How to correctly hold your E61
I don’t read my manuals. I normally find it more fascinating to discover new features on my own or read about them in forums or blogs. I guess it feeds the primal hunter gatherer instinct (ehrrmm, hunter gatherer of info, not food) in me. I read the manual of the E61 though, and I saw something that might be helpful to most (since I know most of you don’t read manuals as well). I’ve wanted to share this a few weeks back but I was lazy scanning this page.
Ok, now can someone send me a picture of of anyone doing what the line art guy is doing? Or a picture of someone using the E61 entirely wrong as per the manual’s instructions. hehehe
WiFi & Bluetooth antenna located at bottom of the phone
GSM/WCDMA antenna - at the top
so when you use GSM/GPRS/EDGE/WCDMA conection avoid holding upper part of the phone. It is dangerous because of radio emissions.
WiFi & Bluetooth can`t make significant RF emission, so it is safe to hold lower part of the phone
good news for me. bec i’m one of those ppl who cup the bottom of the phone especially on crowded areas so I can be heard better
That’s *exactly* how I hold my E61 - yeah right…
[…] I’ve been having some Wi-Fi problems. I’ve noticed that whenever I get less than optimum singal strength (3 bars), the E61 browser just times out. This has really bothered me for sometime and for some reason, yesterday afternoon, I remembered someone posting a comment in my previous post about correctly handling the E61 that the Wi-Fi and bluetooth antenna are located at the bottom. […]