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Apple iPhone 4

Apple iPhone 4

iPhone 4 Antenna Problems

Remember Antennagate? In 2010, with the release of the revolutionary new iPhone 4 came problems with the new external antenna. This antenna consisted of a metal band which wrapped around the outer sides. A gap between the metal pieces of the antenna, when bridged by the user’s hand, would cause the antennas to detune and degrade performance. Sometimes the calls dropped due to the signal loss.

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