iPhone 4 loses 90 per cent signal strength
In tests conducted by German consumer group Stiftung Warentest, Apple's iPhone 4 was shown to lose up to 90 per cent of its signal strength when held in such a manner that a finger obscures the antenna dimly located on the outsied of the gadget.
The outfit's laboratory tests show that the fact that the antenna is located around the outside of the phone makes is far more likely that the phone will suffer dropped calls when the user covers the blackspot at the bottom left-hand side of the phone with their fingers.
"In weak network areas this can break the connection," the outfit writes (our translation.) " Internet connections becoma painfully slow." Stiftung Warentest tested two other unidentified smartphones which have the antenna located in the the handset in a more conventional manner. The tests showed that these too can register a drop in signal strength by only by around 25 per cent.
