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sonicwind · 07-21-2008, 04:47 PM

Originally Posted by Saverino

I'm on EDGE, not 3G. I have 3G turned off...

LOL, no it doesn't occur with EDGE.

Originally Posted by Youngbinks

People had this same feeling for the v1. Apparently people's hands were blocking one of the necessary inner pieces of the phone's hardware. I never noticed a difference.

It's not a feeling. You can remove your hand and watch it get 2 or three more bars in a few seconds, and then replace your hand at watch them go away again. You can repeat this test and get the same results.

Obviously, if you are already getting 5 bars of 3G then you aren't going to see any improvement, however if you have 1 or 2 bars while holding the phone like one normally would, it is at least possible to get this behavior and the page load time improvement seems to support the claim as well.

07-21-2008, 04:47 PM	#27 (permalink)
sonicwind Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 349 Thanks: 7 Thanked 7 Times in 6 Posts	Originally Posted by Saverino I'm on EDGE, not 3G. I have 3G turned off... LOL, no it doesn't occur with EDGE. Originally Posted by Youngbinks People had this same feeling for the v1. Apparently people's hands were blocking one of the necessary inner pieces of the phone's hardware. I never noticed a difference. It's not a feeling. You can remove your hand and watch it get 2 or three more bars in a few seconds, and then replace your hand at watch them go away again. You can repeat this test and get the same results. Obviously, if you are already getting 5 bars of 3G then you aren't going to see any improvement, however if you have 1 or 2 bars while holding the phone like one normally would, it is at least possible to get this behavior and the page load time improvement seems to support the claim as well.