iPhone 4 'Death Grip' replicated on HTC Hero

Where's my free case, HTC?

Testing Apple's claim that other smartphones lose reception when you place your fingers near the antenna. The HTC Hero's antenna is located on the back of the 'chin': Check out page 10 of the manual: http://www.htc.com/hero/m/files/guides/090720_Hero_HTC_English_UM.pdf

This suggests that the Hero's "Chin" was actually there to stop users from touching the part of the phone where the antenna is located and wasn't an aesthetic choice at all.

I'd encourage people to look up where the antenna is on your smartphone and try the same: I'd be interested to see the results.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• iphone 4
• antenna
• smartphones
• htc hero
• htc
• apple
• reception
• death grip
• antenna radiation

[MrToimi]

it because the us mobile network SUCKS in sweden we dont have any problem whit that or iphone 4

[Geshpenst]

@MrToimi I'm in Aus :P I'm with Virgin Mobile who aren't too bad, if I was on Telstra you probably wouldn't see much change though.

[LiroyvanHoewijk]

Set it to dual mode and your phone will probably fall back to GSM with FULL coverage. That's something the iPhone cant do because you ground the antenna by holding it the "wrong" way :')

[Geshpenst]

@LiroyvanHoewijk I already am :P

[ronindebeatrice]

Good lord, it's not the grip that's killing it, but because you're shaking it like an unwanted baby.

[Geshpenst]

@ronindebeatrice Or I didn't have a tripod for the camera?

[TeamXtremeUK]

Lawl I never get that on my hero xD

[xxsekoxx]

@Geshpenst Easy now. Not everyone is as smart as you and i and can figure that out.

[ronindebeatrice]

@Geshpenst Fair enough, cut back on the caffeine

[wrong666]

Can barely drop to 3/4 bars on my HTC Hero, living in Norway.