Samsung claims its phones to be immune to iPhone’s antenna problems

22nd July, 2010 by adina
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Samsung was the latest to respond to Apple’ recent attack and said that its phones were supposed to be immune to the reception problems of the iPhone 4. Shin Young-joon, spokesman of the company, said that the position of the Omnia II’s antenna at the bottom reduced the possibility of suppressing the phone’s signal and no problem of the kind would happen. He outlined that the design would never permit to such problems to occur in the future.

He also put into doubt Apple’s video demo showing the clear loss of signal of the Omnia II through a grip and argued that there was no predictability and the results could change. Apple had claimed that such problems could occur in areas with weak signal, where the connection could be lost.

Samsung has avoided releasing formal statements like Research in Motion and Nokia did. This behavior is probably due to the fact that the company intends to avoid problems with Apple as it is a part supplier for the iPhone 4. It is known that Samsung is providing the flash memory for Apple’s device and is manufacturing the A4 processor designed by Apple as well as the 512MB of memory. Samsung has similar contributions to the iPad and many iPods.

The Korean company has made efforts to impose the Omnia II against Apple’s iPhone 3GS in South Korea, but the first true competitor to Apple may be the Galaxy S, as it has shown record sales. However, problems like a “death grip” have been reported for it and for variants such as the Vibrant of T-Mobile and it seems the issue is depending on how the devices are held.


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