The latest iteration of Apple's smartphone, the iPhone 4, is a stainless-steel antenna that wraps around its sides. The new antenna design constitutes a radical departure from previous iPhone models, which buried the antenna under the phone's shell. The new phone, which goes on sale June 24, puts out more radio-frequency radiation than its predecessor, according to Federal Communications Commission documents. That, along with the new antenna, is expected to give the iPhone 4 greater signal strength and reliability.
Apple hopes the new design will counter one of the most common complaints consumers have with the iPhone: dropped calls.
Though popular with consumers, the iPhone has been beset with complaints about dropped calls. The problem is so persistent that Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert, an avowed Apple fan, joked recently that the company's new iPad tablet computer was just like an iPhone because "you can't make calls with it."
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