[drzaiusapelord]

This is questionable. A couple stray observations for the boffins at HN:

1. Confirmation bias. Sure it works, because when it doesn't we don't think about it or publicize it on the net.

2. Glass holder removes your big meaty hand from the equation. Your hand absorbs radiation and is the equivalant of wrapping a phone in a steak.

3. Only works because the iphone radio is such a mess. You may be looking at bar strength changes that are happening anyway.

4. Works but because of orientation. Holding up compared to laying it down may give you better reception.

5. No controls. He should try this with a plastic holder or hanging it in the same orientation with a string. I wish the "aha I discovered something amazing" crowd would learn what controls are.

[jerf]

I love that people are thinking about confirmation bias, but you can't really "confirmation bias" your way from "I can't receive calls at all" to "Now I'm getting three bars and reliable signals of some types". There's an empirical state transition there, not just an opinion the way "I went from 2.1 bars to 2.8 bars" is unreliable.