At first glance, you might not notice
the antenna lines across the R9s's back.
With its fourth phone, OnePlus has chosen what has become a very popular design — a minimalist lightly textured silver all - aluminum body, broken only as necessary by solid
antenna lines across the top and bottom.
Not exact matches
Still, Maria's winds tore down the 29 - metre - long «
line feed»
antenna that stretched
across the observatory's 305 - metre - wide dish, puncturing its aluminium skin in places.
The
antenna lines now curve around the corners instead of slashing
across the back of the phone, resulting in a cleaner, more minimalist appearance.
On the reverse, the horizontal
antenna bands that previously stretched directly
across the top and bottom portions of the handset have been removed with Apple instead relying on the remaining upper and lower
lines that frame the aluminum chassis.
There's more fluidity to the back camera plate which stretches
across the width of the device, while the intersecting
antenna lines aren't as prominent, leaving the unibody design to appear as more of a single piece than before.
The Moto X4 also has
antenna lines at the top and bottom, cutting through the frame though thankfully, they stay away from the rear for a seamless finish
across the back.
The
antenna lines run straight
across the back, which are reminiscent of the OnePlus 3 or HTC 10.
One area Samsung has a leg up for sure on the design front is the
antenna, which on the iPhone 6 — perhaps worst of all on the gold model I have — is the reason for the bold white
lines across the back of the phone.
The only deviation is the
antenna lines which run
across the top and bottom of the body.
The other main hardware changes are found around back, where Apple has redesigned the iPhone's
antennas so that only two «
antenna lines» are needed, one near the bottom of the phone and a second that runs
across the top.
I installed
antennas on roofs mounting them to a
line of sight to radio's
across Solano County.