iPhone 4's antenna's woes

[ChopperJoe]

Another must see (please excuse if this duplicates -- didn't see it posted but might have missed it):

http://vimeo.com/12858526

[Wonsanim]

Did Apple Know about this Problem?

iPhone 4 antenna problems were predicted on June 10 by Danish professor



By Vlad Savov posted Jun 26th 2010 6:51PM
Well, this must be one of the most epic "I told you so" moments in the history of consumer electronics. Professor Gert Frølund Pedersen, an antenna expert over at Denmark's Aalborg University, managed to get his concerns about the iPhone 4's external antennae on the record a cool two weeks before the phone was even released. In an interview on June 10, the Danish brainbox explained that he wasn't impressed by Steve Jobs' promises of better reception, describing external antennas as "old news," and suggested that contact with fleshlings could result in undesirable consequences to the handset's reception:
"The human tissue will in any event have an inhibitory effect on the antenna. Touch means that a larger portion of antenna energy becomes heat and lost."
Machine-translated that may be, but you get the point. Researchers at Gert's university have already shown that over 90 percent of any phone's antenna signal can be stifled by holding it in the right place, but he's highlighting the specific exposure to skin contact as a separate issue to be mindful of. Good to know we've got sharp minds out there, and as to his suggested solution, Gert says phones should ideally have two antennae that act in a sort of redundant array, so that when one is blocked, the other can
pick up the slack. So, what are we going to do now, Apple?

Direct link:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/26/i...-by-danish-pr/

[extorian]

I wonder if they got that info from my blog I mentioned that same guy's research and stuff his team had done in my blog post a few days ago.

Edit: Nah - he got it from the same source as me. Come on - catch up engadget This is old news now.

[Wonsanim]

I wonder if they got that info from my blog I mentioned that same guy's research and stuff his team had done in my blog post a few days ago.


Edit: Nah - he got it from the same source as me. Come on - catch up engadget This is old news now.

Thats Way You Are Our Scholar

[ggrant3876]

Did Apple Know about this Problem?

iPhone 4 antenna problems were predicted on June 10 by Danish professor



By Vlad Savov posted Jun 26th 2010 6:51PM
Well, this must be one of the most epic "I told you so" moments in the history of consumer electronics. Professor Gert Frølund Pedersen, an antenna expert over at Denmark's Aalborg University, managed to get his concerns about the iPhone 4's external antennae on the record a cool two weeks before the phone was even released. In an interview on June 10, the Danish brainbox explained that he wasn't impressed by Steve Jobs' promises of better reception, describing external antennas as "old news," and suggested that contact with fleshlings could result in undesirable consequences to the handset's reception:
"The human tissue will in any event have an inhibitory effect on the antenna. Touch means that a larger portion of antenna energy becomes heat and lost."
Machine-translated that may be, but you get the point. Researchers at Gert's university have already shown that over 90 percent of any phone's antenna signal can be stifled by holding it in the right place, but he's highlighting the specific exposure to skin contact as a separate issue to be mindful of. Good to know we've got sharp minds out there, and as to his suggested solution, Gert says phones should ideally have two antennae that act in a sort of redundant array, so that when one is blocked, the other can
pick up the slack. So, what are we going to do now, Apple?

Direct link:
http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/26/i...-by-danish-pr/

Nice one, Doc. This guys a regular Nostradamus.

[extorian]

To be fair though, even if they did know by June 10th, I'd imagine the vast majority of handsets released on launch day would have already been manufactured. To fix it they would need to redesign the shell and reposition the antenna, which may even mean the board needs to be redesigned. I doubt there was anything they could do about it.

[Student]

Don't Hold It That Way? LMFAO, Earmuffs Kids, But GTFO Here Jobs

[extorian]

AHAHAHAHHAHAAAAAAHAHAHA

Apple hiring antenna engineers for some reason. [from engadget]

[stalker]

LOL.. yeah.. Need to revised iPhone 4.. or come up with iPhone 5. .. haha