BlackBerry Bold 9700 Antennae/"iPhone Death Grip" Test

[ChickenPollos]

how do you do the death grip on the iphoone 4? mine doesnt

[NigguhJason]

@wolleemil

Wrong. The iPhone 4 suffers from the signal lost with the grip in any area. I tried the grip in the Apple store. It dropped 3 bars. It doesn't matter where you are at, because once the grip is applied it messes with the antenna and some technical thing happens and you lose signal.

[craigsmobileuniverse]

Hey Al.

It's got to do with signal strength in you'd area. Watch my video to see that.

I have also tried to show someone this and the signal strength would not go down, but yet on my video I can get it drop.

Craig.

[farhan8905]

the bold 9700 doesn't drop calls by holding it normal....

iPhone 4= iNotaPhone

[wolleemil]

To reproduce the "death grip" you have to be in a spot with weak signal strength. The iPhone 4 only suffers under such surcumstances.

[daddyaz]

I tried this with both my blackberries an 8520 and a 8900 for work and personal ussage and no signal loss. i had to squeeze it with both hands and put it as close as i could to the body to loose a bar or two. Trying to blame other smartphone developers for a flaw in the iphone 4 just shows that mr jobs is egotistical, arrogant and would rather blame others than just face the fact that it's a flawed product.

[CapitanZeppelin]

@daddyaz It's not about the squeezing, it's all about where you hold it.

[daddyaz]

@CapitanZeppelin i tried holding it every possible way 1 hand 2 hand and and no death grip issue as the iphone 4

[HowTosandTips]

@daddyaz Although it may be true that the iPhone is flawed (even though I have absolutely no problems) you have to keep in mind that cell coverage isn't the same everywhere so results may vary depending where you are.

[YourBiggerTube]

Holding it "tight" isn't the problem.

You have to *START* with 1-3 bars... and then watch it drop to 0.

(You can't start with a full, strong signal and say "gee... no problem".)