Comments on: Lefties Cry Discrimination Over iPhone’s Faulty Antenna

By: Shakin

Shakin — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 16:23:47 +0000

I’m lefty. I hold my phone in my right hand. RIGHTIES typically hold their phone in their left hands, and therefore are more likely to have problems with the iP4. Left-Handers Club is likely just looking for publicity. Unfortunately, they are undermining the general belief that lefties are, on average, of higher intelligence. Thanks a lot, Left-Handers Club!

By: Crow

Crow — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:32:12 +0000

You’d really think that they’d test the phone “in the real world” but I believe that signal strength is determined while the phone is in a test fixture – not held in the hand. I don’t think lefties should be too irate over this one since righties cover up that strip with the palm of their hand and, given the 10 to 1 ratio of righties to lefties, even if only 10% of the righties held the phone with the antenna covered it’d still equal the incidence of lefty-holders. I.e. IF Apple tested the phones “in the hand” with only righties doing the testing they’d still see the problem.

But the good news is that the topic has just inspired a new cartoon. So yay for technology!

By: Poodle_Slayer

Poodle_Slayer — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:15:09 +0000

The solution: http://dvice.com/archives/2010/06/image-of-the-da-3.php