IPhone4 Antenna Ping!
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Posted on 07/01/2010 2:20:04 PM PDT by dangerdoc
If you ask us, Apple should be giving away free bumpers, lollipops, and anything else it can think of to keep its otherwise loyal followers from revolting. But the Great Bitten One isn't doing any one of those things, and most of us are stuck either having to pony up $30 for the official salvation from self-inflicted signal harm or looking out to the grey markets. Entering this morose situation with a bit of ingenuity is Oliver Nelson, who alerts us to the fact that rubber wristbands of the sort your favorite cyclist wears are apparently an almost perfect fit when stretched around the 4's antennae. He advises that a 1.125-inch long by 0.125-inch wide incision (into the unstretched band) is necessary to keep the 30-pin port and speakers open, but otherwise it seems like a pretty effortless and dirt cheap way to avoid all this drama.
iPhone 4 video embodies new-tech aesthetic
You're going to wrap your embodiment of a new-tech aesthetic in a cheezy rubber band?
Other than comfort, what problem are these bands supposed to solve?
“Other than comfort, what problem are these bands supposed to solve?”
With the band people won’t have to worry about holding the phone the wrong way.
The phone has an external antenna which is supposed to improve the signal unless you touch it which actually dampens the signal.
The band is an insulator which keeps you from dampening the signal.
But, the shape and the look of iPhone are part of its appeal. Now, they’re telling us to cover the phone? Isn’t it like putting burkha or hijab on a woman?
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Hey, Doc, thanks for the link. American ingenuity at it’s best.
Sorry. I want a hot pink bumper. Not a rubber band!
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Apple handing out “free rubbers” with it’s iPhone.... might not be a sound PR move.
I don't think I've seen three iPhones in the wild that didn't have some kind of case over them. Most people use them for drop and scratch protection.
A lot of the people who make the after market cases might object.
Droid X looks better and better each day.
I prefer duct tape.
Better still. But I'm biased.
More like a Bikini -- or a "monokini"... '-}
I ordered a new 4 from Radio Shack that will be in any time in the next few days...today I am hearing from Twitter conversations that the reason the problem exists in some phones and not others is a bad production run on initial shipments...one that left a protective coating off the metal band and a bridge piece missing.
Word is that Apple will be offering to repair or replace those phones once “an official solution is arrived at”.
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