DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agoDoes more expensive phones have better reception?message-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareDoes more expensive phones have better reception?DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-square00L10@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·3 days agoWell you can definitely impact the reception with the antenna design, and the quality of the hardware also plays a role to some degree. Wasn’t there a thing with one of those iPhones where the reception was drastically worse depending how you would hold the phone in your hand.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 hours agoYeah but that was our fault for not talking with our arms stretched straight up.
minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoYeah, iPhone 4 was notorious for having antenna issues if you held it in a certain way
minus-squarevladmech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agoThe iPhone 4’s Antennagate, yeah! Holding it in your left hand would bridge a gap and cause reception to crap out, wild stuff
Well you can definitely impact the reception with the antenna design, and the quality of the hardware also plays a role to some degree.
Wasn’t there a thing with one of those iPhones where the reception was drastically worse depending how you would hold the phone in your hand.
Yeah but that was our fault for not talking with our arms stretched straight up.
Yeah, iPhone 4 was notorious for having antenna issues if you held it in a certain way
The iPhone 4’s Antennagate, yeah! Holding it in your left hand would bridge a gap and cause reception to crap out, wild stuff