WHY DOES CDMA USE EXTENDABLE ANT??
Could someone explain to me why cdma still uses the extending ant.? but not just cdma, because iden uses it too? Does it have advantages? If so, why doesn't gsm use them?
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one simplified answer i guess would be that GSM requires less "work" on the phone's part to acquire a signal. i don't know 100% any other reasons, but i have SOOOO many people that love that they dont have to pull on an antenna anymore when they port over from Verizon. 😉, as a matter of fact, 2 more last night 😉
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jinx7676 said:
one simplified answer i guess would be that GSM requires less "work" on the phone's part to acquire a signal. i don't know 100% any other reasons, but i have SOOOO many people that love that they dont have to pull on an antenna anymore when they port over from Verizon. 😉, as a matter of fact, 2 more last night 😉
It all started when the FCC came out with the radiation warnings about cell phones in the late 90's/early 2000's. They stated that phones with stub/internal antennas provided the body with more radiation than phones with extendable antennas.
When that happened, Verizon was pointed out as a great carrier for not having any phones with stub antennas, so they used it as a...
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I suppose someone could choose GSM with a fixed stubby so they do not have the choice to extend the antenna. Just because a phone has an extendable doesn't mean it HAS to be extended to work...
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