Taiwan-based handset maker HTC Corp. today claimed that its phone model referred by Apple boss Steve Jobs as having antenna signal problems during his last Friday press conference received 35-times less complaints than the Apple’s latest smartphone. The Apple CEO called the press conference to discuss the iPhone 4 antenna issue and admitted that their was some problem with the device.
Jobs however, rejected any suggestion that the antenna design of the iPhone 4 is flawed. Jobs offered a free case to buyers of Apple’s iPhone 4 customers to resolve the issue. Referring to the reception problem, Jobs said that the problem is found in every smartphone. He listed some devices made by HTC and Research In Motion Limited to stress his claim.
Motorola Inc. Co-Chief Executive Sanjay Jha responded to Jobs’ remark on Friday itself saying Motorola’s don’t have the same antenna shortcomings as the iPhone 4. “It is disingenuous to suggest that all phones perform equally. In our own testing we have found that Droid X performs much better than iPhone 4 when held by consumers,” Jha said in an e-mailed statement.
Jobs also claimed that RIM’s BlackBerry Bold and Samsung Electronics Co.’s Omnia II also face reception issue when the device is held in certain positions. “Samsung mobile phones employ an internal antenna design technology that optimizes reception quality for any type of hand-grip use,” HTC said in an e-mailed statement today. “It is well understood by the industry that if enough of a phone and its antenna is covered, the radio frequency signal will be reduced to some extent,” added HTC.
