It's been a while since we heard anything about the iPhone 4 and its whole "Antennagate" saga, but new reports suggest that there's another handset that suffers from the same death grip problems. The recently released HTC HD7 is the star of a couple of new YouTube videos allegedly showing that holding the device in a certain way can dramatically reduce the signal strength. The HD7's reception strength has been said to be less than spectacular, and when a death grip is applied, the signal drops so much that data is affected, too. One YouTube user that claims to have found a work-around for the problem, explaining that changing the SIM card to a different network, performing a hard reset, rebooting the phone, then switching the normal SIM back in alleviates any death grip woes. There's no word on just how well that solution works, but it's worth a shot. Check out the full video evidence of the death grip down below.
While it's disappointing that another smartphone has fallen to the death grip problem, it's not surprising when you think about it. Many manufacturers place the antenna at the bottom of the phone to reduce the radiation reaching your head, and as the demand for thinner devices continues, it can be tough to find anywhere else to put the antenna anyway. We haven't heard anything from HTC on the situation yet, but we'll let you know when we do. In the mean time, are any of you HD7 owners out there experiencing similar death grip issues?
