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Old 09-20-2008, 06:44 PM   #26 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Kentucky View Post
You know.. if you cover a case which has an antenna in it (BTW the iPhone has separate antennae (around 10 I believe)for the receive, transmit for 2G and 3g , bluetooth, wifi ,gps ) with metal powder paint, you have to be blocking some of the RF transmissions to a degree ! . Don't think so ?.. some new car windshields have a very very thin metallic coating in them to help block heat and sunlight and because of this, a dash mounted GPS can thus suffer from poorer signal strength. True , the windshield coating as well as metallic paint on the iPhone won't completely block signals but with ,it seems everybody complaining of wide spread poor cell signal strengths, why would you want to take the chance and make it even a little bit poorer ??!!
did you know i put 19" wheels on my lexus and i feel every bump now

Originally Posted by CarbonFly View Post
because it looks cool....LOL!
and this is why i did it

BTW i love both of them. i wish i have both colors. whenever im bored with the other color, i can sport the other one
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