pretty decent.

Before people say other phones are like this. You don't directly touch the metal antenna. Old cell phones were covered in plastic. And EM energy dissipates exponentially with distance.

I have a bumper BUT... my samsung eternity I could SWEAR that sometimes WHEN I TOUCH THE SCREEN my fingers would tingle... other people said no but I knew I felt something... I wasn't sure if it was all in my head.

 

[pirateRACE]

This thread is full of win.

Bookmarking for when I'm having a bad day at the office.

 

[falconeight]

Get a bumper I heard it fixes everything, and soo it will stop the oil leak in the gulf.

 

[SmittS]

Electrical engineer here and I confirm this thread is full retard.

 

[Nyse]

The first thing I noticed about this phone was how it felt. The edges aren't smooth like the 3GS. They cut into your fingers. I'd imagine after talking on it for 20 min it would make your fingers start to tingle. Not from emr but just the sharp edges.

 

[falconeight]

The first thing I noticed about this phone was how it felt. The edges aren't smooth like the 3GS. They cut into your fingers. I'd imagine after talking on it for 20 min it would make your fingers start to tingle. Not from emr but just the sharp edges.

I talked for 30 minutes and it severed my fingers........im sueing!!

 

[JediZenMaster]

I Didn't know that apple had a store in Chernobyl

 

[SmittS]

I agree the sharp edges can hurt your fingers. Especially when typing in landscape

 

[marksman]

I slid mine done my shorts earlier while watching tv and it was a party in my pants.

 

[xraytech]

Tingling extremities?

You may be having a stroke.

 

[Built]

I think some people on this forum could use some "tingling sensations" in their lives.