Test of other cell phones for signal loss when touching antenna

The problem with the video clips claiming that all cell phones exhibit a drop in receive signal strength when covered with the hand is that using bars as an indicator is useless. Every cell phone has a different bars to -dBm conversion table. It's comparing apples to oranges.
In order to get a valid comparison, the actual signal strength from the field test mode in -dBm needs to be used. Rather than dump all the numbers and photos into this discussion group, I threw together a web page with my results and guesswork:
*http://802.11junk.com/jeffl/cellular/cell-test.htm*
Since none of my friends and associates will let me restore the field test application on their iPhone 4 in order to run a numeric test, I'm using numbers from:
*http://www.anandtech.com/show/3794/the-iphone-4-review/2*
So far, the iPhone is somewhere between 6 and 18 times worse than the worst phone tested (Motorola RARZ V3c). What this indicates to me is that something more than just antenna detuning or Q reduction is happening with the iPhone 4. I don't know the exact cause, but the iPhone 4 does not appear to act like the other cell phones.

JeffLiebermann wrote:
It's not really a question. It's more like additional information on the topic of the allegedly fixed antenna problem. This discussion forum software apparently does not allow replies to a posting unless it's marked as a question. So, I marked it as a question. If this is inappropriate, please advise and I'll change it. However, I would prefer to discuss my testing instead of administrivia.
Don't mind them. They don't really want to know (or care) if you have a question or need help. They're just trying to insult and mock you. When someone does ask a question or need help, no one really answers here.
"Do you have a question" is just their sarcastic response whenever anyone posts something they don't like which doesn't directly ask a question. If it's negative, they're real sticklers that every post must be a question seeking help. If someone starts a thread saying "Hey, I just want to say I love my iPhone 4" (clearly not a question), they're fine with that.

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