99% of people hold their iPhone wrong, blocking the antenna!

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99% of people hold their iPhone wrong, blocking the antenna!

Most people don't know that the iPhone antenna is located on the bottom, both original the iPhone and the iPhone 3G. If you don't block the bottom, you will get at least twice the reception bars.

TRY IT

grab the iPhone from the top or sideways on top and you will double your reception bars!

I personally hate that Apple placed the antenna on the bottom on the new iPhone 3G also. Most cell phones have the antennas on the top which is why they get better reception.

Macbook, Mac Mini, iphone 3G,, Mac OS X (10.5.4), Yes I bought 4 iPhones and sold them, love/hate, iPhone apps are so limited! Apple controls too MUCH

Posted on Aug 13, 2008 9:32 PM

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Answer 1

Aug 14, 2008 12:20 AM in response to Holanino

Holanino wrote:
Most people don't know that the iPhone antenna is located on the bottom, both original the iPhone and the iPhone 3G. If you don't block the bottom, you will get at least twice the reception bars.

TRY IT!!! grab the iPhone from the top or sideways on top and you will double your reception bars!

I personally hate that Apple placed the antenna on the bottom on the new iPhone 3G also. Most cell phones have the antennas on the top which is why they get better reception.

That's right, the antenna is located at the bottom

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Answer 2

SHoE18

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Aug 14, 2008 12:32 AM in response to Holanino

i beleive that it doesnt mater if u cover up the antenna with ur hand

ur hand isnt thik enuf to block signal....
so even if its on the bottom ull get the same reception if ur hand is anywhere
ive tried it

i laid my phone in various postions
with my hand is different places
still same amount of bars

and does it matter??

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Answer 3

taltal

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Aug 14, 2008 12:41 AM in response to Holanino

can anyone offer a video tutorial on youtube to help us newbies how to talk the approved way on the iPhone 3G?

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Answer 4

Aug 14, 2008 12:41 AM in response to Holanino

the antenna is at the bottom. this is very good for health but not so good for signal.

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Answer 5

Slacky

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Aug 14, 2008 1:17 AM in response to howareyouiosif_GR

Replacement antennas are freely available from various retailers. They are seated in the bottom/rear of the iPhone!

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itopher

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Aug 14, 2008 2:22 AM in response to howareyouiosif_GR

Sorry to break it to ya but no matter where the antenna is located the phone just being 'on' is hazardous to our health. Cell phones have been around for at least 10 years now and recently UCLA scientists discovered that the radiation from cell phones are hazardous just by being 'on' and next to the user. They say that cell phones are more likely to cause cancer than smoking will. Sad but I doubt this will slow anyone from using their cell phones... including myself 😝

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Answer 7

Aug 14, 2008 3:03 AM in response to itopher

So, has the instances of cancer increased over the last ten years then, in Mobile phone users?
If not, then I'd say the UCLA don't know Jack!

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Answer 8

Aug 14, 2008 3:16 AM in response to apple-lovin-it

according to this http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/13/iphonenot_very3g/ it has nothing to do with the antena why people are getting poor 3G signal

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Answer 9

Slacky

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Aug 14, 2008 3:34 AM in response to freefalladdict

Where on earth do people get the information from that they give on these forums?

The OP is correct. the antenna is at the bottom.
http://www.iphone-repairs.co.uk/spares.html

Covering it with your hand 'can' reduce the signal strength.

The urban myth of mobile phones giving people brain cancer was discredited a long time ago.

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/healthyliving/cancercontroversies/mobilephones/

People come to these forums for HELP with problems. For heavens sake, make sure what you are typing is FACT. Not hearsay or your own opinion.

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Answer 10

Aug 14, 2008 7:13 AM in response to Slacky

Slacky wrote:
Where on earth do people get the information from that they give on these forums?

lol TELL ME ABOUT IT
"the entire chrome surround is the antenna on the 3g" and he says 99% knows that loool, where does Zammit live!! and for more joke MrAceXPS agrees with him OMG that's soooo hilarious!
and the other guy Peter saying around the cam..etc

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Answer 11

Bryan Mick

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Aug 14, 2008 6:31 AM in response to agent_s87

FOR THE LOVE OF GOD FROM WHERE DID U BRING THAT!!!! hahahaha

How about from Apple's own product information pages?

You might want to take a look for yourself before mocking others;
http://www.apple.com/iphone/features/wireless.html

"Clever iPhone engineering integrates those antennas into a few unexpected places: the metal ring around the camera, the audio jack, the metal screen bezel, and the iPhone circuitry itself."

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Answer 12

Aug 14, 2008 6:32 AM in response to Slacky

That's the original iPhone, not the 3G they're talking about on the site you link to.

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Answer 13

Aug 14, 2008 6:33 AM in response to swisskiltbear

No, that's incorrect. It IS the 3G iphone that this link relates too!

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Answer 14

Aug 14, 2008 6:36 AM in response to agent_s87

Personally, I thought the antenna was a 10 cm piece of invisible wire extending upward from the precise center of the Apple logo on the back of the iPhone. But then, I put my foil hat on, which blocked the continuous-wave alien transmission that normally provides the information I give on these forums.

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Answer 15

Aug 14, 2008 6:42 AM in response to apple-lovin-it

I was replying to Slacky and talking about

http://www.iphone-repairs.co.uk/spares.html

which repeatedly talks about the ORIGINAL iPhone and you see very clearly that they show the OLD METAL back cover and antenna cover. The 3G does NOT have separate antenna and back covers.

Look at the photos and if you have any clue at all, you will see it ONLY shows components of the old 2G iPhone.

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