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Nokia Releases Statement About Antenna Design

Nokia Releases Statement About Antenna Design

Posted July 16, 2010 at 7:31pm by iClarified
Nokia has just released a statement about their antenna design and their engineering philosophy in response to Apple's Press Event held earlier today. They also stress that they will always prioritize antenna performance over physical design.

As we've all seen, Apple had mentioned Nokia in their press conference today regarding the iPhone4. I wanted to take a moment and send you a statement regarding Nokia’s own antenna design and function.
Antenna design is a complex subject and has been a core competence at Nokia for decades, across hundreds of phone models. Nokia was the pioneer in internal antennas; the Nokia 8810, launched in 1998, was the first commercial phone with this feature.

Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying human behavior, including how people hold their phones for calls, music playing, web browsing and so on. As you would expect from a company focused on connecting people, we prioritize antenna performance over physical design if they are ever in conflict.


In general, antenna performance of a mobile device/phone may be affected with a tight grip, depending on how the device is held. That's why Nokia designs our phones to ensure acceptable performance in all real life cases, for example when the phone is held in either hand. Nokia has invested thousands of man hours in studying how people hold their phones and allows for this in designs, for example by having antennas both at the top and bottom of the phone and by careful selection of materials and their use in the mechanical design.


via BGR


Nokia Releases Statement About Antenna Design
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imad
imad - July 17, 2010 at 6:47pm
Nokia is sucks . i will buy iphone 4 even the signal well go to zero .... iphone is the best phone on the planet .....
wittybob
wittybob - July 17, 2010 at 12:52pm
At least they didn't sound as pissed-off as RIM's reply....
byronchurch
byronchurch - July 17, 2010 at 12:03am
That was big of Nokia ! Punks !
david villa
david villa - July 16, 2010 at 10:22pm
I accept nokia cos i have used nokia for 10 yrs. Antenna wasgood. Didn't heard drop call but now this f'king brand apple sucks. Apple defintely loose million of fan including me. Antenna issue, no freedom to use the phone must jailbreak. Trouble waiting jb for months . Apple thumbs down. Give us freedom cos we buy apple phone. We want freedom.
byronchurch
byronchurch - July 16, 2010 at 11:58pm
Nokia hell ! What about Bell ? Now that was a phone you could pull off the coffee table . And they didn't even need an antenna !
wittybob
wittybob - July 17, 2010 at 12:53pm
Ever think it might be the carrier?
Geohot93
Geohot93 - July 16, 2010 at 8:03pm
its time to move back to Nokia :) really disappointed with apple earlier today, free case is not solve the problem, why dont they perform easy fix on the shop by put a metal grip inside the case on top of the camera, the function is amazing, the design is topnotch, but it doesnt do the job properly as a phone, why dont we call it ifailed
Jake
Jake - July 16, 2010 at 10:12pm
Return your phone instead of whining about it.
GeoF
GeoF - July 17, 2010 at 6:22pm
lol.... apple fanboy getting angry because they cant make a call... my bold is for business, the nokia is for fun, and iphone 4 is for failure :)
bob53366
bob53366 - July 16, 2010 at 7:43pm
yep I "Phone" , Sound like a primary gaming device.
eon
eon - July 17, 2010 at 10:43pm
You’re right. I can’t wait until game developers start to include facetime video chat while gaming with friends! That would totally ROCK!!!!
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