Signal Strength

[Guest BlackMagician]

Following their recent problem with antenna performance and drop in signal strength when gripping the iPhone 4, Apple tried to get justify itself by saying that all manufacturers have this problem. This includes HTC, Nokia, RIM and I would suppose also Acer.

Now I've had a Nokia N95 for years and I never noticed this problem. I also don't see this problem now on my Acer Liquid. None at all. I've tried holding the phone in different ways but the signal strength remains the same. Also, I've never had dropped calls.

What about you guys? Is the signal algorithm in our Liquids screwed up and not showing a proper reading? Or do we really have a good antenna design here?

[Guest phhusson]

Following their recent problem with antenna performance and drop in signal strength when gripping the iPhone 4, Apple tried to get justify itself by saying that all manufacturers have this problem. This includes HTC, Nokia, RIM and I would suppose also Acer.

Now I've had a Nokia N95 for years and I never noticed this problem. I also don't see this problem now on my Acer Liquid. None at all. I've tried holding the phone in different ways but the signal strength remains the same. Also, I've never had dropped calls.

What about you guys? Is the signal algorithm in our Liquids screwed up and not showing a proper reading? Or do we really have a good antenna design here?

In the liquid, pretty much nothing has been done by Acer themselves. I'm quite sure this includes the antenna, and they let antenna pros do it, so we get no antenna problem :angry:

[Guest uzirox]

Following their recent problem with antenna performance and drop in signal strength when gripping the iPhone 4, Apple ...

You're here and still trust Apple? :angry:

[Guest blc]

The reason why you get signal drop on iPhone is the fact that you can actually touch the antenna itself. The reason you don't lose the signal on other phones is because you always have some kind isolation (plastic, rubber, glass, etc.) between your hand and the antenna.

That's why I really can't understand how Steve Jobs can be so rude to say that all phones suffer from the same kind of issue when that clearly isn't the case. Of course, being Jobs only he can feed this kind of s*** and get away with it. That's sad. Luckily, atleast HTC and RIM have responded to Apple stating that their devices don't lose signal like he claimed.

[Guest sss_ddk]

Following their recent problem with antenna performance and drop in signal strength when gripping the iPhone 4, Apple tried to get justify itself by saying that all manufacturers have this problem. This includes HTC, Nokia, RIM and I would suppose also Acer.

Now I've had a Nokia N95 for years and I never noticed this problem. I also don't see this problem now on my Acer Liquid. None at all. I've tried holding the phone in different ways but the signal strength remains the same. Also, I've never had dropped calls.

What about you guys? Is the signal algorithm in our Liquids screwed up and not showing a proper reading? Or do we really have a good antenna design here?

Just to be precise, the algorithm on the apple iphone isn't screwing the signal reception, just how the bars are displayed. If you want details on the matter (and on the fix to that), here's a link to anand's website article: http://www.anandtech.com/show/3821/iphone-...s-41-signal-fix

As for antenna design itself, the fact that you can touch the antenna is ,as it appears, the main problem. I remember a discussion not so long ago about the plastic battery cover on most pones compared to a "prettier" metal cover and the fact that it is linked to antenna reception (where antennas are placed next to the battery).

The weird thing is that touching the antenna could have made the reception better (i remember that indoor TV antennas perform better when you're touching them, but i guess it's a different wavelength).

Back to liquid: It has worse reception than the iphone 3GS (this is not a scientific test, just what i noticed comparing how the two perform, on the same network, when going into the subway for example). But overall i wouldn't complain at all.