iPhone 4 Reception Loss with Paperclip

[cowboy0212]

How often do you place a paperclip unto a cellphone? Just a question

[GetVIP]

Make a new video where you bridge the two antennas with the paperclip in farther points (not in death grip, just leave the death grip untouched and not covered in any way). These farther points can be the bottom of the phone and any left side of the phone (not near the death grip). This will be the total proof that apple LIED.

Thanks, waiting for this new video. I didn't see anyone do this, yet :)

[ErwinBrinkhuis]

I'm gonna do that every day......thanks.

[MasPoochie]

My guess is the software function that controls the bars is set to SNR, which is why the bars drop when you alter the length of the antenna. Apple will fix this through software and change the scheme to something else. SNR is only one of several ways you can measure signal.

All you're doing is changing the length of the antenna, you're not shorting out the phone or anything.

[glui2001]

Have you tried making a call?

[zildjianfan]

@glui2001 Yes. With paperclip a crummy call will go through, with left hand no call

[Stupendoussteve]

Uh paperclip can screw up television stations, or help you receive it better. At the UMTS frequency range the wavelength is only around six inches, something "small" blocking it can have a huge affect. A radio station, by comparison, has a wavelength of 10 feet or so, and you still get static quite a bit.

[zildjianfan]

@Stupendoussteve A hand can carry a current between the pieces, which is what I hoped the paperclip would also do. I did this as contradiction to Apple's claim of a hand being a buffer for signal transmission.

[thoughtotherwise]

Nice demonstration of the issue.

[GreenTeaGringo]

what I don't understand is why the effect happens so slowly, and not instantaneously.

[zildjianfan]

@GreenTeaGringo If I hold it in my left hand, it drops instantaneously. That paperclip is obviously very small, so I imagine it takes longer for whatever interference is happening to build up. I am no expert on this sort of thing; this is just my best guess.

[GreenTeaGringo]

@zildjianfan well, short sell Apple stock then because there is presumably going to be a recall.

[giants22]

@GreenTeaGringo HaHa, doubt there will be a recall. But this is a joke on the part of Apple. I was waiting all year for this phone to come out. I have a 3g 16 gb white and was going to upgrade to the 32gb iphone 4. not anymore. I'll wait for when the 4g phones to become mainstream later this year. plus my contract with at&t is up in December :)