HTC HD7 experiencing the iPhone death-grip issue
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As you can see from the video below, the HTC HD 7 does have a reception problem when you use the death-grip hold. This means it's likely that you may experience dropped calls (ask the iPhone 4 customers - it's not much fun) and other reception-related problems (like accessing the internet). The reason manufacturers place the antenna at the bottom side of some phones is the fact that it keeps the radiation as far away from your head as possible. Check the video below to see the HTC HD7 death-grip issue for yourself.
source: YouTube via WP Central
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14 Comments
1. clevername posted on 29 Nov 2010, 10:22 0 0
Wow. That's bad. Waaaay worse than the examples Steve jobs provided. Worse than what I experience on my iPhone. Takes bars 15-30 second to drop for me. Wow. And it's in the left hand so right handed people will need a case. Let's see if this gets blown up or not. Considering people expect problems from windows idk, but from htc? It's not apple so I don't expect much hubbub about it.
8. PHONE_FREAK posted on 29 Nov 2010, 15:02 0 0
Well guess what. This has no effect on the user experience. There are no dropped calls or data drops. This test only shows that the antennae is on the side. Big deal.
2. tuminatr posted on 29 Nov 2010, 12:14 1 0
here is the nice thing about it just don't buy this model phone, buy a different model wp7 and no problem
3. android_hitman posted on 29 Nov 2010, 12:30 2 1
the signal never drops to zero so the test is useless
11. PapaJay224 posted on 30 Nov 2010, 01:28 0 0
Great joke. I'm so annoyed with apple and Cupertino this and Cupertino that.....this just made me laugh....seriously funny
6. saneok posted on 29 Nov 2010, 14:13 3 0
it says T-mobile next to the signal bar and on the phone. how blind are you???
7. Elektra (unregistered) posted on 29 Nov 2010, 14:32 1 1
This is not a big deal at all. It's only a major issue when it's the iphone.
9. Tre-Nitty posted on 29 Nov 2010, 17:22 0 0
hey icemanx1, nice try at humor but it sucked so badly. Phone is clearly a t-mobile model. thx saneok.
10. kg4icg posted on 29 Nov 2010, 21:55 0 1
Hey Tre-Nitty, you seriously need to study electronic terms, icemanx1 didn't say AT&T, he said att which is short for attenuation which is what is happenning.
12. remixfa posted on 30 Nov 2010, 06:15 0 0
that IS NOT the "death grip" from the iphone. that is just gripping your phone really tight. any phone will do that.
- the "iphone death grip" is caused by 2 unprotected antenaes bridging a signal through your hand and zapping out the call. you dont have to "grip it to death" to achive this, just merely touch where the 2 antenas devide on the side of the phone. it kills the call.
- any idiot can squeeze a phone and lower the signal. it didnt drop the call. its not an insulation issue like the iphone.. they are not the same. the iphone's issue is one of a kind. the only people that try to prove otherwise are idiots and ibots.
