HTC’s statement, in part:
Quality in industrial design is of key importance to HTC. To ensure the best possible signal strength, antennas are placed in the area least likely to be covered by a person’s face or hands while the phone is in use. However, it is inevitable that a phone’s signal strength will weaken a little when covered in its entirety by a user’s palm or fingers. We test all of our phones extensively and are confident that under normal circumstances reception strength and performance will be more than sufficient for the operation of the phone when network coverage is also adequate.
Ong reports in last July, “Apple CEO Steve Jobs called the issue ‘a challenge for the entire industry,’ saying that ‘every phone has weak spots.’ Jobs then highlighted handsets from other companies, including HTC, that also experience similar antenna issues… HTC quickly responded, objecting to being specifically called out by Jobs. ‘The reception problems are certainly not common among smartphones,’ said HTC Chief Financial Officer Hui-Meng Cheng.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Manny S.” for the heads up.]
