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Whatis the little "grill" on the white iphone4?

Blorzoga

Blorzoga

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Does anyone know what that little grill on the face of the white ip4 is? Its right above the earpiece. I have a b.ack one and can't see one there.
 
Blorzoga said:
Does anyone know what that little grill on the face of the white ip4 is? Its right above the earpiece. I have a b.ack one and can't see one there.
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Proximity sensor. It's on the black one, just have to look very closely under the right light.
 
Why its a George Foreman...


oh wait nvm.... Its the proximity sensor
 
It's the proximity and ambient light sensor. I don't have an iPhone 4 to look at in person right now, but it's probably there and just hard to see because of the color.

edit: I can't believe it took me 3 minutes to write that.
 
Thanks everyone. I thought there might be one on my black one but I was too lazy to get up and get a flashlight.
 
Search for "grill" and see how many threads pop up.... only 2 threads are actually about the proximity sensor the others are just random.....
 
 
Dj BW said:
Why does everyone get so heated when users dont search before posting? How does this effect you? Calm down and relax
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Because while it doesn't affect one person, it affects the entire board. When the search button isn't used, it adds more unnecessary threads and thins out the productive ones. It's also in the rules and FAQ. ;)
 
lorenwade said:
Because while it doesn't affect one person, it affects the entire board. When the search button isn't used, it adds more unnecessary threads and thins out the productive ones. It's also in the rules and FAQ. ;)
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Excuuuuuuuuse me for using your precious board. Sorry I was sooooooo stupid not to use the search box. I promise I'll never let it happen again AH
 
Blorzoga said:
Thanks everyone. I thought there might be one on my black one but I was too lazy to get up and get a flashlight.
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I love when people are too lazy to do something themselves, but not lazy enough to log in, write a post, post it, then wait for the responses.

Time to find a flashlight or lighter in your house - less than a minute

waiting for answers -10 minutes. Good thing you saved yourself the time.
 
The black iPhone doesn't need the grill because the sensors are black and blend into the black face of the phone. The grill is used on the White iPhone because it looks a lot better than having a bunch of black dots on the front. And I don't have any proximity sensor issues with my black iPhone 4.
 
lorenwade said:
Because while it doesn't affect one person, it affects the entire board. When the search button isn't used, it adds more unnecessary threads and thins out the productive ones.
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Right, because god forbid we clutter the forum with threads like these, as opposed to the 9001 "I'm mad at Apple over the antenna issue" threads. Those were REAL productive, right? :rolleyes:

Here's something else to ponder: In the time it takes to write "Mroogle it and you'll find a response," you could have actually answered the person's question. Instead, you've polluted the search results. Before long, "mroogling" any iPhone issue will just pull up a bunch of search results that tell you to "mroogle" it, as opposed to an actual, useful answer.
 
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