@watcha I should have read this article sooner, it would have saved a few posts in the other article by ending the argument with solid evidence.
This basically proves there is real signal loss due to the positioning of the antenna and how you hold the phone, and it's more than an average phone in the amount of 24db when squeezed and -19.8db when held naturally (Read the full article at Anand).
Ananadtech is bypassing the "BARS" formula that is designed to show more signal strength than there is, eliminating the whole issue of this being "fixed" in software and nullifying your entire argument. The only thing they are "fixing" is the fact that it drops MANY bars when you hold it and your signal is not at full, but it will still drop a significant amount.
It also still means that calls could be dropped if your signal was not at full and you held the phone a certain way. If it drops 19.8db when holding it, then you could theoretically lose your call anywhere below -93.2db
He says nothing about "hand interference" that can be specifically identified and fixed as you argued while claiming I had no knowledge of electronics and antennas.
The real fix is giving free bumpers to everyone, not just reducing the number of bars it displays using their broken formula that was designed to pretend it had more signal strength than it did.