Will case help with iPhone antenna issue
Posted: July 11th, 2010, 4:55 pm
Will iPhone 4 case help with antenna issue?
Are you asking because you are genuinely experiencing an issue, or are you just reacting to some of the quite-overblown press coverage?
The press coverage of this "story" has generally been very poor (and driven, quite frankly, by competitors and others with their own agendas).
That's not to say there isn't an issue and the whole thing is imaginary. It's not, and Apple explanation (http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07 ... etter.html) doesn't tell the whole story (though I think they were being as truthful as possible at the time it was written).
Apple has provided an explanation that covers the issue of attenuation (which is perfectly normal and occurs in all cellphones) and why its effects have been exaggerated in the iPhone. What they haven't yet covered -- probably because they didn't fully realise the issue -- is that the real problem people are complaining about is because of "detuning," which is different than attenuation. The antenna detuning actually tends to happen only when you're holding the iPhone for dialing or texting -- not when you're on the actual call and holding it up to your ear -- but it shouldn't be happening as strongly.
There's evidence that this problem doesn't affect most iPhones (suggesting a missing coating on some quantity of the product?), but if you are one of those affected by the detuning issue, a case like "the bumper" should "fix" the problem.