Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple looking for iPhone /iPad Antenna Engineer
Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple looking for iPhone /iPad Antenna Engineer
- Subject: Re: [Fed-Talk] Apple looking for iPhone /iPad Antenna Engineer
- From: "Pike, Michael (IHS/HQ)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 11:38:56 -0400
- Acceptlanguage: en-US
- Thread-topic: [Fed-Talk] Apple looking for iPhone /iPad Antenna Engineer
Engadget is wrong. My 3gs works much better.
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G Android Phone
----- Reply message -----
From: "Dave Schroeder" <email@hidden>
Date: Thu, Jul 1, 2010 9:32 am
Subject: [Fed-Talk] Apple looking for iPhone /iPad Antenna Engineer
To: "Kim, Andy (Gregg)" <email@hidden>
Cc: "email@hidden" <email@hidden>
On Jul 1, 2010, at 10:02 AM, Kim, Andy (Gregg) wrote:
>
> In case you didn’t know that Apple is looking to hire iPhone and iPod antenna engineers, according to Apple jobs.
> http://jobs.apple.com/index.ajs?BID=1&method=mExternal.showJob&RID=55849&CurrentPage=1
>
> This is almost certainly in regard to an antenna issue causing poor reception and dropped calls, especially left-handed person like me.
> Apple has gotten mounting complaints that holding the new iPhone in a certain way can impede signal strength, making it difficult or even impossible to make and maintain calls.
> The problems seem to be more prone to left-handed iPhone owners.
>
> There are three Apple job postings for iPhone / iPad antenna engineers to "define and implement antenna system architecture to optimize the radiation performance for wireless portable devices." All two were posted.
>
> Andy Kim
> Dir of I T
> U.S. Senator Judd Gregg
This is actually almost certainly NOT related to the iPhone 4 antenna issues, given how long jobs like this probably have been in the pipeline.
The iPhone 4 antenna issue is actually several separate issues, and with a case -- or ANYTHING to prevent the two antennas from being substantially connected by a conductor and/or acting as an attenuator -- the iPhone 4 is actually better than any previous iPhone:
<http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/30/iphone-4s-antenna-problem-looks-worse-than-it-is-but-its-stil/>
> Turns out the iPhone 4 actually performs slightly better inside a case than a phone like the Nexus One, which has had similar issues crop up, but it's slightly worse when held in the hand, reporting an average signal drop of 20dB.
[...]
> The real question is whether the reported signal has anything to do with performance, and Anandtech agrees with our general experience, saying that the iPhone 4's improved signal to noise ratio means it actually does a better job of hanging onto calls and using data when there's low signal than the iPhone 3GS. In their words, "this iPhone gets the best cellular reception yet, even though measured signal is lower than the 3GS."
- Dave
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