I Phone - High Gain Antenna

Submitted: Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 18:34
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G'Day

I am trying to work out if I can connect a high gain antenna to an I Phone 4, I already have the antenna (My old telstra handset died)

Anyone out there any ideas on this, or is it a case of picking up an old phone and a patch lead.

Been looking on line and cannot see anything.

Thanks
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Reply By: toffytrailertrash - Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 18:47

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 18:47
www.mobileextras.com.au Apple IPhone 4 smooth talker cradle signal booster.

Cheers

Merv
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Follow Up By: Member - Darren & Janella (WA) - Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 19:59

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 19:59
Yep! I've been using one of these. Seems to give it a bit of a boost. You do have to hard-wire it or stick a 12 volt plug on it.



There is another one, but cannot remember the name. I preferred the SmoothTalker over the other as the SmoothTalker locks the phone in at the top. Also again, I cannot remember if the other one swivelled or not. Mobile Extras have noth though.


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Darren
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Reply By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 19:47

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 19:47
I have tried a cradle before and there was zero improvement on my iPhone since there is no external connection to the phone. When I used the same antenna for my camping phone there is a instant result but that phone does have a external connection.

From all the researches I have done I came to the conclusion that the passive type ones are just about useless. This got back about 2 years so maybe things have changed and they have come up with something new.
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Follow Up By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 19:51

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 19:51
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Reply By: Member - Carl- Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 21:24

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 21:24
Give Lisa a call at Kedron Caravans. They have a company that they deal with that specialise in this kind of thing. As you would imagine they have this kind of request for fitting equipment to their caravans. I would imagine if you are interstate they can ship it to you there.
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Reply By: Matty- Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 22:27

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 22:27
hi 4 runner, i have one in my landcruiser for my iphone 4 and works a treat.. at least 2 bars better then without it, the brand i got it CarComm, you can plug it into a 12v socket or hardwire it in, also you can wire it in through your CD car stereo aswell,
Cheers,
Matty
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Follow Up By: Member - Troll 81 (QLD) - Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 22:33

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 22:33
Matty,

Do you have a case on your phone and if so does it fit into the cradle with the case on?
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Follow Up By: Matty- Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 22:46

Thursday, Mar 29, 2012 at 22:46
yeah mate i do its just a thin black hard case one but yes it does fit easily
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Reply By: TerraFirma - Friday, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:53

Friday, Mar 30, 2012 at 11:53
I used the Smooth Talker at a place called Deal Island in the middle of Bass Strait, worked a treat. I had it connected to a marine Next G antenna. Very impressed the coupling vs direct connection worked so well.
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