Android vs. iPhone 4 Signal Strength Bars Comparison 253
thisisauniqueid writes "In light of the clamor over the iPhone 4 Grip of Death, AnandTech recently reverse-engineered the phone's signal-strength-to-bars mapping. Because Android is open source, we can determine the corresponding mapping for Android in combination with the 3GPP spec referenced in the source, allowing the signal-strength-to-bars mapping for both Android and the iPhone 4 to be plotted on the same axes. This shows that the iPhone 4 consistently reports a higher percentage signal strength (as defined by the fraction of bars lit) than Android GSM devices at the same signal strength."
Well duh ... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:dB attenuation? (Score:5, Funny)
Of course. Because the average phone user knows what a dB is and would much rather see it than a bar graph. My mother was just telling me the other day that she gets a -10dB attenuation in the kitchen compared to the lounge.
Re:because most people don't understand decibels? (Score:3, Funny)
Are you serious? Do they not teach the Dewey Decibel system in school anymore?
Re:Well duh ... (Score:3, Funny)
I believe the correct engineering term for this reality distortion field is called the Bogon force field. The Bogon flux is measured by a Bogometer, in units of "bars." Apple has the most respected Bogonomists in the industry, but the Bogon is a strange quark that mysteriously vanishes when a detector is used.
Re:Smelly code! (Score:1, Funny)
:((
Why isn't this modded insightful?
Re:iPhone wins (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Two antennas! (Score:3, Funny)
That's been known for a while. The question is, why on Earth did they not test the phones properly? And by properly, I mean in real world circumstances.
They did have a long testing period, but apparently the only left-handed prototype tester lost his iPhone at a bar.
Re:Well duh ... (Score:2, Funny)
What the difference between a Mac fanboy and a bicycle?
Slap a chain on a bicycle and it doesn't blog endlessly about how being chained up is an improvement.
What's the difference between a Google fanboy and a bicycle?
Slap a chain on a bicycle and it doesn't blog endlessly about how iPhone users are chained up.
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Re:dB attenuation? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:noise floor? (Score:4, Funny)
Careful there: a whole bunch of fanboys will start keeping their phones in the fridge for a better facebook experience.
Steve Jobs to Gray Powell (Score:5, Funny)
Jobs is channeling Nigel Tufnel (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Well duh ... (Score:5, Funny)
You can negotiate with a terrorist.
Re:dB attenuation? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Well duh ... (Score:1, Funny)
11 out of 10 on my bar graph