> We carefully set the antenna matching with the phone next to a human head.
> (actually a jug of water... pretty accurate model of some folks I've
> known...) Adding
> random conductors near the antenna will throw off the matching,
> heating up the power amplifier with reflected energy and probably
> shorten battery life (cell phone antenna power is adjusted in a
> feedback-loop).

Maybe that's the way they fool users:
"If the battery is dying faster, I MUST be getting more power and that means
more range!"

Mike H.
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