DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 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 · 6 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-square00L10@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 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-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoYeah, iPhone 4 was notorious for having antenna issues if you held it in a certain way
minus-squarevladmech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 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, 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