OT:Dell computers

[Bob Rasmussen]

On Thu, 1 Jul 2010, Bill Campbell wrote:

> ... 
> Essentially the problem is that the metal border of the iPhone
> contains the antennae, and touching it in the wrong place with
> an ugly bag of water (the human) degrades RF signal.  Touch any
> antenna, and similar effects will be seen.

While it is true that touching any antenna will degrade the signal, the 
iPhone 4 has a more specific, and from what I've read more significant, 
problem. I quote:

   Of course, the result is that anything conductive which bridges the gap 
in the bottom left couples the antennas together, detuning the precisely 
engineered antennas.

(From http://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/the-iphone-4-review/2 )

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