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iPhone 4 Reception Press Conference: Apple’s Brazil-Like Antenna Testing Facility

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One take-away Steve Jobs wants us all to know is that Apple’s serious about antenna.

How serious? They have a state of the art antenna testing facility, with 17 anechoic chambers. It’s a $100MM investment, and employes 18 PhD scientists and engineers working in reception.

In these reception chambers, which as Leander notes, look straight out of Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, Apple noticed the death grip issue… but found it acceptable, since it is prevalent in the smartphone industry.

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