Will the iPhone 5 have a better signal?

davybhoy · 21-09-2012, 18:13

Hola

Got my iPhone 5 and it's up and running and all restored which took a bloody age! I was just wondering do Apple update the aerial technology at all when releasing new handsets? Should I get better signal where it was very low previously?

alan1302 · 21-09-2012, 20:15

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Originally Posted by davybhoy

Hola

Got my iPhone 5 and it's up and running and all restored which took a bloody age! I was just wondering do Apple update the aerial technology at all when releasing new handsets? Should I get better signal where it was very low previously?

Would not expect it to be any different from before.

Gormond · 21-09-2012, 20:23

The antenna has apparently been improved so there may be a difference, we will have to wait till we see some numbers though.

Daveoc64 · 21-09-2012, 20:24

The iPhone 4 suffered from the "Antennagate" problem, where holding the phone in certain ways would cause the signal to drop substantially.

Apple fixed that in the iPhone 4S by making it so that the phone automatically uses a different part of the antenna when you're holding it.

The iPhone 5 has the same antenna design.

In short, if you have an iPhone 4 or older you'll probably see an improvement. If you have an iPhone 4S, you probably won't.

21-09-2012, 18:13	#1
davybhoy Forum Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Belfast Posts: 1,241	Will the iPhone 5 have a better signal? Hola Got my iPhone 5 and it's up and running and all restored which took a bloody age! I was just wondering do Apple update the aerial technology at all when releasing new handsets? Should I get better signal where it was very low previously?

21-09-2012, 20:15	#2
alan1302 Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: West Yorks Posts: 6,180	Quote: Originally Posted by davybhoy Hola Got my iPhone 5 and it's up and running and all restored which took a bloody age! I was just wondering do Apple update the aerial technology at all when releasing new handsets? Should I get better signal where it was very low previously? Would not expect it to be any different from before.

21-09-2012, 20:23	#3
Gormond Forum Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Scotland Posts: 15,714	The antenna has apparently been improved so there may be a difference, we will have to wait till we see some numbers though.

21-09-2012, 20:24	#4
Daveoc64 Forum Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bristol (BBC1 West) Posts: 15,143	The iPhone 4 suffered from the "Antennagate" problem, where holding the phone in certain ways would cause the signal to drop substantially. Apple fixed that in the iPhone 4S by making it so that the phone automatically uses a different part of the antenna when you're holding it. The iPhone 5 has the same antenna design. In short, if you have an iPhone 4 or older you'll probably see an improvement. If you have an iPhone 4S, you probably won't.

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